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56 GRAMINE. 
Flosculus infimus in paniculze partibus inferioribus neutris, 
superioribus hermaphroditus. i 
Paleæ 2, mutice. Exterior multo major, integra navicu- 
laris mucronato-aristata subcarinata, carina scabra, apice 
margine hirtelle, 5-venia, venis lateralibus approximatis 
. cum centrale transverse apicem palee versus coalite, venula 
intermedia aliquando decurrente. 
Interior hyalina, plana marginibus parum involatis, apice 
marginata et ciliata bivenia, venis scabrellis. 
Lodicule cuneate, bi-tridentate saltem si masculus. 
Stam. 3, filamentis longis, antheris ovatis brevibus. 
Ovaria oblongo-ellipticum glabrum, longe stipitata. styli 
2,ex ima basi divaricati. Stigmata plumosa, rami simplices 
dentata. Palea floris ultimi semperque hermaphroditi dissi- 
miles, stipite pilis breviusculis obsito, exterior navicu laris, 
dorso pilosa, a medio supra longissime aristata, arista medium 
infra sub geniculata, genicula infra complanata glabrataque 
recta, lateribus sursum productis in acuminibus longis fere 
aristatis, 3-venia, venis lateralibus in alam excument., transi 
verse cum centrali nexis. An Danthonia ? 
Interior plana, apicem versus dilatata, integra, bivenia, in- 
tervenio piloso, pilis inferioribus parvis, sammis maximis cel- 
lulos referentibus divaricatisque apice ciliata. 
Lodiculæ etc ut in flore inferiori. It. Ass. 5. 
4. dire? Pl. CLV. Fig. III. 
Spiculæ sæpius geminate inæqualiter pedicellatæ, altera 
breviter, altera longe: in panicula spicæforma linearem nu- 
tantem disposita unifloræ, basi pilis brevibus obsitæ, articula- 
ta in pedicellorum apicibus sub cyathiformibus. 
Glume, sub mutice acutate, subchartacez, obsoleto-ca- 
rinatz, З-уепіге, venis scabris, inferior paullo minor. 
Flos sessilis. Palea exterior chartacea, convoluto-concava 
apice in aristam rectam longissima, paleam 3 plo superantem 
scabram continuata, 3-venia, venis sublevibus. 
