zEA. (ad Tab, L.) 30I 
mis simplex (aut si mavis spica composita racemosa) 
erecta, linearis, 2-5 polhnces longa, cylindraces, 
laxa, interrupta. — Hhachis angulata, saepe torta, 
pubescens. Pedunculi breves, setis mollibus brevi- 
bus donati, simplices, spiculami unam (spicam mi- 
norem) gerentes, medii ab iníumis vagina summa 
tectis remmoti. Spiculae (spicae minores) ovatae, com- 
pressae, 4-5 florae (spiculis minoribus umnilloris, 
alternis, 4-54 superioribus brevioribus, abortien- 
tibus compositae.) .4xis brevis, augulatus.. Glima 
calycira ad basin cujusvis glumae corollaceae (spi- 
culae) uuivalvis, vaílvula minore corollaceae ad- 
crcssa, ccarüilaginea, oblonga, ovata, ventricosa, 
acuminata, nervosa, nervis eminentibus, aculeis 
mollibus recurvis diaphanis, aetate rubris , armata, 
Glumae corollaceae (spiculae) bivalves; valvulis in- 
aequalibus, teuerrimis, ciliatis ; majore ventricosa, 
ex viridi-albida, acuminata, longitudine valvulac 
calycinae: minore latere dorsali valvula calycina 
tecta, angustiore, lanceolata, albida, margine in- 
flexo. Squamulae oblongae acutae. ntherae rotun- 
dae, albidac. Stigmata albida, | Semen ovale, com- 
pressum, glabrum, flavescens. 
Habit. iu arenosis, lapidosis, siccis, sepibus, 
ruderatis, maritimis, ad margines agrorum. | Gall. .— 
circa Lut. paris. in Depart. de l'Herault, de la Vau- 
cluse, des basses Alpes, des Bouches du Rhóne, du 
Var, etc. . 1 
2" AD TAB. L. | 
XXXX. Zea. Mays. Mays. (Mays. 
Tourn.) 
Liun. ed. Gil. 2.254. Venten. 2. 111. Macidi d 
176. "ourn.t.303-305. Lam.t.749. Gaertn.i.6. t. 
6. [.9. . 
