252 T R I N I V S, 



2. Spiculae artlculis rliachcos acciimbcnt.es. 



a\ Bliachis plur! -.Trlicii1.i1a ; — s|>iiulis .id qucinvis arliculum liiiiis (r.iiisslme pluiiliiis) : 

 altpr.i sessill vel brevius-, allera longius- perliccll.ita (rnrisslme oninilius .TeiiualiiieJiccIIatis). 



a) Spieuhie helerogeneae (supcrlnr quoriimque modo nb Inferiorl dlfferens). 



]M A N I S U R I S Siv. 



Spicae In rnmis vel in radiolis vaj^inalis solilaiiac. Spiculae mulicae: in- 

 feiiur pcllnla, pseuduniflora , hcrmaplirodila, bivalvis ; siiperior 2-llora, mas- 

 cula (vcl neutra?), periantliiis bivalvibus. 



Genus utriijue Indiae commune, culmo ereclo I. subdecumbcnte, i — 3-pedaIi. 



Folia linearia, vel sublanceolata. 



Ligula mcmbranacea, brevis, laccra. 



Spicae aul iii apice ramorum solitariae, aut In eorum radiolis conferto-altcrnac; rlia- 

 cheos fragllis articulis brevlbus. 



5/?/cw/a^ Imbrlcatae, dissimiles: //2/m'or brevisslme pedicellata, orblcnlala 1. oblons^a 

 et obtusa, gluma exterlorl (Inferiori) coriacea, pelvlforml, enervi, inleriori (su- 

 periori) 3-nervI; Perlanthio 2-vaIvI, Invei-so, raullco: 57//'m'or pedicello crasso 

 insldens, ovata, acutmscula, ghimls quam in inferlore minus duris: inferiori 

 5 — 7-, superlorl 3 — 5-ncrvi; perlanthils (quotquot examlnavi) binis, blval- 

 vlbus, altero neutro vel utroque masculo. 



Lodiculae squamae (non nlsi in M. myuro manlfcstae) 2, cuncato-quadratac, nervatae. 



Slamina 3. Aniherae lincares. 



Siyli 2. Sligmala plumosa. 



Semen {M. granularis) orblculare, llberum, exsulcum, dorso dcpressum : embrvone 

 fere ejusdem longltudine. 



Manisuris granularis Sw. Spicis vaginato-panlculalis: Splculac fcrtlli; gluma ex- 

 teriori orbiculari, fornlcata, verrucosa; Fgliis lineari-lanceolalis, birtis. 



