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2. Splculac aristatac (ErianthuS Mciix. *) 



Saccfinrum armdlnaceum Reiz..' Arliculis, pediccllo glumisqiie acuminatis villosis; 

 Splcula Inferiori scssili ; Pcrianlhii acicula brevissima , glumas non cxcedcnte; 

 Foliis lato-lincaribus. 

 Saccharum arundinaceum. R. et S. II. p. 286. 

 V. sp. Ind. or. 



Saccharum pcdiccllare, Articulis pcdicelloque parcc villosulis; Spicula inlcriori bre- 

 ' visslme pedlcellata; Glumis acutisslmls, glnbris, pilis baseos dimldio breviori- 

 bus; Perlanlhii arista flexuoso-geniculata, longitudlnc spiculae ; Foliis lato-li- 

 nearibus. 

 V. spp. ex ins. Nukahiva. 



Culmus 6 — y-pedalls, Inferne (cum vaginis) crassitle dlglli, plurinodis, 

 nodis glabris. J^aginae inferlores superne punctls exasperatae. Ligula mem- 

 branacea, brevis. Folia lincarla, pollicem non prorsus lafa, glabra, marglne 

 hisplda, infcrlora lcre trlpcdalla. Panicula scsqulpedalis , densissima. Radll 

 in quovls verticillo plures, erecti, a basi jam valde compositl, radiolo quovls 

 splcam formante slmpliccm , palmarem aut longlorem, maxime fragllem. Ar- 

 ficuli \.ennes , teretiusculi , 3-IineaIcs, villis albls tenuisslmls adspcrsi, ad junc- 

 turas lana ipsorum longitudlne vel longiori , patente, barbatl. Pedicellus simi- 

 lis, scd tertiam partem brevlor. Spiculae llneari-lanccolatae, glabrae, bili- 

 neales: inferior, supra lanam articull termlnalem, pediccllo peculiarl brevissi- 

 mo et nudo insidcns, et supra eundem basi villls, Ipsa fcrc duplo longloribus 

 stipata. Glumac chartaccae: Inferior acuta, In splcula inferiori 4-, in pediccl- 

 iata 5-ncrvIs; superior subacumlnata, 3-ncrvIs. /705^// hyalini , apicc et ad 



*) Eri.mtlius ViAud raagis (lilTeit a Saccli.iro , quam Andiopogon al> Anallicio. Acuula adto ablii- 

 viala in Succh. aruruliruiceu, ul spiculae mutirae viijcantur. Valvulae, lenenoivs qiiiilem in Sarrliaro, 

 non ininus icnerac in Snccli, pcdiccllari , genulna lCrianthi spe. le. 



