3i4 T R J N I V s, 



Cu/rnus forle tripcdalis, subramosus, nodis barbaiis. Fo/ia culmca plana, 

 sesquiliiicara lata, glabra. Ligula membranacea, oblusiuscula , hirsulie brevi 

 stipata. Panicula rubens, 4 - puHicaris. 



Eriochrysis P. B. 



Spicae paniculatae, composilae. Spiculae oblongae, obtusae, bomomor- 

 pbae, licrmapbrodlto-bomogeneae (irregulariter interdum intermixtis masculis): 

 aut inacciualiter aut aequaH-pedicellatae: unica tum saeplus sessili. Flosculi-z, 

 valvubs 2 vel 3, rauticis. 

 Gramina utriusque orbis tropica, erecta, plures pedes alta. 

 Folia lanccolato-bnearla. 

 Ligula mcml)ranacea, brevis. 



Panicula Hncaris, nunc dcnslsslme glomcrato - compacta, nunc luclda, patens. Rr.- 

 dli vcrticillati , compositi , radloHs slngubs splcifloris s. rbachcs formantlbus 

 arllculatas, deraum pl. min. fraglles, pllosulas et ad juncturas perbrevl-barbatas. 

 Spiculae oblongae, pl. mln. obtusae et hlrsutae, ad quemvis artlculum blnae, inter- 

 dum ternae (irao plures) : una aut sessIH aut brevius pcdiccHata, ahcra vel re- 

 Hquis longlus-, rarlus omnibus aequali-brevlpedlcellatls. — Glumae subco- 

 riaceo-cbartaceae, aequales: infcrlor 5-ncrvis: nervis, praeter utriusque late- 

 ris marginalem fortem, aut totis aut inferne pb mln. obsoletls ; supcrlor 3-ner- 

 vis, subcarlnato-compressluscula. — Flosculii, mutlci: inferlor neuter, i-val- 

 vis; valvula submembranacea, glumis vix breviori; superlor hermaphroditus, 

 paulo minor, subhyalinus, i-vel 2-valvis. 

 Lodiculae squamae cuneato-quadratae, emarginatae. 

 Stamina 3. Aniherae lineares. 

 Siyli 2. Stigmala plumpsula. 

 Semen 



