66 GRAMINEA. 
paleis glumis similibus suffultz, in glomerulas depositas con- 
geste, globmerulis bracteis interstinctis. 
Ex charactere videtur proximum Schizostachyo Nees, for- 
san inter hoc et Nastum ambigua, differt tantum flos. sumo 
stipiliformi lodicular. presente stigmatibusque binis, a pos- 
teriori glumis paleis similibus, stigmatum numero binario 
et habitu N. capitatus Kunth, forsan mei generis congener. 
I have described this as glumaceous; which indeed it 
may aborigine be; The spicule are originally simple, be- 
coming compound only by the axils of the palez bearing 
adition ones. Itis not difficult to conceive that the nor- 
mal form is, to have one terminal spicule; which by the 
continued development of lateral flower buds, assumes the 
subsequent anomalous structure and appearence. Nees des- 
cribes Schizostachyum as glumaceous, his description in 
this respect tallies well with the present plant; but I cannot 
form an opinion as to the correctness of his opinion with- 
outa more extensive acquaintance with Bambusaceous 
grasses than I posses at present. 
TRITICUM. 
1. Triticum, Pl. CL. Fig. III. 
Erectum. Culmi simplices 13-2 pedales intermedii brunneo- 
striati. Articuli minuti pubescentes tumidi, vaginz laxius- 
culz his paullo breviores glabrz, fol. linearia angusta valde 
acuminata tenera, marginibus minute denticulatis, collis utrin- 
que ciliatis, ligula lacera. 
Spica terminalis abbreviata. Rachis flexuosa articulata, 
compressa, articulis ciliatis et ad basim locustarii. breviter his- 
pidis. Locustz alternantes sessiles infima tabescens, reliquse, 
triflorze, flore summo tabescente. 
lum: membranacez, mutice marginibus hyalinis, oblique 
carinatz basi distantes subzequales hinc et facie exteriori bi- 
venia, vetula interjecta illinc facie interiori l-venia, carina 
scabra, 
