324 T R I N I u s, 



pcdicellis duobus, quorum alter denuo spiculam hprmaphroditam fert, adpo- 

 sitis spiculis i masculis pedicellatis. In aliis spathis, eodem modo spicigcris, 

 hcrmaphroditarum spicularum non nisi unica aristata : altera , vel tertia insu- 

 per, muticis, pedicellis Ipsis adpositis planc ananthis. 



A P t U D A L. 



Pankula vaginosa, composita. Arlicuhis in apice radiolorum (spatha in- 

 volucralus) 3-florus: Spicula inferiori sessili, duarum pedicellatarum altera 

 tabescente. 



Gramina orbis anliqui tropica, culmo decumbente aut scandcndo - suberecto , ra- 

 moso, pedem vel pedes plures longo. 



Folia lanceolato-hneaiia (vel lanceolata). 



Ligula membrnnacca , exserta. 



Panicula vaginosa, angustata, longe plerumque interrupto-Iucidn. Radii zd singu- 

 los nodos fasciculato- (sacpissime subumbellato-) radiolosi: fasciculo radiolo- 

 nim singulo vaglnato et intra vaglnam (spathaceam) basl squamis lanceolatls, 

 membranacels , plerumque 6 slipato. Fiadiolus qulllbet apice vaginula s. spa- 

 tha terminatus , includente articulum florlferum. Articulus spicula terminatus, 

 hinc convexus, inde concavus, basi a parte concava inflatus in receptaculum, 

 cui Insldct Spicula sessllls et Ipsl adstans pedicellus, articulo slmllls. Spiculu 

 s^^.w/ifV oblongo - lanceolata , compressluscula : G/uOTCf subaequales: inferlor dc- 

 mum carlilaglneo-corlacea, g-nervls; supcrlor chartacea, latlor, subcymbl- 

 formls, dorso superne retusa, 5-nervis. Flosculi i, hyalinl, bivalves: vaJvu- 

 lae perianthil inferiorls , nunc neutrlus ? nunc masculi , nunc feminei , aequa- 

 lcs, lanceolatae, glumls paulo breviores; perianthli superloris hermaphroditl 

 inferlor forma glumae superioris, aul integra et mutlca , aut bifida et arlstata: 

 valvula superlor dimidio brevior, oblonga, — Spicula arficuli terminalis &t>,^\\i 



