Digynia. 209 



to/o.ANDROPOGONi fpicis laterali- 

 lium* bus, folitariiSj flofculis alternis re- 

 motis arittatis ; culmo geniculato 

 comprellb, Prodr. p. 26. 



Occurrit in aridis fabulofis Jamaicae 

 aujlralis. 0. 



J\adix repens. 



Culmus 2.3. pedalis , geniculatus , decumbens 

 adfcendens* fiiiformis, fubdivifus, laxus, com- 

 preifus, glaber. 

 Folia brevia, linearia , acuta^ carinata, compref- 

 fa, bafl rotundata, glabra, (^ente) margine fer- 

 rata, 



Vaginae latiores, compreffaei glabrae* 

 Nodi compreffi. 

 Spicae pedunculatae ;, alternae, remotiufculae, par- 

 vae, flliformes ex vaginis foliorum fuperiorum, 

 intra vaginas fere reconditae, foiitariae. 

 Flofculi minutifHmi , pedicellati, alterni , diftftn- 

 tes in rachi capillari flexuofa , juxta flofculos 

 incraffata. 



