40 GRAMINE. 
Floris interioris hermaphrod. palee lanceolate mutice ob- 
tusæ, hyaline exterior sub-enervis, nervis indistinctis centrali 
evidentior, interior binervis et indistincta. 
Lodicule nulle ! an semper. 
Stamina 3. 
Stigmata plumosa ratione styli breviuscula, Caryopsis = 
mature) lanceolat equalis, levia albida. 
Panici vix legitima species, an distinguenda ob flores ar- 
cuatos. Paleam exterior floris neutrius basi gibbosum.  Lodi- 
cularum presertim in huic et absentium in hermaphrodito. 
28. Panicum arcuatum, Br. Pl. CXLVII. Fig. 1. vide 
predecent. : 
Genus novum constituere ae ut prius loc. cit judicavi, 
Locuste arcuate subulate biflore. 
Gluma bivalvis mutica аа membranacea, valva exte- 
riori minori, interiori arcuato. 
Flosculus exterior neuter bipaleaceus muticus. Palea exte- 
rior maxima glumacea. Lodicule 2. Staminum rudimenta 2! 
Interior hermaphrodit ratione glume interiores minimus, 
bipaleaceus muticus. Pale subzequales chartaceo-membra- 
nace. Lodicule nulle!. Stamina З. Ovarium stipitatum. 
Styli basi ima coaliti. Stigmata plumosa. 
Caryopsis paleis cartilaginea chartaceis vestita levis. 
Gramen erectum sesquipedale, fol. linearia acuta, ligula bre- 
vissima. Panicula spicata, spicule bi-pluriflore. 
Gluma exterior 5-venia. Interior 9-venia. Palea glumacea 
floris neutrius apice emaginata et membranacea, 8-venia. 
cen nempe centralem et primam lateralium latere uno inter- 
jecta 
e exterior fl. herm. 3-venia, interior bivenia, Locuste 
raro glabre. 
Panico proximum discrepans locustis curvatis staminibus 
imperfectis flos. neutrius 2, et absentia lodicularum floris her- 
maphrodit, 
