longiludincm efficiens, firmior, fuscescens, acuminatissima, bi- 

 nervis: nervis glanduloso-birtis: allero percurrentc, altcro in 

 media gltnna avulso et abeunte in setam, basi bulbosam, gluma 

 paulo breviorem , patentem. 



Flosculi mcmbranacei, gluma superiore plus duplo brcviorcs, qua- 

 tuor: exteriores oppositi sleriles, univalves, basi barbatuli, lan- 

 ceolali, trinerves, nervo medio infra apicem excurrcnte in se- 

 tam rcctam valvula circitcr triplo longiorem (in planla distacbya 

 breviorem 1. valvula vix duplo longiorem) : hiferior, paulo bre- 

 vior, obtusus, margine brevius- , superior, acutus, longius vil- 

 loso- ciliatus. Inter bos Jloscuhts completus , neutros paulo 

 excedeus, lanceolatus, bivalvis: valvula inferior obtusiuscula, 

 trinervis, infra apicem setam emittens ipsa subduplo longiorem, 

 margiue superne longe villoso-ciliata; valvula superior aequi- 

 longa, dissite bicostata, glabra. Ad bujus basin Jlosculus ac- 

 cessorius pcdiceliatus, clavatus, ipsam aequans , slerilis. 



Lodiculae squamas et Genitalia non vidi. 



Semex oblongum, utrinque acutiusculum; Scutellum ipso dimidio 

 brevius. 



FlGURA AD SPECIMEN BRASILIANUM. 



i) GUima inferior. 2) Gluma superior a tergo. 3) Flosculus neuter inferior. 

 4jFlosculus neuler superior. 5) Flosculus complelus cuni ijuarto sterili. 6 Semen. 



