158 : Ttiandria, | 
fave- PANICVM, panicula fimplici ere&à 
cens. —— ftricta, ramis fübfaftigiatis, infimis 
| oppofitis, fpiculis approximatis fe- 
cundis, pedicellis bifloris. Prodr. 
p.23. 
Occurrit in aridis S'amaicae auftralioris 
rarius, 
ne a ro 
c 5 - 4- pedale. 
Culmus fimplex, erectus, teres; Íuperne com. 
preflus pubefcens. 
Folia longa, lata, plana ,'integra, flriata, paletv 
— tia, laevia. 2 
Vaginae arclae fubhirtae. 
Panicula terminalis, erecta, flrictas ramis fim 
plicibus alternis fubfafligiatis patentibus; infiaus 
oppofitis, compreffiufculis, laevibus. 
— Floftuli pedicellati , rachi adpreffi , approxinn- 
ti fecundi, ovati, obtufi glabri, flavelcen- 
tes! 
Pedicelli biflori, aequales, . 
Glumae calyc, 2 - valvis, 2- flora. Valvula €x 
terior triplo interiori minor, ovatae, obtulae 
. €Oncavae, firiatae, pellucidae. . 
