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utrinque scabriuscula, subpilosa, margine subundulata 

 et scabra. Vagince striatae, villis albis patentibus hir- 

 sutae. Ligula seiuilinearis, lacera, truncata. Spicae ter- 

 minales, subdigitatae, vel approximato-cligitata?, erecto- 

 patulae, oppositse vel alternee, passim quatuor vel quiu- 

 que, sed etiam 7-9, nunc breves, subpollicares, nunc 

 4-5 pollices longae. Rachis subflexuosa, angulata, an- 

 gulis scabra. Spiculae parvae, oblongae, purpurasccntes, 

 vel e viridi-purpurascentes , geminatae, altera sessilis, 

 altera pedicellata, pedicello brevi hirsuto. Valvse caly- 

 cinoe valde inaequales, exterior minutissima, subineon- 

 spicua , ovata , obtusiuscula , altcra major lanceolata , 

 acuta, ut plurimum exquisile 3-nervis, raro quinque- 

 nervis, nervis scabris, tertia prrccedenti minor, valvae 

 corollinae majori adpressa, lanceolala, acuta, subtriner- 

 vis, margine ciliata. Valvae corollinae glabrae, carlila- 

 gineae, exterior ovata, acuta, interior angustior. 



40, DACTYLOCTENIUM. 



Will. emun. II. R. Bcrol. u. p. 4029. Palis. de 

 Bcauv. css. (Tune nouv. agrost. p. 72. tab. xv. f 2, 

 Rocm. ct Schultz syst. vcg, 2. p. 33. Bcrt. ft. ital. 



i. p. 580. 



Cynosuri spccies. L. gcn. pl. p. 36. 



Eleusine species. Pcrs. synops. i. p. 87. Lamk. ill. 

 gen. i. tab. 48. f. 2. Guss. fl. sic. prodr. I.p. 25' 



Calyx 2-valvis , valvis carinatis , subquinqueflorus, 

 Corolla 2-valvis, valva exteriore carinata, acuminata, 

 Spicce digitatae. Scmcn liberum. 



Ord. Nat. Grjminj. L. ord. nal. iv. Grjminem. 



