TaB. 178. GHLOmS TRUNCATA. 



Culmis geniculato-adscendentibus , basi repentibus vaginisque compressis^ gla- 

 bris, ore pilosis^ foliis distichis, acutatis, planis^ interne margineque scabris^ spicis 

 compluribus, digitatis, divaricatis^ spiculis bifloris^ flore utroque longissime aris- 

 tato^ hermaphrodito basi barbato, superne ad marginem ciliato 5 sterili pedicellato, 



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unipaleaceo, oblique truncato, rudimentum tertii includente. 



Chloris truncata Brown^ Prodr. i. pag, 186,^ Linh^ HorL BeroL 1, pag. S8, 

 Chloris dolichostachya Lagasca^ Elench.pag, S.^ Spreng, Neue Entd, 3,p, 116, 



(teste Link,) 



Chloris megastachja Schrad, Hort, Goett, i,^ Schult, Mant. 2, p,33o, ( teste 

 Link.) 



Chloris elongata Poiret. Encjcl, Suppl, 2.p. 236. (teste specim.) 



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Crescit in Nova Hollandia inque insulis PhiUppinis et Timor. t^. 



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Culml geniculato-adscendentes , basi ramosi ? repentes et foliosl , compressi , striatl , glabri 

 bipedales et altiores; nodis constrictis, imberbibus. Folia linearla , acutata, striato-y-g-nervla 

 nervo medio crassiore, subtus prominente,, plana, membranacea, laete viridia, externe glabra 

 interne margineque scabra, supra ligulam pilis longis moUibus obslta, 6-7-pollicarIa , ses 

 qtiilineam lata, infima disticho-approxlmata. Vaginae compresso-carlnatae> striatae, glabrae 

 virides , internodia multo superantes , distichae , laete virides , solutae , tripoUicares , sum 

 ma 6-7-pollicaris. Ligula ; margo membranaceus , angustus, undulatus, dense ciliola 



tus. Spicae ii-i4> in apice culmi digitato - congestae , sessiles, rectae, divaricatae, sexpol 



licares; rhachis semiteres, recta, externe convexa et scabriuscula , interne subcaualiculata , 

 angulis serrulato-scabra. Spiculae unilaterales, pedicellatae, solitariae, alternae, biseriatae , tri- 

 florae, absque aristis sesquilineam longae ( pedicello complanato, margine ciliato-hispido ) ; flos 

 inferior hermaphroditus , bipaleaceus, basi attenuatus et sericeo-barbatusj superlores steriles , 

 pedicellati, unipaleacei; alter aristatus , alterum multo minorem muticum includens; interdum 

 ex sterilibus inferlor palea superiore genitalibusque effetis instructus, superior unlpaleaceus, 

 brevissime aristatus. Glumae duae, inaequales, uninervlae, carinatae, tenuiter membranaceae , 

 acutato-mucronatae_, superne purpurascentes^ carina serrulato-scabrae, patulae, persistentes ; 

 inferior (interior ) dimidio brevior, ovato-lanceolata, glabra; superior (exterior) flores paulo 

 superans^ oblongo-lanceolata, dorso strigulosa. Flos hermaphroditus : paleae duae; Inferior el- 

 llptico-oblonga, sub apice emarglnato-bidentato aristata, carinato-triangularis , superlorem 

 amplectens, trinervia, nervis viridibus, duobus lateralibus marglni approximatis , superne pi- 

 loso-ciliatis, chartaceo-membranacea , dorso obsolete strigulosa, virescens, fructifera nigro- 

 fusca; arista setacea, scabra, virescens, recta vel subundulato-flexa , palea sua triplo qiiadru- 

 plove longiorj palea superior paulo brevior, spathulato-oblonga , obtusa, subemarginata, bi- 

 nervia, bicarinata, hyalino-membranacea , glabra; carinis arcuatis, dense ciliatis. Squamulae 



duae, anticae, coUaterales, subcuneatae, oblique truncatae, integrae, carnoso-membranaceae , 



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