1 o3 P A N I c E A E. Pharus. 



P n A n u s L. 



Panicula: ladiis solitnriis, racomosis, composilis. Spiailae in radinlis aller- 

 nalim biiialae: allcra srssilis, fen.inca, clliplico-Ianccolata, mullo major, pcri- 

 anlliio suhcoriacco; allcra pciliccllata , mascula^ hcxandra, parva, pcrianliiio 

 mcnihranacco. 



Gramina Amcricac tropica, sylvalica?, prccta, sesqtii — bi-pedalia. 

 Folia (lato-) lanccolala I. oblonga , aul obovato-lanccolala, acuminata, plana, basi 

 in pctiolum satis lon|;um attennala, multinervia: ncrvis obliquis folii marginem 

 pclcnlihiis ct anaslonioMbus crcbris inlcr sc juncUs. 

 Lii^iila nicnibranacca , pcrbrcvis, (imbrialo-lacera. 

 Pauiculu radiis solitariis, slriclis, racemosis, composilis, cum axi radiolisque pubcs- 



cenlibus. 

 Spiculac in radiolis allcrnalim ct pl. min. dissile binae: 



Sessilis fcminca. Glumac 2, membianaccae, lineari-lanccolalae, subaequalcs, 

 flosculo suo plcrunH|uc brcvioies, fuscae: infcrior 5-, suj;crior sub-5- 

 nervis. Pcrianlhium clliptico- aul Imcaii-Ianccolatiim, infcrne substipi- 

 tato-allcnuatiim, dcpressum, bivalvc: valviila infcrior inlra ^lumam in- 

 fcriorcm, coiiacca, sub- T-nervis, concava, supcriorcm sub;icqiijlon^ain, linc- 

 arcfM, j)aiilo lcniiiorem, (lissitiuscule bincrvcm amplcctcns. Lodicula 0. 

 Ofarium lincari-obloni^nm, glabrum. Slylus 1, lon^us. Slii^mala 5. pii- 

 bescenlia. Fmclus caiyoj)sis cylindracea, acutala, libcra, dorso profiinde 

 sulcata; sculclliim .... 

 Pedicelhila mascula , sessili mulloties minor. Pidicellus a parle glumae supcri- 

 oris fcmincae exscrtiis, lonuis. Gliimae 2, membranaccac, ovalo-oblongae, 

 obsolele plurincrvcs: nci'vo miMlio (listincliori : iiifciior flosculo (lu|)lo ma- 

 gisvc brcvior, siijicrior j)auli) loiii^ior I. flosculiim ac(|uans. Pcrianlhiiim 

 membranaccum, oblongum, 2-valve: valvula iafciior inlra glumam infcii- 



