Tab. 12 5. SPOPiOBOLUS pulchellus. 



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Culmo simplici, erecto^ filiformi^ foliis planis vaginisque ciliatis^ panicula sim 



ici^ ramis verticillatis, capillaribus^ patulis rhachique glabris^ glumis inaequal 



bus^ superne scabriusculis; paleis glabris. 



Sporobolus pulchellus Brown, Prod. i. p, lyo. 



Agrostis pulchella Roth. Nop. Spec, p, 4i ? Rcem, etSchult, Syst, 2, p, S6y, 



Crescit in Nova Hollandia et ? India orientali. 



Radix fibrosa ; fibris capillaribus, flexuosiS;, glabris. Gulmus erectus, simplex, filiformis, te- 

 retiusculus^ lasvis^ glaber, adjecta panlcula pedalis; nodis imberbibus. Folia linearla, angustato- 

 subulata, plana, strlato-nervosa, membranacea, glabra, ciliata, 2 - 2 i - pollicarla , vix lineam 

 lata. Yaginae compressiusculae?, carinatae, superne fissae; inferlores breves, subsemipoUicares , 

 versus marginempilosae, internodia subaequantes ^ superlores longiores, 7- i^pollicares, glabrius- 

 culae, internodiis brevlores; summa 3 \ polllces longa. Ligula : margo obsoletus, glaber. Pa- 

 nlcula slmplex, erecta, trlpoUicarls ; ramls undique vertlcillalls (i3-4)>capillaribus, subilexuo- 

 sis, glabris, patulls, simplicibus, superne spiculiferis 5 inferiorlbus \ poUicis longls \ rhachi tereti, 

 subflexuosa, glabra. Splculse 3-6 In quolibet ramo, pedlcellatGe, remota; , solltarioe , ? v. Jlineae 

 longae, cum pedlcello artlculatae, uniflorae; flore sesslli; pedicellis superne parum Incrassatls 

 vlx scabriusculls , longltudine splculae vel Ipsa duplo longioribus. Glumae duae, hyallno-mem- 

 branaceae, glabrae, superne dorso scabrluscula? , patulae, Inaequales; Inferior dlmidio brevlor, 

 lanceolato-subulata, canaliculata; superlor oblonga, acuta, obsolete uninervla, subnavlculari- 

 concava, florem vlx superans. Paleae duae, hyallno-membranaceae, glabrse, longltudlne subae 



quales^ Inferior elliptlco-oblonga, obsolete unlnervia, concava, obtusluscula 5 superlor oblonga. 



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concava, dorsoblcarlnata, obtusluscula , glabra. Squamulae duae, minutae, subdolabriformes , 

 glabrae, utriqrie basl paleae superlorls affixae. Stamlna trla. Filamenta stlpltl ovarli Inserta. An- 

 therae mlnutae, ovato-elllptlca?, utrlnque bilobae, biloculares, flavidae, glabrae, secundum lon- 

 gitudinem dehlscentes. Ovarlum pyrlforme , brevlter stlpitatum , glabrum. Styll duo , terminales, 

 in speciminibus suppetentlbus delapsi. Stigmata . . . . Gary opsis paleis semiclausls obtecta ilsque 

 paulo brevlor, obovato-pyrlformls, glabra, laevls , stylorum basi dupHci termlnata. Perlcarplum 

 crasslusculo-membranaceum , hyallnum, humectatum inflatum, ad unum latus fissum semen- 

 (jue ejlciens. Semen obllque obovatum, basi subcuneatum. Embryo fucescens, semlne trlplo 

 brevlor. 



Je dois ala bonte de M. Brown les echantillons queje possede de cette elegante Gramlnee 



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