lo/ P A N I C E A E. Spinlfex. 



culiis, 1 — 2-valvls: valvula infcriore 5-ncrvi, superiorp, si adcsl, perparva, 

 Irncriori. Fhic. siiperior hcrmapliroditus, chartaceus, incomplclum acquans, 

 valvula infcriorc 3-ncr\i supcriorcm ampleclcnlc. 

 Lodkulac in ulriusque scxus spiculis squamac 2, subspalhulatae, rotundatu- ct 



subbdobo-truncalac, basi carnosac. 

 Ofcirium in pl. fruclif. oblongum , glabrum. Slyli 2, basi connati, elongali. Slig- 



malo plumosa. 

 Slamina 3- lilamcnla clongata, Anlhcrae lincares. 



Fruclns Caryopsis clliptico-ovalis, subdcprcssiuscula, libera, eberbis, scutello suo 

 dimidio longior. 



Spinifex sqiiarroius L. Manl. 2. Axibus masculis dissiliusculc et subcaduccato-flori- 

 feris: Spiculis, vaginis foliisque glabris: iiis canaliculalis, subulatis, arcuatis, 

 pungcntibus. 

 Spinifex squanosus. R. et S. II. p. 844. 

 Stipa spinifex L. Manl. i . (planta fructifera). 

 V. spp. Ind. or. Sumalr. 

 Folia palmaiia, quam in sequcnle validiora magisque coriacea. Cidmus 

 praelongus. Lodicnlae squamas in spicula fructifera , quam examinare Jicuit, 

 Iriplo quam mascularum longiores, cuneiformes, trinerves invcni, quod non 

 in spccie sequente. 

 Spinifex hirsutus LaBill. Axibus mascuUs densiuscule ihyrsato-floriferis; Spiculis, 

 vaginis foliisque pubesccntibus: his lineari-involutis, rectiusculis. 

 Spinifex hirsulus. R. et S. II. p. 845. 

 V. spp. N. Holl. 

 Specimina mea vix pcde longiora. Culmus eliam pubescens. Folia spi- 

 thamaea — dodranlalia. 



