Tab. 



208. PASPALUM pusiLLUM. 



Culmo ramoso, repeiitej foliis liaeari-Ianceolatis , subtus pubescentibus^ vaginis 



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compresso-carinatis, superne ciliatis^ spicis subternis, alternis; rhachi plana, spi- 

 culis biseriatis paulo angustiore^ glumis obovato-orbicularibus , obtusis, glabris. 



Paspalum pusillum Fentenat^ ined, Flilgge, Monographia , pag, 100. PresL in 

 Reliquiis Hcenhianis i, pag, 210, Kunth Enum, 1. p, Si, 



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aspalum orbiculatum Poir, Encjclop, S, p,32, ( teste specim, inherh, Des- 

 font,) 



Crescit in Surinamo, Mexico et insulis St.-Thomas et Portorico, 



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Culmi ramosi, procumbentes, repentes ramlque filiformes, angulati, glabri, subgeniculali, 

 8-9-pollicares ; radices e nodis cuhni erumpentes, filiformes, flexuosae, fuscescentes, glabrae, 



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fibrillis obsitae. Nodi glabrl Folia Hneari-lanceolata, acutata, striato-multinervia, membranacea, 

 plana , nervo medio subtus prominulo , laete virldia, supra glabra , suhtus adpresso-pubescentia, 

 margine scabra, i2-i5 lineaslonga, sesquihneam lata ( in speciminibus insulae St.-Thomas 18-21 

 lineas longa, 2 ip Hneas lata). Vaglnge usque ad basim fissae, compresso-carinatae , striatae, 

 glabrae, superne ciliatae, 6-10 Hneas longae, interdum polHcares, internodio breviores, in ramis 

 junioribus Internodio longiores, tardius solutae. Ligula : margo angustissimus , ciliatus. Splcaeln 

 aplce ramorum gemlnae vel ternae, rarius quaternoe, alternae, sesslles vel inferlor brevlter pedun- 

 culata, patulae, 5-8 Hneaslongae; rhachls anguste llnearls, membranacea, recta vel flexuosa, 

 striata , glabra , vlridis , nervo medio promlnulo. Splculae unilaterales , breviter pediceHatae , soll- 

 tarlae, alternae, per duas series dlsposltae, obovato-orblculares , obtusae, externe planae, interne 

 convexae, glabrae, flavido-virides, uniflorae, rhachilatlores. Glumae duae , membranaceae , glabrae, 

 viridi-stramineae, enerviae, obovato-orblculares, longltudlne subaequales; inferlor ( rhachln 

 spectans ) convexa , Imls marglnibus superlorem amplectens ; superlor ( a rhachl aversa ) vix 

 mlnor, planiuscula, Imls marglnlbus paleam Inferlorem amplectens. Flos forma splculae, glumas 

 subaequans. Paleae duae, subchartaceae, enervlae, laeves, glabrae, albidae , longltudlne aequales, 

 orblcularl-eUIptlcae, aplce rotundatae; fructlferae coriaceae, fuscae; Inferlor paulo major, convexa, 

 superlorem marglnibus amplectens ; superlor marglnibus inflexls concava, dorso planluscula. 

 Squamulae duae, antlcae, coUaterales, trlangularl-cuneatae, membranaceo-crasslusculae, glabrae. 



longltadlne ovarii. Stamina trla, hypogyna. Filamenta capIUacea, glabra. Antherae oblongae. 



utrlnquebifidae, lobls obtusis, biloculares,paUIde fuscae, secundum longltudinem dehiscentes. 

 Ovarlum elliptlcum, palels parallele compresslusculum, glabrum. Styll duo, termlnales, distantes, 

 fillformes. Stigmata penlcilliformla , nigro-violacea ; pUIs simpHcibus. Caryopsis palels clausls 

 obtecta, iisque trlplo brevlor, orbicularis, embryonl parallele compressa , hinc convexa , inde 

 plana^ laevls, glabra, fuscescens. Embryo parvus, in fructu suppetente immaturus. 



