GBAMINA AGROSTIDEA, 



III. CALLUS OBCO>'ICIjS. (STIPACEA.) 



EXPOSUERUNT 



C. B. TRINIUS el F. J. PiUPRECHT. 



(Conv. exhib. die 10. Junii 1842.) 

 I. D I c HEx A CH N E. . Endlicher 18 3 3. 



Panicula plerumquc dcnsa, linearls, thyrsoidca. Spiculac luiiflorae; 

 flosculo articulatim secedente, glumis membranaceis breviore (inde di- 

 versa a Miihlenbergia). Valvula inferior glumis quoad consistcntiam 

 homogenea, glabra, superiorcm vix arcte involvens, xnb apice bidentato 

 vel hifido aristam tenuem, dorsalem vel subapicalem, geniculato Jlexno- 

 sam, inarticulatam , parum tortam sustentans. Lodiculae sqq. 2. Sta- 

 mina 1 — 3. Ovai-ium cylincb-icum. Styli 2, supcrne plumosuli. 



Genus Novae Ilollandiae et insularum adjaccntium, satis naturale, 

 licet characteribus non constans, Agrosteis ct Stipaceis intcrmcdium. 

 A Lachnagrosti diffcrt: arisla longa et valvula glabra, non 5-seta : a 

 Sclerachne: valvulis et glumis non coriaccis: a Lasiagrosti: inflorcscen- 

 tia, consistcntia valvularum et ai-ista inarticulata. Streptac/me diversa 

 videtur: valvula apice integra et glumis laxioribus. Sdpa longius distat 



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