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Koleiia, Schismus^ . . . Cyjiosurus, Lamarhiay Dactylis, Cha- 

 mcedaclylis . . . . Vulpia, Sjjhenopus ., Festuca : Schedonorus, 

 Bromus , Uniola. . . 



d. Bamhusece : fmtescent. et arborescentes, S-G-andrae; 

 spiculae abortivo - oliganthce, paniculalae v. spicalae , sepalidiis 

 passim ternis: — Aiundinaria, Arthiostjlidium, Strepto^jna, 

 Chusquea.) Merostachys; — Guadua^ JSastus^ Schizostachyum, 

 Bambusa, Strrptochceta, Melocanna. 



F A »1. ^l6. C Y P E R A C E JE, 



Hbae ann. v. perennes , plerumque csespitosae , caudice 

 obsolelo V. r( pentr, raro adsurgente, saepius stoloni - v. tuberi- 

 fci^o. Caules Iriquctri, teretes, ancipites, simplices, primo farcti 

 dein lacunosi, raro multanguli v. r.miosi, nodis plerumque ad 

 basin caulis reslrictis. ¥oIia e nodis alterna, vagina integra 

 eligulata , raro iissa v. in appendicem , laminae oppositam 

 producta, lamina angusla elongata, clathrinrrvia, plana, ca- 

 naliculato - Iriquetra, compressa v. abortiva, raro lanceolata, 

 margine passlm scabro. Flores mono-diclini, glumacei, di-tri- 

 tetra-polystichi, in spiculas 1 - co - floras, sohtarias, glomeratas, 

 spicatas v. paniculalas, bracteatas congesti : cuilibet flosculo 

 gluma (bracteola, squama) solitaria, raro gemina, inferiores 

 saepe steriles; muUis adduntur setas hypogj-nae (perigonium?) 

 3 - 6 - 10 - co , plerumque scabrae, quibusdam membranaceae, 

 cartilagineae v. flmbriatae et basi inter se v. cum disco prae- 

 sente connatae v. in glumellas parallelas v. conlrarias 1-2-3-6, 

 liberas v. connatas (perigynium) aut in utriculum effiguratae, 

 Stamina hypogyna 3 , rarius 2 postica , v. unum anticum 

 v. 6-9-12, fdamentis marcescentibus, antheris basi fixis -< 

 elongatis, normalib. v. perischizis, passim apiculatis, polliniis 

 ellipticis unirimosis. Ovarium 1, liberum, ovulo 1 erecto, 

 flnatropo, stylo S-S-fido, rarius integro, saepe basi incrassato 

 €t articulato. Nucula, passim disco v. setis et filamentis 

 stipala , mutica v. stylopodio rosfcrata , pericarpio chartaceo, 



