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AifATHERUM. TRIAND. DIGYNIA. T. II. p. 808. , 44^ 



. ratKce gaudct pcreiini, grate aromatica et fragrante, fibris 

 longis , spongiosis ; culini plurcs , glabri , simplices , rigidly 

 strict!, basi subcomprcssi, articulati , glabri, intus spongiosis 

 4-6 pedum, cr^^ssitie pcnnac anseris. Folia prope basin bi-- 

 faria,, crecta, s-S ped. , glabriascula. Panieula 6-1? poll., 

 conica, racemis numerosis, breviter pedunculatis , spicatis, 



' simplic]bu3, vcrlicillatis linearibus, rliachi eorumdem artl- 

 cuiata , flexuosa, nuda Plores per paria dispositi, $i $6581- 

 les, mascuH pcdicclUt! , inscrJionibus fere nudis. ?i valvu- 

 lae 3 aubaequfiles, corollae membranaceae. Keclaria squa- 

 mae a obcordatae gernicn el inscrtiones filamcntorum atn*^ 

 plectentcs. Stigmata plumosa. cr' i cal. ut in ?; at cor. bi- 

 valvis. Roxh. Frecjiiens in littore Co remand, et Ben- 



gal i a ad pascna demissa^ hamida^ ftriilid : pro Jlabcllis frag- 

 rantibas, ' , ■ 



Ohs. Cls Sprengel in N, E n t d. III. p. 120 aJ PanICUM paludo* 

 ' sum ccripsit : ,,Qu£ AndrO?. sqiiarroaum K o n. cum Androp* mitri^ 



cato ejusdem^ cbnjunxit, ^T i 1 1 d 9 n o vviu » Sp, Fi, IV. p, 908. 

 vehementer litpsas est. Namque nulla utriasfjue affioitas. f, Attamen 

 Ipse eU Sprengei Pugilio II. p, l5 junxit cum AndropoGOSC 



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tguarroso Konig muricatum Ud n i g, ,, fl. Brown" addit ,,<l"i 

 A. sguarrosum in hcrbario Xjinnacano vidit , omnino' FakicI dbortivi 

 fioroioe in Frodr. Fl. no^ Boll, p, 193. enumt'ravit," Contra Pa- 

 KICUM ahortivum /?, Brown, monente cla lio t h in A^oc. pi, SpeCm 

 p. 66, cui ApfOROPOGOiV •quarrosua Linn, Jil^ dubiu* videtor, hio 

 excludendum* 



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-|ii I a. Anatheruw Berleriauum Spreng,; paniculS 

 stricta; calycibus masculis hermaphrodilisque strlatis, ciliato- 

 barbatis : rliachi striata* 



Specimen nostrum Beritriannm^ a clo Balhis communicatum 

 nomine A. Berteriani Spreng. ir^ litLy radice fibrosa, ct, ut 

 videtur annua*, licet genicula culmorum incrassata et appro- 

 limata ad basin caulia ^ bulbillod quasi listere vidcantur. 

 Culmt peddles, et i 1/2 ped., ramosi , basi crassilie pcnnae 

 corvi, vaginis emarcidis tecli, subflexuosi, dein crecli, gla- 

 ri, Btriati, teretiusculi. Vaginae glabrae, ]axae, strjatac, 

 altero latere fissae, et ultra gcniculum superius proximum 

 ascendcntes. Ligiila lanceolata, obtusa, lacera, ultra linram 

 longa. Genicula circiter 6 aequalia, glabra, fusca. Folia 

 lincari-lanceolata , subulate • acuminata , rigidiuscula, ulrin- 

 qoe glabra; nervosa , nervls 6-7 omnino glabris, laevibus, 

 margine retrorsum scabra, 4- 6 poll., a-i lin. lata. Panieula 

 5 poll., rbacbi triquetra, subflexuosa, ad angulos scabra, uti 

 rami subsimpliccs. Flores In ramis racemosi: altero subsessili, 

 altero in pedicello lineam fere lonj^o^ glabro retrorsum ica- 

 kro. Flos scssilis masculus, pediccllatus , bermaphrodituj, 

 vterquc cura ncutro. Neuter rudnnentnm vaJvulae ^ctifor- 

 inis, undique piloso -barbaUc CaJ)X macculi et bermaphro- 

 diti bivalvis; valvula ci^terior ovalo - lanccoJata, acuminata, 

 cxtus strii^ 5, gl.ihra^ inarginc pilis lanatif albis lon^iludiii^ 

 fere ipsius valvulae , i. e lincae uiims vcl parum ullia, ^o- 



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