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P A N I c E A E. Olrra. 



ulnusquc scxiis raiid.ito-snbul.ilis, j»l;»l)iis: Priianlliio frminro plliplico. 



b.isi apirpqnr scricro-b.Trlwlo: Foliis hiiiccolalo-ovalis, basi liinc tiapczoi- 



(lco-aiigulalis. 

 Olyra scmm-ala Trin. Diss. II. p. ^■iO. 

 V. spp. liras. — ? 0-Taili. 



Culmi , qui 2 — 3-pt-d:.lis vidctnr, pars supcrior trrcs, crassilic pcnnar 

 corviiiac, glibra , ail nodos, pliircs ct glabros, acqna. vnj^inis fdliornm lccln. 

 T^aninae laxiusciilar, inlcrnodio lonj^iorcs, iindiqiie glabrac, supcrne carin.ilar, 

 apice ulrinquc in aurieulam oblusam produclae. Lignla niembrnnacca, bie- 

 vissima , truncata, sub lcntc cilialula, fusca. Folia \n r.imis (cnlmis) qiii co- 

 ram siint plura (3 — 5 — 8), lanccolato-ovnta, pdiuli) brcvissimo dbsolcle 

 pubcsccntc suffulla , basi allero hitcrc angustiori convcxa, allcio laliori oblique 

 subtruncala, acnminnla, cxccpto marp;inc liispidulo glabra : inrcriora dodran- 

 talia, polliccs 3 1. 2\ I.ila , Incle viridia. Veduvcnlns e v;ii;ina sii|)rcma niinc 

 solitarius, nunc 2 — 3, glnbiv. nllcro binisvc tum clong;itis (pcd;ilibus): lcitio, 

 serius florcntc, brcviori. Juha panicularis ovnto-oblongn, circitcr spitlinni;ica, 

 densiuscula. Axis communis angulatus, glabcr. Badii spnrsi, communitcr 

 tamen plures in pseiidoverlicillum collccll , perlcnnes, scabri, circitcr a mcdio 

 radiolosi: radiolis brevibus, sccundis; radij inferiorcs pl. inin. digilnlcs, plcriim- 

 que toli masculi; supcrioics scnsim brcviorcs, infcrnc masciili, s|)iciila fcminea 

 solilaria lcrminali. Spiculae mascnlae plurimnc, anguslo- liiic;iri-Inncc()lalac, 

 non computata cauda 4-lincnIcs. Gluincie trincrvcs: inlciior in siibiilam flcxuo- 

 sam, pcrtcnucra, circiter bilincnlcm cxcnrrcns; siipcrior p;iiilo brcvior, acumi- 

 nata. Perianthium nulbim. — Spiculae femineae in radiis superioribiis tcr- 

 minales, solitariae, elliplico-ovatae, non computatis glumarum subulis liiicas 

 6 longae. CAumae suh- 5-ncrvcs, glnbrar: infcrior in subulam flcxiiosam 

 ipsius longitudine allcnuata. Perianiliium elliptico-ovalum, glumis triplo bre- 

 vius: valvula inferior basi apiceqiie raargine albo-pubescendo-birta. Lodiculae 

 fiquamae 3 , 4 — 5 - nervcs. 



