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fere aequalis . Cor. flos. hermaphr. palHda , 

 longitudinaliter striato-punctata . Stigmata 

 atro-purpurea . 

 An Pan. miliaceum panicula viridi vel pur- 

 purea . Sloan. H. J. t. 72. fig. 2 ? 



76. Panicum agrostidiforme : racemis linea- 

 ribus strictis glaberrimis , glumis minimis 

 oblongis laevibus , subsecundis . Lam. Enc. 

 meth. TF. p. 748. HL n. 8^5. - an. Sp. nova? 



Invenitur in herbosis prope Rio*janeiro. 



Culmus compreisus . Folia semipedalia, tres 

 fere lineas lata , striata , glabra , lente et 

 tactu supra scabriuscula; ligula brevissima , 

 subciliata . Vaginae compresso-carinatae , 

 striatae, margine siniitro ciliatae . Paniculae 

 ramis strictis , glaberrimis ; rachi angulato- 

 scabra, ramulis paucifloris, brevissimis, ad- 

 pressis, subsecundis. Spiculae minutae , bi- 

 florae, breviisime pedicellatae. Glumae ca- 

 lycinae 2, striatae, glabrae, concavae; valv. 

 exterior minima, subtrinervis ; interior 5 

 nervis . Glumae corollinae flosc. neut. sub- 

 virides , extima trinervis, altera plana, fe- 

 re dimidio brevior . 



77. Panicum Rudgei (/3) brasiliense : vagi- 

 nis foliisque utrinque hirsutissimis ; glumis 

 pilosis , exquisite nervosis. nob. 



Species rarissima observata tantum in viciniis 

 fluminis Inhumirim , in locis silvosis et her- 

 bosis . 



