Tab. 



2o4. PASPALUM PALLIDUM. 



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utrinque pubescentibus; vaginis glumisque glab 



spic 



is cre 



s, verti 



1 



llatis alternisque; rhachi plana, spiculis biseriatis laliore. 



Paspalum pallidum Ilamb, et KuntJi Nova Genera i, pag, 88. Kunth E 

 , p. 43. 



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Crescit in alta planitie Regni Quitensis, prope Pintac etChillo, inter i34o et 

 i5()0 hex. T^. Floret februario. 



vlrldis, snhpubcrula^ lincainlata, splcula cluplo latior. 



ri 



Culmus aclscenfiens, basi ramo uno alterove Inslructus, compressus?, stiiatus, glaber, i^- 

 i5-pollicans; nodis adpresso-pubescentlbus, infcrioribus genlculalls. Folia lineari-lanceolata, 



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apice angustato-acuta, basi rotundata, striato-novcmnervia,nervo medio validiore^sublusproml- 

 nente , membraaacea , utruKjue pubescentia, 3-5-pollIcana, 3-4-lIneas lala. Vaginae usque ad 

 basim fissoe,teretes, striatnc*, glabra?, ore pubescentes, bi-lripollicares, plcrumque internodlis 

 longlores j inferiores solutaj. Ligula truncata, membranacca, glahra. Spica} 8-i4, in apice culmi 

 racemoso-congestae ( racemo 2-3 h polllcari ), sparsae, subo]»posita? vel verliclllalai , scsslles vel 

 brevissime pedunculatui, paluloe, polllcares, supetiores gradalim breviores, summoe scmipollicares, 

 omnes basi in axiila pilis mollibus barbata». Rhacliis h*ncaris, mcmhrnnacea,plana, acuta, uninervia, 



Spiciil.e nervomedlo suhiiexuoso rliachis 

 Inlcrue allernatlui aHlxa}, solltariai, pedlceiio brc\Issuiio puhescente suITuUx , subimbricato-bise- 



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riataj, ovato-oblongae , acuta?, hinc convexae, inde planae, llneam longa?, uniflora;; flore sessili, 

 ' hormnphrodito , oblongo, obtuso, hinc convexo, indeplano, glumis paulo breviore. Giumae 

 duaj, ovalo-ellipticae , acutiusculx , tenuiter membranaceae , straminco-vlridulae, glabrae, triner- 

 viae; inferior ( interior) vix brevlor, concava^ supcrior (exterior) plana, marginibus florem am- 

 plectcns. Palea^duae, longitudine subx^quales , chartaceae, ia^ves, glabrae, albidaej inferior late 

 ovata, oblu.sa, obsolcle trlnervia, superiorem arcte amplcctensj superior ovata, obtusa, dorso 

 planluscula, marginihus tenuioribus inflexis, infcrne iobato-dllatatis genltalla amplectens. Squa- 

 mulxduoe, coflalcralcs, antica?, carnoso-membranaceae, glabroe, subdolabriformos, intcrne loho 

 dupiicata? marglnomque palea) superioris amplectentes. Stamina tria, hypogyna, suboequalia, 

 duo lateralia , uuum anterius. Filamenta capillacea, glabra . Antheroe ohlongo-lineares, utrinquc 

 profundc biflda?, lobis obtusiusculis , biloculares, fuscoe, gIa])roe, secundumlongltudinemdehis- 

 ccntes. Ovarium sesslle, ohlongum, glabrum, apice inter stylos umbonatum. Styliduo, tcrmi- 

 nales, dlstantes divergenti-adscendcntes , filiformes, glabri, ovario lon^Iorcs. Stigmata penlcilli- 

 formia , fusco-violacea \ pilis simplicihus, obsolete papilloso-dcntatis. Fructus mlhi adhuc Ignotus. 



Le Paspalum pallidum des Nova Genera rcsscmble bcaucoup au Paspalum candldumdu meme 

 ouvrage; mais en comparant les descriptions el les figures de ces deux graminees, on trouvera que 



