132 VOYAGE DE L'ASTROLABE. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Cuzmus filiformis, erectus , geniculatus (geniculis 
3-4), simplicissimus, lævis, ue) glaber, 2-pe- 
dalis. 
Forra linearia, acuta, erectiuscula, integerrima, 
striatula, plana, glabra, viridia, spithamea. Vaginæ 
tenues, longæ culmum involventes, basi contractiores, 
striatæ, vides, palmares. Membranula _— k 
acuta, alba, semuncialis. 
Panicula erecta, tenuissima ramosa, pedalis. Ra- 
muli ad singula genicula plures (quasi verticillati) 
erecti capillares, spithamei, versüs apicem divisi m 
ramulos plures ejusdem sitûs ac figuræ, capillares, 
pollicares et semipollicares. Spiculæ unifloræ , paten- 
tissimæ, in apicibus ramulorum subsessiles , erectæ, 
minimæ. | 
CaLvx : gluma bivalvis uniflora : valvulis subæqua- 
libus, lineari-lanceolatis, compressis patentibus. Co- 
rôlla bivalvis; valvulæ erectæ chusæ, inæquales ; 
exterior ferè Nigitadise glumæ calycinæ, lanceolata, 
acuminata, lateribus convexiuscula, dorso emittens 
arislam sion baëi tortilem, calyce dupld lon- 
giorem. Interior dimidid minor oblonga, membra- 
naCea , diaphana, planiuscula , mutica. 
na: filamenta tria capillaria. Antheræ oblongæ. 
PisnizLum : germen obovatum. Styli duo reflexi, 
plumosi. Stigmata simplicia. Pericarpium nullum 
corollæ semini adnascitur. Semen unicum. (Descriptio 
ex schedis manuscriptis Forsterii. ) 
