Tab. 211. STENOTAPHRUM mad agascariense . 



Rhachi membranacea , ad originem spicularum sinuato-constricta : internodiis 

 aliis hinc^ aliis (alternis) inde in acumen productisj spiculis per temas vel quaternas 

 dispositis. 



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Crescit in Madagascaria. "^. 



Gulmus ramosus, procumbens , ad nodos radicibus filiformibus ramosis fibrillosis fuscis repens 



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compressus^ striatus, glaberj rami steriles breves ; fertiles geniculato-adscendeQtes , 8-io-polli 

 cares, uninodes; nodo albido-sericeo. Folia linearia^ apice rotundata, interdum subretusa 

 mucronulata, plana^ striato-nervosa , nervis novem validioribus, medio subtus pronunulo 

 membranacea, subtus glabra, supra piHs moUibus conspersa, lardius glabrata, margine scabra 



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2-3 I pollices longa, 3 i lineas lata. Vaginae carinato-compressce , us^e ad basim fissae, 

 membranaceae, striatae, glabrae; inferiores uni-vel sesquipollicares, solutae; summa bipollicaris, 

 ramum amplectens. Ligula valde abbreviata, membranacea, glabra. Spicae in aplce ramorum 

 solilarige, e summa vagina longe exsertae, erectae , rectiusculae, 3 \ poUices longae, complanatae, 

 unilaterales ; rbachis complanata , membranacea , viridis , i f lineam lata, ad originem spicula- 

 rum sinuato-constricta , haud articulata, glabra; internodiis oblongis, externe convexis, interne 

 concavis, aliis hinc, aliis ( alternis ) inde in apicem ovato-acuminatum liberum productls. Spi- 

 culae per ternas vel quaternas ad basim interiorem cujuslibet internodii fosciculato-pongestaBj 

 breviter pedicellatae , exterior cujuslibet fasciculi subsessills, duas lineas longae, oblique ovato- 

 oblongae, acutatae, biflorae; flore inferiore masculo, superiore hermaphrodito , utroque bipa- 

 leaceo. Glumae duae, inaec[uales ; inferior ( externe spectans) ovato-elliptica , apice rotundata, 

 concava, unlnervia, membranacea, spicula quadruplo brevior, glabra, apice ciliolata; superior 

 spicula paulo brevior, ovato-elliptica , acutata, septemnervia , nervo medio superne carinato- 

 prominulo scabriusculo , nervls lateralibus apice evanescentibus , membranacea, glabra. Flos 

 inferior masculus , florem hermaphroditum paulo superans : Paleae duae ; inferlor ovato-elliptica , 

 acutata, quinquenervia , nervis tribus mediis prominentibus , dorso planiusculo-subbicarinata, 

 raembranacea, glabra, apicemversus ciliata ibique dorso scabriuscula, paleam superiorem et 

 florem hermaphroditum amplectens ; superior paulo brevior , o vato-oblonga , apice parum pro- 

 ducto obtuso, binervia, conca vo-subblcarinata , membranacea, glabra, apicem versus marglne 

 moUiter ciliata, stamina amplectens. Scpiamulae duae, anticae , collaterales , externae, subcuneatae, 

 oblique truncatae, crassiusculo-membran aceae , glabrae, Stamina tria, hypogyna. Filamenta 

 glabra , libera. Antherae lineari-oblongae , utrinque bifidae, foscescentes, biloculares, glabrae, 

 vacuae (polKne destltutae? ). Flos hermaphroditus gluma superiore paulo longior, ovato-oblongus, 

 acuminatus, externe convexus, interne planiusculus , albidus, laevis , glaber : Paleae duae ; inferior 

 ovata, acutata vel acuminata, quinquener via , concava, superiorem amplectens, subchartacea , 

 glabra ; superior paulo brevior , ovata, binervia , dorso planiuscula, marginibus inflexis ( superne 

 ciliatls) subbicarinata , subchartacea , glabra, apice puberula. Squamulae duae, antlcae, coUate- 

 rales, externae, subdolabriformes, integrae, crassiusculo-membranaceae , glabrae, ovario paulo 



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