C66 GnAMlNEAE. penicillahia. 



17. PEMCILLARIA PERHOTTETH Klolzsch ined., in Scnegambia ad Walo a cL Perrolt.-t 

 1830 lecia (nescio uirum siionlaiiea an cuha). a [iraecedcntihus longe discedit. S|tica 



cyh"ndrica, elongata, laxa, fusco-nigricans ; involucra subsessilia, spiculas magnas ge- 

 minatas aequantia, e seiis numerosissimis fusco-nit;ricantihu«, inieriorihus albo-plumo- 

 sis, una reliquis longiore ei spiculas superante ; spiculae hillorae, allenuatae, laevi- 

 gatae, durae, giunme spnthaceae minutae, iruiicatae et suiidpntaiae, enerves, coloratne 

 (fusco-nigricantes) ; gluma tcrlia spicula paiilo hrevior, ohlonga, late exciso-truncaia, 

 3— Snervis. glumcilnm paulo longiorem suhiruncatain (apice non angustato-productnni) 

 nudam amplectens; gluina quaita iiieviicr acuminata . superne conspicue T-ncrvis, 

 margiiie inconspicue ciliolaia (V. in iierh. Kuiiih.) — Al. Br. et Bouch^ I. c. 



18. PENICILLARIA STENOSTACIIYA Klotzsch ined., in Senegambia prope Cayhar a cL 

 Leprieur 1830 lecta, cuin praecedente ad eundcm typum specificum, cui nomen Peiii' 

 ciUariae uiijvicantis propono, pertinet , insignis spica mogis eiiam eiongala et angus- 

 tata, involucris oiunino sessililtus unispiculatis, solis spicuia hreviorihus, uiia alternve 

 spiciilam acqunnlc, gluniis siialliaci'is minus coioraiis subruscescenlihu*, gluuin leiiia 

 pleruinque 3-nervi, quarta 5-nervi, gluinella norisiiinsculi et hennaphroditi tcnuissinie 

 papillosa. Color spicularum el seiarum demuin fiisco - nigricans , ut in praecidente. 

 Caryopsis gluiiias non exccdens, a dorso valde couipressa, diaplinna, corneo -cineras- 

 cens. (V. in herh. Kunih.) — Al. Braun I. o. 



19. PENICILLARIA ALOPECUROIDES (Pnnicum alopecuroideum et Alopecurus indicus 

 L.; Penic. ciliata Willd. Enurn. ; Penic. cylindrica Rom. et Sch. ; Pennisetum Linnaei 

 Kuiith lOn. ; Pennis. alopecuroides Wighl herb.). quam in [>eniiisula Indiae orientnlis (sjion- 

 laneam?) cl. legil Wight, lormis dehilioribus Pcnicillariae vulpinac et Plukenelii qui- 

 dem similis est, sed certe speciem distinctani sistit, colore spicae helvolo vel fusco- 

 aureo primo" intuiiu recognoscendam. Spica cylindrica, superne attenuata, laxa , sur- 

 sum imhricaia. I*eduiiculus involucri spiculis duido vel qnadruplo brcvior , pilosus. 

 Involucrum spiculis geminalis, rarius solitariis sesqui-vel diiplo fere iongius, setis in- 

 leriorihus plumosis, nulla emincnte. Sjiiculae hreviier (nllera jiaulo longius) pedicel- 

 latae , billorae vel unillorae. Gluniae spathaceae jierminulae, rotundatae, hyalinae, 

 cnervcs; gluma lertia nut llorein niasculum lovcns, Sjiicnla '/s 1'revior, a|)ife laie Irun- 

 cata et fimbrijto-lacHra. 5-iiervis, gluniellnm paulo loiigiorem apice pnriter truncniam 

 am|ilectens ; aut sterilis, sjiicula dimidin hrcvior, plcruinqiic trinervis: gluma quaria 

 .su|ierne allenunia ei convolula , apice truncata et timbriain, 7— 9-nervis , niargine vix 

 ciliolata, stramineo-nilens et carlilaginca. Glumella lloris hermaphroditi quoque car- 

 tilaginea et glabra, apice non angustalo-producia. Anilierarum loculi apice pcnicillaii, 

 hnsi niii^ ulaii. (V. spec. Wiglitiana in h'^rb. reg. Ber. el Neesiapo. — AL Br. 1. c. 



20. PENICILLARIA RO.XBURGIIII (Panicum spicaluiir Roxb. Penicillaria .spicata Wallich 

 in herh. reg. Bcr.), [ilaiiia in Ind. orieiitali nomine ,,Diijera" s. ,,Gi/n/ee" culta, sc- 

 cnndtim specimen Wnllichiaiium in horto hot. Calcuttensi cultum a praecedenii dilTcri 

 siatura mnjore, s|iica crnssiore et densiore (5" longa et V^" fere crassn) , pedunculis 

 involiicrum subacqunniihus, involucris plcrumqne unispicu'atis (ad basin si>icae bispi- 

 cnlnlis), spiculas hrevius su|ierantibus; spiculis billoris; gluma teiiia spiculam subne- 

 qunnie, 3 — 4nervi, glumellnm vix longiorem includenie. (;olor aureo-nilens ut in prno- 

 cedentp, cujus varieias culla esse vldetnr. 



Nomine communi Peuicillariac indicac ulramquc conjungendam essc ccnsco. — 

 Ai. Braun et Bouchd I. c. 



21. PENICILLABIA GY.>LNOT(IRIX A. Braiin el Boiichdl. c. ^ 



Foliis nudis; sjnca cjliinlricn, s|)iculis demum patentissimis ; involucris hrcvissinie 

 podunculntis, |>IoruiiH|iie unis|iicula(is, sclis spi:tilnm jiariiui ncquantihus, pariiin [laulo 

 sujieraiitibus, una sjiiculam duiilo superanic, omnibus iiudis , iihsi.Ieie senbriusculis ; 

 .s|iicnlis lanceolatis, sensim acuminntis, niidis : gluaia iiriiiia et secunda spicnln multo- 

 lies hrevioribus, suhacqualilius, hynlinis, ncuiis, uninerviis ; gliima teitia sterili, sjii- 

 cula '/«— Vi hrfvioic, lanccolnia, cuspidata, iriiiervi; quaria scnsini at iiniiiKiin; d-nervi, 



