AUCIORE JOSKPIIO I)E NOTAI'.IS. 47' 



Ic yEgylops broinoides iuba puri>urasccnte Scheuchz. Ayrosi. p. 267. 



tab. 6. fig. I. — Reichd. Iconogr. fig. i5oi. 



Ill pascuis siccis vulgalissimus. T/^ 



Flores in paniculam aiii])lam disposili, pcdunculis sirnplicil)us vt-l intcr- 

 (liiin l)ificlis; pcduiiculi sub apice obrujue arliculali, ad arliculalioiicm pilis 

 couferlis , brcvibiis involucrati, ai'ticiilo locuslifero brevi, obconico, com- 

 prcsso, barba involucrante breviore. Locuslac triflorae, floscuUis inteiTne- 

 dius sessilis liennaphroditus, lateralcs inascidi pedkellali, pcdiicllis siir- 

 suin incrassatiSj facie supenie concavis, dorso convexis, gluuiam diiiiidiam 

 floris heriiiaphrodili longitudine paullo superantibus, basi barbalis, ad 

 latcra et superior! parte arliculi locustifcri adnalis. Floscidi hennapluoiiili 

 gluina bivalvis, valvis cartilagineis, duris, ratialiculalis; exterior linearis, 

 nervis laleralibus superne setulis incurvis, brevibus, rigidis , acideolalis, 

 inargine vix itieiubranncea, apice in apiculum biliduiu, inlegrumve , sub 

 lente minute sctulosum producta; interior exteriore amplior el paulluUnn 

 sub ea inserta, lateribus conlracto-convergentibus, margine membranaccis, 

 ciliala, apice bifida, obscure trinervia, ex incisura in aristam glunaa sesqui- 

 longiorem producta, carina sub apice et ad aristae basira setuloso-ciliata. 

 — Glumellae palea exterior obverse oblonga, membranacea, canaliculato- 

 complicata, pilis deflexis copiosis ciliala , interior membranacea, apice in 

 aristam pubescentem, gluma quadruple longiorem producta; arista ad me- 

 dium fracta, parte ipsius inferiori breviori complicata, intus glabra, striata, 

 contortaque; palea tertia liyalina inter cxteriorem glumellae et vaginulam 

 infuudibularem genitalem cingentem. Stylus unicus: stigmata duo aspergil- 

 liformia. — Gluma floris masculi bivalvis uniflora, valvae canaliculalae , 

 exterior tenuiter 3-5-nervis apice in setam gluma breviorem producta, in- 

 terior margine membranacea, ciliala , acutissima, vel breviler setigera. 

 (jluinella 3-paleacea: palea exterior maior oblusiuscula, interior apice bi- 

 denlala, utraque margine ciliata, intermedia brcvior, linearis, a|)icc 

 sublruncata, omnes membranaceae hyalinae, subiude paleae 4- 5. 



Raro obscrvanlur locustae compositae, nempe loco floris unius masculi, 

 locusla altera longius pedicellata ex florc hermapluodilo sessili ct niasculo 

 pedicellalo constans. 



Hisce praemissis, quantum Cb. Gryilus ab Andropogonc distacliyo 

 difl'eral, unicuique facile manifcstum erit. 



