GRAMIMEZE Juss. gen. p. 98 
CHAR. F.. hermaphroditi, moneeci v. polygami, in spiculas uni- 
multifloras dispositi, bracteis glumaceis distichis obtecti.  Bractec in- 
fime dui (rarius solitario), vacuz: glume alterne, vaginantes v. sub- 
opposite, sepius longitudine inaequales. Bractew sequentes duse (inter- 
dum solitariz), glumis: oppositze, lodiculas et partes fructificationis fo- 
ventes: palea inferior major 4—5——3-——multinervia, palea superior mi- 
nor binervia v. uninervia. ractee ultime (Lodicule) squamzxformes 
cum paleis alternantes, carnoso-membranace:, stamina et pistillum in- 
cludentes. Stamina 5 (6—9—1) lodiculis alterna, filamentis capil- 
laceis, antheris basi apiceque emarginatis. Ovarium liberum; síyli 2, 
liberi vel in unum concreti; stgmata 2 plumosa, aspergilliformia vel 
filiformia. Caryopsis semen nudum referens: albumen farinaceum, 
embryo ad basin albuminis situs. — Caulis nodosus; folia inferne in 
vaginam antice fissam convoluta, ad basin lamine ligula instructa; in-- 
florescentia: composita. / 
DESCR. JZtdix e fibris liberis simplicibus filiformibus puberulis composita, nunc 
ex basi, nunc ex nodis rhizomatis plus minus repentis v. culmi inferne decum- 
bentis, egredientes. 
Culmus cylindricus, fistulosus, interdum farctus, nodis clausis praeditus, sim- 
plex vel ramosus, teretiusculus, raro compressus; internodia inferiora breviora, . 
superiora longiora, summum longissimum. 
Folia ad basin cujusiibet nodi: petiolus dilatatus in vaginam sepissime to- 
tam fissam convolutus, apice ad basin lamine ligulam e stipula intrapetiolari, 
cum superficie interiore vaginde connata, ortum ducentem edit; lamina linearis 
v. medio latiore lanceolata, apice plus minus acutata, nervis parallelis percursa 
margine setulis plerumque scabra. 
c4 . dnflorescentía terminalis e spiculis solitariis v. fasciculato-congestis com- 
—Jposita: spica (spiculis in rachide sessiles), racemus (spiculis solitariis peduncu - 
lo simplici impositis) v. panicula (spiculis pedunculo in ramulos diviso in- 
pOfixis). — 
cg Spicule nudi vel involucro cincte, ex glumis flosculisque 4 —00 composite. 
— Glumce duce, vel unica, vel (Leersia. Coleanthus) nulle, convexa, acutiu- 
scula&, nervose, alternantes. 
