//. Panicimu , 45 



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Paniculae brevis ramis teneris a basi vel ailius in ramulos fili- 

 formes solulis, paucifloris, patenlibus vcl divaricatis; pcdunculis 

 plerisque bifloris, spiculis parvis subglobosis ovalisvc oblusis glabris 

 vcl molliter pubescenlibus, glunia inferiore brevi latiuscula spiculnm 

 involvente, flosculo inferiore bivalvi rarius univalvi, neulro, 



Culmus (Icbilis, Ia.\us, in aliis simplex, in mullis ctiani (licbo- 

 torao-divisus et ramosissimus, buniilior. Folia in paucis laliuscula 

 el brevia, in plerisque formae conimunis; in nonnullis augusla, 

 filiforraia, selacea et rigidula, crcbcrrima. 



29. Panicum luetum Kunlh. panicula ramosa patenle, rarais 

 bispidulo -scabris, spiculis sparsis longiuscule pcdlcellalis glabris, 

 glumis inaequalibus aculis ncrvosis, flore bermapbrodito laevi, neu- 

 Iro bipaleaceo, foliis lanceolalo-lincaribus planis nienibranaceis ex- 

 terne pilosis, vaginis pilis patentissimis obsilis, culmo procumbcnte, 

 ramis fasciculalo-lernis geniculalo-adsccndentibus. 



Kunth. En. I. p, ll'6. it. 271. Supi>l. p. 8G. n. li>3. Rev. 

 Gram. II. t. 114. Eii. /. p, iliJ. n, 271. Trin. Pan, retr. 

 p. 184. Dietr, Synops. p. 27i5. n. 271. 



Ad Senegal fluvium, (Kunlh). 



? §. Vaginis intcrnodiis brevioribus, foliis 13/4 — 2 poll. longis 

 1^4 !'"• lalis, gluma inferiori spicula Iriplo niinori unincrvi, su- 

 periori flosculique masculi(!) inferiori novenmervibus, ncrvis subli- 

 lissirais, colore spicularura purpurascenle. 



Iii humidis ad Porl Natal infra 100', (Drege). 



An dislincta species? 



Habitus omnis congruif, at characlercs, qiios adnolavi, a spc- 

 cie Kunthiana recedunl, cuius descriplio baec est: 



aeutis altero latere valde gibbis. Gluma inforior longitudine su- 

 perioris, oblonga, obsolele trinervis. Caryopsis laevis. Reliqua, 

 quod ad spiculas, omnino ut in Panico hirto. 



