Tab. 208. PASPALUM pusiLLUM 



vagi 



Culmo ramoso, repente; foliis liaeari-lanceolatis , subtus pubescentibus; 

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

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



Paspalum pusillum Fentenat, ined. Flugge^ Monographia , pag. 100. PresL i 

 Reliquiis Hcenkianis ly pag. 210. Kunth Enum. i* p. Su 



Paspalum orbiculatum Poir. Encjclop. S. p.32. ( teste specim. in herb. Des 

 font.) 



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



Gulmi ramosi^ procumbenles , repentes ramique filiformes, angulati, glabri, subgenlculati, 

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

 fibrillis obsitae. Nodi glabri. Folia lineari-lanceolata, acutata, striato-multlnervia, membranacea, 

 plana , nervo medio subtus prominulo , laete viridla, supra glabra , subtus adpresso-pubescentla, 

 margine scabra , 12-1 5 lineaslonga, sesquilineam lata ( In speclminibus insulae St.-Thomas 18-21 

 lineas longa, 2 1^2 lineas lata). Vaglnaeusque ad basim fissae, compresso-carlnatae , striatae, 

 glabrae, superne clliatae, 6-10 lineas longae, Interdum poUicares, internodlo brevlores, in ramis 

 junioribus interaodio long^ores, tardlus solutae. Ligula ; margo angustissimus, cilialus. Spicae In 

 apice ramomm geminae vel ternae, rarlus quaterna?, alternae, sessiles vel inferlor brevlter pedun- 



culata, patulae, 5-8 lineas longae ; rhachls anguste Hnearis, membranacea, recta vel flexuosa, 

 striata, glabra, viridis, nervo medib proauaulo. Spiculae unilaterales , breviter pedicellatae , soli- 

 tariae, alternae, per duas series disposltae , obovalo-orblculares , obtusae, externe planae, interne 

 convexae, glabrae, flavido-vlrides, uniflorae, rhachilatiores. Glumae duae , membranaceae , glabrae, 

 viridi-stramlneae, enervlae, obovato-orbiculares, longltudlne subaequales; inferior ( rhachin 

 spectans ) convexa , imis marginibus superiorem amplectens ; superior ( a rhachl aversa ) vlx 

 minor, planiuscula , inus marginlbus paleam inferiorem amplectens. Flos forma spiculae, glumas 

 subaequans. Paleae duae, subchartaceae, enerviae, laeves, glabrae, albidae , longltudine aequales, 

 orbiculari-elllpllcae , apice rotundatae; fiructiferae coriaceae, fuscae; inferior paulo major, convexa, 

 superlorem marginibus amplectens ; superior marglnlbus inflexls concava, dorso planluscula 

 Squamulae duae, anticae, coUaterales, triangularl-cuneatae, membranaceo-crassiusculae, glabrae, 

 longiludine ovarii. Stamina trla , hypogyna. Filamenta capillacea, glabra. Anlherae oblongae, 

 utrinque bifidae, lobis obtusis , biloculares , paUide ftiscae, secundum longitudinem dehlscentes. 

 Ovarlum eUipticum, palels paraUele compressiusculum , glabrum. Styli duo, termlnales, distantes, 

 filiformes. Stigmata penicilhformla , nlgro-violacea ; pUIs slmplicibus. Caryopsls palels clausls 

 obtecta, iisque triplobrevlor, orblcularis, embryoni paraUele compressa , hlnc convexa , Inde 



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laevls, glabra, fiiscescens. Embryo parvus, in fructu suppetenle Immaturus 



