OG J' I L F A. B,^ani^„e. 



lulocompresxis planisir, fusciculorum anc;ustissimis , 3 — d-pnilwa- 

 ribus, cnhneis pcdalilnts et brevioribus, lineai 1 — 2 latis. 

 Agrostli tenacissima Jacq. coll. 1. 85. 

 Gljile. Brasil. InJ. occid. — Ccylon. PorL Jackson. Atcra Afr. 

 ft, Pl. min. scmi|jcdalis: 

 yil/a rupestris Tr. ic. gr. V. 59. 

 Sporobolus minor Kth, Agr. p. 212. 

 Brasil. in rupium fissuris. (LangsdorJJl) 



Radix fibrosa, S^. 0//nu cacspitosi, stricto-erecti, simplices 1. ereclo- 

 et florifero - ramosi , jiniiorcs ad jubam usque vaginati, maturi supcrne 

 satis longe nu(n. Vaginae intcrnoJio denium breviorcs, gbibrae. Ligula 

 margo transvcrsalis angustissimus. Folia erccta, in planta spontanea 

 comprcssa et invohil.i, rarissimc plana, apicem vcrsus valde attenuata, 

 i^labra, (senicl inferne margine pilosula vidi). Juba lincas 3 — 5 lata, 

 dcnsa, infcrnc pl. niin. intcrrupta, aeneo-glaucescens 1. subfusccsccns 

 Axis comm. glalicr, angulalus. Radii patuli 1. crecti, suprcmi brevis- 

 simi. PediccUi brcvissimi, glabri. Spiculae glabrae. Glumac encrvcs, 

 apice subtruncato-obtusae , erosulae. Valvulae subacquales: iufcrior 

 subencrvis, acula, superior latior, obtusiuscula, emarginata, appro\im;i- 

 tissime binervis. Lodiculae sqq. subquaJrato-obtiisissimae. Anfherae 

 lineares. Fructus subsordide lateritius. 



Obs. In liiun. fil. A.;rosli tenacissinia glumae valvula» aeqrarc di- 

 cuntur I 



Iii Agrosli indicn L. sp. 96., similliraa V. tenacissimae , a cl. Swarlio 

 accepla, gluma inferior 4-pIo brevior, s'iperior valvulns acquat: an 

 Iiac( species distincta? [Sporobolus indicus Br. KtJi. Agr. p. 211.) 

 au, ui \nV. brevi/blin (q. v.), varictiis ? 



