, 5o Pauicum . {Brachiaria .) 



medlo, flosculis sexies breviore ; Herma- 

 phrodito llncari-elliptlco, acuto, tcnuis- 

 sime striato. 

 V. spp. nOV. HoU. (LlNDLEY.) 



Culmus prostratus , inferne radicans, sub- 

 simpleX:, totus vagiuatus et multifolius, 

 Folia linearia, plana, lineam semis aut 

 vixlineam lata, i -3-pollicaria^ strictius- 

 cula, subadpressa et subdisticha, gla- 

 bra ! superiora duo, tria (in juuiore 

 gramine 4"^) conferta^ racemos supe- 

 rantia et involucrantia. Racemi, ut to- 

 tum gvamen , pallide virentes et glauces- 

 centes, subcoutracto-erecti. Gluma infe^ 

 rior enervis. Flosculus neuter univalvis. 



Panicumprosiratum LaM, Pl. min. pedale. Pia- 

 cemis (G-8-14) conferto-alternls, laxiuscule 

 laxeve floriferis, |-i -pollicaribus, intersti- 

 tiis multo longioribus ; Spiculis parvis vel 

 sublinealibus, brevl- vel brevlsslme pedi- 

 cellatis, 2-5-4'Serialibus, oblongis, acu- 

 tis,glabris; Gkima inferiore cordata, obtu- 

 siuscula , flosculis quinqules breviore ; Her- 

 mapbrodito oblougo, brevisslme cuspidato» 

 •triato-punclato, rugosulo* 



