2 9 

 tissime punctulato-striata; valvula convexa 



paullulo longior et acutior . 



45. Paspalus compressicaulis : spicis alternis 

 numerosis paniculatis strictissimis, foliis en- 

 siforrnibus vaginisque longissimis hirsutis , 

 culmo subramoso erecto compresso genicu- 

 lato. nob. 



Provenit in graminosis prope Rio-Inhumirim. 



Culmus simplex aut basi subramosus, 1 ^-ped. 

 compressissime angulatus, glaber , genicula- 

 tus; nodis hirsutis. Folia ensiformia, acutis- 

 sima, 5 9 poll. longa, 8 circiter lineas la- 

 ta, utrinque pilosissima; vaginae compresso- 

 carinatae, hirsutae, praecipue ad marginem, 

 internodiis multo longiores, fauce densissime 

 et longissime barbatae . Panicula subquadri- 

 pollicari. Spicae 18 22, graciles, alternae, 

 inferiores pedunculatae, subtripollicares, su- 

 periores sessiles, fere dimidio breviores patu- 

 lae, basi pilosae; rhachi angustissima, glabra 

 subflexuosa margine integerrima . Spiculae 

 minutae, subrotundo-ovatae, convexissimae . 



46. Paspalus virgatus (a) Linn^eanus : spicis 

 10 12; rhachi margine pilosa; glumis apice 

 hirsutis . FlUgge monogr. 189. 



Paspalum (virgatum) spiculis paniculatis alter- 

 nis basi villosis, floribus geminis. Lin* Syst. 

 Veg. p. io5. Sp. pl. L p. 81. 



Gramen dactylon majus panicula longa, spicis 

 plurimis nudis crassis. Sloan. H. L p. 112. 

 tab. 69. fi^ 2. an sp. distincta . 



