TaB. 179. GHLORIS RADIATA. 



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Culmo erecto, compresso, glabro, inferne ramoso et distiche folioso^ foliis pla- 

 nis, obtusis, margine scabris vaginisque compressis ciliatis vel tenuiter pilosis^ 

 spicis crebris, fasciculato-congestis , erecto-patulis^ spiculis biflorisj flore utroque 



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longissime aristato^ hermaphrodito basibarbato, superne ad marginem ciUato^ ste- 

 rih pedicellato, minuto, clavato. 



Chloris radiata Su^artz, Flon Ind, occid. 1. pagi 201»^ Tf^illd. Spec. Plant, 4. 



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. g2S,y Hamboldt et Kunthy Nov, Gen, 1, p, 166, 

 Andropogon fasciculatum Linn, Spec, PLpag, i483, 



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Agrostis radiata Linn, Spec, PL p, g4, 



Cynosurus scoparius Lam. EncycL 2, p, 188, (teste Decand,) 



Chloris scoparia Desfont, CataL pag, i4, (teste Dec) 



Chloris virgata Durand, Diss, pag, 10, 



Chloris palhda Willd, Spec, PL 4, p, ^26 excL Syn, Retz. 



Chloris compressa Decand, Cat, Monsp, g4, (teste specim, in Herh. Desfont.) 



Crescit in India occidentali et Peruvia. o. 



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Radix fibrosa; fibris filiformib us ^ flexuosis, glabris, albidis, fibnllls obsltis. Culmus erectus, 

 inferne ramosus et foliosus, compressus, slriatus, glaber, sesquipedalis el altior; nodis constric- 

 tis, imberbibus, subgeniculatis. Folia linearia, obtusa, plana, striato-novemnervia, membra- 

 nacea, utrlnque tenuiter pilosa, laete viridia, 4-^-poflIcaria , vix duas lineas lata. Vaglnae cari- 

 nato-compressa) , striatae , tenuiter pilosae ^ internodiis breviores , infimae valde approximalGe , 

 solutae et imbricato-distlchae , summa 4-5-pollicaris. Ligula : margo membranaceus, angustus, 

 undulatus, ciliolatus. Spicse duodecim vel plures ( 12-22 ), fasciculato-congestge , sessiles, 

 erecto-patulae , graciles , 2 | pollices longae 5 rhachis semlteres , obsolete flexuosa , dorso gla- 

 briuscula, virescens, angulis scabra. Spiculae unilaterales , breviter pediceUatae, solitarlGe, al- 

 ternae^ imbricato-biseriatae, absque arlsta f lineae longae, blflorae; flos inferlor hermaphrodltus , 



aculatus et sericeo-barbatus ; superior pedlcellatus, tabescens, ad rudimentum minutum 



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clavatum compressum scabriusculum dorso longe aristatum redactus , flore hermaphrodito ir 

 clusus ipsoque breviorj pedicellus glabriusculus ^ arista setacea, scabra, recta vel undulatc 

 flexuosa, alblda , Ifla floris hermaphroditi dimidlo brevior. Glumae duae, inae^uales, oblongc 

 lanceolatae, acutato-subulatae, uninerviae, carinatae, hyalino-membranaccae, albidae, glabrae 

 carina splnuloso-scabrae , patulae, persistentes 5 inferlor (interior)| brevior; superlor (exterior 

 vix tres quartas partes longltudlnis floris hermaphroditi attingens. Flos hermaphroditus : paleae 

 duae , inaequales ; inferior ovato-oblonga , carinato-trlgona , sub apice bidentato aristata, triuer- 

 \la, nervis laterahbus marglni approxlmatls , superne cniato-pilosis, chartacea, albida, glabra, 

 carina superne scabriuscula, ulroque latere punctulls nigro-violaceis conspersa; arista setacea , 

 scabra, albida, recta vel undulato-flexuosa , palea sua 5-6-plo longior, 4-5 lineas longa. Palea 

 superior paulo brevior, oblonga, obtusa, blnervia, bicarinata, hyahno-membranacea , albida. 



