100 APPENDIX—GRAMINEZ. 
Differs from Rottbeellia in articulis unifloris, consistentiz 
tenerior glume interioris, paleisque exterioribus florum bi- 
veniis ! 
Zé gilops ciliaris, Spica articulata, inexcavata, articulis biflo- 
ris, floribus sessilibus difformibus. Fl. exter. biflorus. -Gluma 
exterior planiuscule cartilaginia plurivenosa margine serrato 
ciliata, apice dilatata membrana emarginata. 
luma interior lanceolati-acuminata, carinata. 
Fl. exter. masculus. Palee muticæ pilosiuscule, magis in- 
volutz, major exterior bivenia. Interior similis minor bivenia. 
Fl. interius hermaph. Palez 2, hyaline, exterior paullo latior 
muticz, utraque incomplete bivenia, Lodicule 2. Stam, 3. 
Styli basi dilatati-coalita. 
Very, distinct from Rottboellia in habit, also in great dissi- 
milarity of spiculz, which are both sessile, rachis not exca- 
vated, only flexuose venation of palez and dilatation of base 
of styles. ЕІ. alter tabescens. 
The flowers are likewise unilateral, particularly the herma: 
phrodite spicula. 
Manisuris Myrus, Spica articulata, articulis bifloris ; rachis 
floribus sessilibus sub-dissimilibus, excavato. 
Inferior minor directione quoad axin oblique, gluma exterior 
planiuscula cartilaginia, margine membranaceo hinc apice obli- 
quo interior navicular. apice crista majuscule in carina. 
Floscul. externus bipaleaceus neuter.  Palez mutice, ma- 
jores, hyaline biveniz. Fl. interior hermaph.  bipaleacea. 
Palea hyalina exterior navicularis, 3-venia, interior angusta 
avenia. Lod. 2 integriuscule parve. Fl. super. major. stipite 
aM мио. Gluma exter. cartilagineo-ossea, planiuscula, mar- 
gine marginato-biloba, lateribus utrinque infra 
medium inversis. Gua interior minus dura, naviculari-con- 
cava. 
Fl. exter unipaleæ neuter, palea magna hyalina mutica bi- 
venia; inter. bipaleacea hermaphrod, Paleæ exhyalinæ muti- 
