4IO (Chloris:) 



Kadix perennis, cefpitofa. 



Culmi faepius plures e radice, flmplices , 

 infenie robcoiiipresii, fuperne filifor- 

 iiies, ftriati, giabri, eredi, pedales. 



Folia prope radicem aggregata, difticha, 

 linearia , patentia 5 digiralia, in culnio 

 vaginaniia, adpre.sfa, brevia. 



Spicis terminale.^, digitatae , plerumque 

 fex, raro fepteni vel qninque, line- 

 ares, compresfae floribus unilate- 

 ralibuSj falcatae, fefquipollicares. 



Calyx bra«fteiformi,^ , bigluuiis, fnbtriflo- 

 rus; gluma exterior ovata. obtufa, 

 bifida , carinata, arifbta, integra, gla- 

 bra , brunnea, flore b^-evior : arijla 

 fetacea, rec^ta, longitudine floris; in- 

 terior concava, obtufa, mutica, ce- 

 terum liuiilis, 



CoroU^ floris inferio^^is & msjoris major, 

 ovata , obtufa , concava , margine 

 liieatbranaceo- albida, tenuisfiaie ci- 

 liaia, brunnea. 



HOLCUS. 



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il* Ccnffrorum) Jilumis villofis, femini- 

 bus ccinpresfis inermibus. 



Piodrom. Cap, p. 20. yf- 



