Paspalum. PaniceAE, jag 



vcrsus, ad 40 f- 46), in hoc, mcridiem vcrsus, ad 35 et quod excedil, era- 

 dus descendcnlia, divcrsissimo solo familiaria, erecta I. rcpenlia, ma-^nitudine 

 varia. 

 Folla linearia, sacpc involula; haud raro lanceolata. 

 Ligiila mcmbranacca, plcrnmqne brevis et brevissima; saepc ciliaris. 

 Spiciilae in raccmis slmpHcibus, aut sohlariis, aut digilalis, aut alternis vcl jubalo- 

 paniculatis, ad axin partialcm plerumque complanatum intcrdum folinccum 

 unilateralcs, rcgularilcr 2 — 3 — 4-seriales, pl. min. imbricatae, scssiles 1. 

 brevipcdicellalae, axin dorso convexo spectantes, fronte planiorcs, orbiculatae, 

 oblongae I. ellipticae, obtusae 1. pl. min. acutae, clausae, hermaphroditae, 

 (rarissime hemlologamae). 

 Glumae membranaceae, flosculum aequantcs vel superantes, aequilongac, 3 — 5- 

 ncrves, aul inferior rarius brevior, concava, 5-nervis, superior planior 3-ner- 

 vis. — Ob nervos, praesertlm mcdios, sacpe obsoletos, gluma inferior inter- 

 dum non nisi 3 — 5-nervis invenilur, dum superior (flosculus neuter) ncrvis 

 plurlbus (5 — 7) gaudet. — Rarissime glumae superiori subjecla glumula 

 pusilla, ut in Panico). 

 Perianlhium subsessile, pl. min. coriaceum (rarius chartaceum), orbiculatum, ob- 

 longum 1. elliplicum, mulicum aul aristulato-mucronatum I. apice barbulatum, 

 Valvula inferior concava superiorera subaequdongam planiorcm ampleclens. 

 Lodiculac squamae 2, breves, collaterales, subcuneato-quadratae, emarginatae. 

 Oiflraw oblongum, glabrum. Sljli 2. Sligmala plumosa. 

 Slamina 3. Filamcnla brcvia. Anlherae lineares. 



Fruchis caryopsls oblonga I. orblcularis, depressiuscula, libera (arcte inclusa) , eber- 

 bis, exsulca, scutello suo dimidio 1. | longior. 



Subdivisiones: 



A, Spiculae cum pedicello claviformi mediante toro calloso arliculalae; Perian- 

 thium apice aciculalum, I. barbulatum — IIelopcs. 



STim. VI. Sir. Se. math. fihjt. tt nat, Tam. lll. idt p. Sc. nitt, l-j 



