Tab. 2o4. PASPALUM PALLIDUM. 



Fohis utrinque pubescentibus; vaginis gluraisque glabrisj spicis crebris, verti- 

 cillatis allernisque; rhachi plana, spiculis biseriatis latiore. 



Paspalum paliidum Humb. et Kunth Noi^a Genera T. pag. 88. Kanth Enum 

 i, p. 43. 



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



Sqo hex. -jr- Floret februario. 



Calmus adscendens, basi ramo uno alterove instruclus, compressus?^ striatiis,glaber, i 

 i5-pollicaris; nodis adpresso-pubescentibus , inferioribus genlculatls. Folia linean-lanceolata, 

 apice angustato-acuta, basi rotundata, strialo-novemnervia, nervo medio validiore, subtus promi- 

 nente, membranacea, utrinque pubescentia, 3-5-pollicaria , 5-4-lineas lata. Vaginae usque ac 



basim fissae,tereies, slriata», glabra^, ore pubescentes, bi-tripoUicares, plerumque internodiis 



longioresj inferiores solutae. Ligula truncata, membranacca, glabra. Spica^ 8-i4> in apice culmi 

 racemoso-congestae ( racemo 2-3 ^ pollicari ), sparsae, suboppositae vel verllcillatoe , sessiles vel 

 brevissime pedunculatae, patuliie, poUicares, superiores gradatim breviores, summae semipollicares, 

 omnes basi in axilla pilis mollibus barbatae. Bhachis linearis, membranacea, plana, acuta, uninervia, 

 viridis, subpuberula, lineam lata, spicula duplo latior. Spiculie nervomedio subflexuoso rhachls 

 Interne ahernatim affixae, solitariae, pedicello brevlsslmo pubescente suffultx^ , sublmbricato-blse- 

 riatae, ovato-oblongae , acutae, hinc convexae, inde plauae, lineam longce, unlflorae; ilore sessih, 

 hermaphrodito , oblongo, obtuso, hlnc convexo, indeplano, ghimls paulo brevlore. GlumiB 

 daae, ovato-ellipticae , acutiusculae , lenuiter membranaceae, stramineo-vlridulae, glabrae, trlner- 

 viae ; inferior ( interior ) vlx brevlor, concava; superior (exterior) plana , marglnibus florem am- 

 plectens. Paleaeduae, longltudine subaequales , chartaceae, laeves, glabrae, albldaej inferior late 

 ovata, obtusa, obsolele trinervia, superiorem arcte amplectens; superior ovata, obtusa, dorso 

 planiuscula, marglnibus tenuioribus inflexls, inferne lobato-dilatatis genltalla amplectens. Squa- 

 mulaeduae, collaterales, anticae, carnoso-membranaceae, glabrae, subdolabriformes, inlerne lobo 

 duplicatae marglnemque paleae superloris amplectentes. Stamlna trla, hypogyna, subaequalla, 

 duolateraHa, iinum anterius. Filamenta capillacea, glabra . Antherae oblongo-llneares, utrlnque 

 profunde bifidae, lobis obtuslusculls , blloculares, fuscae, glabrae, secundum longitudlnem dehL<!- 

 centes. Ovarium sesslle, oblongum, glabrum, apiceinler stylosumbonatum. Styliduo, terml- 

 nales', distantes divergenli-adscendentes , fillformes, glabri, ovario longlores. Sllgmata penicllli- 

 formla , fusco-violacea ; pills slmpllclbus, obsolete papllloso-dentatls. Fructus mihi adhuc ignotus. 



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Le Paspalum pallidum des Nova Genera ressemble beaucoup au Paspalum candldumdu meme 

 ouvrage; mais en comparant les descriptions et les figures de ces deux graminees, on Irouvera que 



