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tcs. Stamina trla, anlheris luteis. Pislillum praesens, stylo sim- 

 plici, sterilc; sligmala duo. Flosculus superior hermaphroditus, 

 gluma supcriori 1/4 brevior, oblongus, obtusus , laevis, chartaceo- 

 carlilagineus, apice incurvus. Sligmata dcnse pluraosa, sicca pallida. 



C. V i r g a t a, 



Radii alterni, iubati vel paniculall, manifeste angulosi (ple- 

 rnmqae tri(juetri), nunc raceraiformes (racemis composilis, pedicel- 

 lis brevissimis) , nunc vlrgati aul vario modo composili ct decom- 

 posili, pedicellis brcvioribus longioribusve. 



20. Panicum paludosum Ro.\b. panicula racenioso-decompo- 

 sita obloDga conlracta , ramis subverticillatis triquetris ramulisque 

 rigidis ad angulos scabris, spiculis ovato-oblongis acutis glabris he- 

 migamis, gluraa inferiori enervi late ampleclecle truncata, superiori 

 flosculique neutrius valvula inferiori aequalibus aculis, illa 9—11- 

 ncrvi, hac novemnervi, flosculo hermaphrodito ovali-oblongo acuto 

 subtilissime striolato, culmo inferne natante radicante crasso mulii- 

 nodi foliisque linearibus latiusculis complicatis glabris, his margine 

 scabris. 



Panicum p.alu<losuin RotB. Fl. Ind. or. eif. Car. et Wall. I. 

 p. 510. 71 ^io. sc/atlt. Mant. II. p. 243. n. 81 d. Kunth. 

 En. I. p. 12G. n. 3o2. {excl.syn. Andropogon sqriarrosus K6n.) 

 Tfm. Panic. retract. p. 179. 



Panicum natans Koen. {teste Trin.) 



In aquis quielis regionis montanae, Circars dictae, Ind. or. 

 Roxb.; in Himalayae iugo, Royle. 



In ripa fluvii Zontagsrivier alt. 1300'; in ripa Basche fluvii 

 alt. SOO , el in paludibus ad ostia fluminis Orasamcuio, (Dr^ge). :jr. 



Species sat dislincla culmo quam pro proceritate crasso, flui- 

 tante, dein crecto, foliis 2 — 3 lin. lalis breviacutatis, panicula 

 parva 4 — 7 poll. longa, ramis rigidis triquetris margine aculeato- 

 scabris, spiculis pallidc viridibus acutis nervoso-striatis gluma in- 

 fera truncata, superiori sexliiplo breviori, lale amplectcnte enervi 

 tanquam cingulo ad basin circumdatis. Gluma superior in nostris 

 ll-nervis (7— 9.nervera Trinius perhibet). Flosculi neutrius val- 



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