Oljra. P A N I C E A E. Il5 



cellatae, lineaii-ovnlne , semipollicaiTs aiit paiilo longiores. Glumae parum 



inaequali- subcaudato-suljulatae: infeiior, paulo longior, sub-7-, superior 



sub-5-nervis. Perianthiiim lineari-clllpticum, obtusum, glabriim, laevc, glii- 



mls quintam partem brevius. 



Olyra filiformis. Paniculae termlnalis (pauciflorae, angustae) intcrdnm ct axillarlum 



(filiformi- ct clongnlo-pcdunculatarum) radiis inferne masculls; Spicula fe- 



minea terminali subsolitaria; Glumis masculls acutls feminelsquc subulatis 



glabris; Pcrlanthlo femineo elllptlco-IIneari, glabro, punctulato; FoIIis sub- 



llnearibus, acumlnatis, basi inacquah hinc trapezoideo-angulatis. 



V. spp. Bahlens. 



2 — o-pedalis? — Culmi gracilcs, plurinodes, ad nodos annullformes fja- 



bros aequi. Vaginae arctlusculae, glabrae, lamlna brevlorcs. Ligula char- 



tacea, brevis. Folia ferc linearla , Ilneas 5 — 8 lata, pollices fcre 6 lono-a, 



acuminata, basi in peliolum brevlssimum attenuala et altero latere latlori tra- 



pezoldco-angulata, marginibus hispidula, in pagina Inferlori virldi scabra, in 



superiorl glauca. Pcdunculi e vaglna suprema, Interdum eliam ex axltla folii 



secundi, 1 — 2, fillformes, clongatl, paniculam fcrentes angustam, paucllloram, 



circiter palmarem, e radlis aliquotsubadpresso-erectis et subslmpliclbus composi- 



tam. Spiculae masculae in radiis inferiores, plurcs, subadpressae, brevlssime 



pedlcellatae, plerumque binatae: altera subsessili: lanceolalae, acutae, lineas 2 



et quod excedit longac, sub lentc scabriusculae. Gluma inferior 3-, superlor 



2-nervIs. — Spicula fcminea in apice radiorum termlnalls, ovata, circitcr lincas 



8 longa. Glumae caudato-subulatae, non multum inaequalcs, glabrae: in- 



ferior 5 — 1-, superlor 5-ncrvis. /'m««//»«OT elliptico-Iineare, acutiusculum 



glumls dimidio brcvlus, glabrum , punctulls aplatum. 



Olyra venlricosa N. ah Es. Paniculae lermlnalls radlis inferioribus masculis, su- 



periorlbus pluri-feminels; Glumis caudato-subulalis: masculis glabrls, fcmi- 



neis hirsulls; Perlanthio feminco ovato, scrobiculato-aspero; FoHis lanceo- 



latls I. ovato-lanceolalis, acuminatls, basi subaequalibus. 



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