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inferior neiiter, muticus ; superior linearis, canaliculatus, apice trans- 

 iens in setam longam capillarem apice subcirrhosam non genuflexam. 

 LodieulcB 2, obconicae, plicatae, truncatse, ovario breviores, membra- 

 naceae. Stamina 3, filamentis capillaribus. Styli basi conjunct!, gra- 

 ciles ; stigmata villosa. Caryopsis libera, lanceolata, acuta. Inflores- 

 centia : Spicce, rachi continua, triangulari, glabra, solis spicularum in- 

 sertionibus barbulatis, fasciculatee, laxas. — Herba, liabitu Panici Sec- 

 tionis Digitariarum. Culmus racemosus, adscendens. Vagince long£B. 

 Folia lanceolata, acuta, plana, laet^ viridia, nervo albo. Ligula nulla. 

 L. Royleanum, Nees. 



Batratherum, Nees. 



Spicules in racbi articulata geminatae, heterogamae, alterS sessili hemi- 

 gama, altera pedicellata neutra. Gluma spiculcB perfectae 2, subaequales, 

 herbaceo-chartaceae, acutas, apiceve acute bidentatae, in aliis superior 

 apice setacea ; inferior plana, 2 — 6-nervis ; superior carinata, compli- 

 cata, 1 — 3-nervis, a dorso plicata, canalem struens, in quo seta flosculi 

 continetur, margine tenui simpliciter connivente. Flosculi membra- 

 nacei, glumis breviores, nunquam saltern longiores ; inferior neuter, 

 1-valvis, muticus; superior bivalvis: valvula inferiori acuminata apice 

 minute bidentata prope a basi emittente setam in medio geniculatam 

 infernfe tortam ; superiori exigua lineari-subulata bidentata quandoque 

 nulla. LodiculcE lat«, raembranacese, truncatse, dentataj, plicatae, in 

 semicirculo singulae singulum floris latus ambientes. Stamina 3. Stig- 

 mata villosa, Styli discreti. Spicula pedicellata angustior, subuniglu- 

 mis. Gluma plana acuta nervosa, margine subtilius serrulata ; superior 

 gluma et flosculi rudimentum minuta, rotundata, squamiformia. Injlo- 

 rescentia : Spica parce dichotoma, ad genicula magis minusve barbata. 

 Pedicelli spicularum sterilium ciliati. — Gramina repentia, ramosa, foliis 

 brevibus amplexicaulibus. Stipules membranaceae, exsertae. 



B. micans, Nees. 



APOCOPIS, Nees. 



Spicules in racbi angusta barbulata subgeminae muticEe, altera rudimen- 

 tali pedicellari, altera polygama sessili. Glumes truncatas ; inferior 

 lata, plana, obovato-conica, coriaceo-chartacea, 8 — 9-nervis, laevis, apice 

 minute bidentata et inter denticulos subciliolata, basin versus firmior 

 et colorata ; superior ovata, apice angustior denticulataque, chartacea, 

 marginibus inflexa, Isevis, quinquenervis. Flosculi 2, membranacei, 

 bivalves, mutici ; inferior masculus valvulis ^qualibus, apice truncatis 

 denticulatis, dentibus aliquot magis distantibus. Stamina 3, antheris 

 angustis, fulvis. Lodiculee exilissimae, quandoque omnino nullae quan- 

 doque denticuliformes acutae. Flosculus superior hermaphroditus, vel 

 potius bermaphrodito-femineus. Valvula inferior paulo firmior reliquis 

 et colorata, apice truncato-bi-tri-denticulato ; superior brevior, latins 

 truncata, ciliolato-denticulata. Lodiculee nullae, aut forsan, ut in mas- 

 culo, exilissimae. Stamina 3, eo tempore quo flosculi masculi stamina 



