Reimaria. P A N T c E A E. 169 



R E I M A R I A fliigS. 



liacemi simpliccs, conferlo-allcrnl. Spicuhie subscssiles, nngusto-lan- 

 ceolalac, acuminalae, e palcis (glumis et valvulis) herbaceo-mcmbranaccis 3 

 composilac. 



Gramina Iropica Americac, repentla 1. adscendendo-erccla, ramosa, pedalia vel 

 minora. 



Folia angusla , llnearia 1. lanceolato-linearia, brcviuscula. 



Ligulae loco barba pilorum. 



/Jflfm/ simpbcissimi, conferti, sparso-altcrni , pl. mln. polbcarcs, lcnucs. 



Spiculae In axis partialis bncaris excavationibus laxiusculc altcrnae, adpressae, sub- 

 sessiles, angusto-lanceolatac, acuminatae, parvac. Paleae, qulbus composltac 

 sunt, trcs, parum inaequales et ejusdcm substantiac: Inferior, axi opposita, et 

 secunda, axis dorso adjacens, 3-nerves; tertla, cum secunda flosculuni berma- 

 phrodltum constituens, blnervis. (Inferior itaque aut gluma inferlor est, su- 

 periori supressa, tumque periantbium inversum : aut, gluma utraque suppressa, 

 flosculus nculer univalvis, quod, ob substantiam flosculorum acqu.ilem, pro- 

 babilius). 



Lodiculae squamae 2, collaterales , cuneatae, apice emarginatae. 



Orarium bneari-oblongum, glabrum. S/jli 2. Sligmata pennato-plumosula. 



Sfamir/a 2,3? Aniherae iineares. 



Fruc/us caryopsis obovato-clliptlca, libcra, eberbis, exsulca, depressluscula . brcvi- 

 pcdicellata, scutello suo duplo et qu. exc. longior. 



licimaria acu/a Fliigg. Spiculis linca loMgioribus, subulatc-acuminalls, Infra pl- 

 losls; Culmo rcpcnte. 

 lieimaria acufa. K. et S. I. p. 2S9. Trin. Diss. W. p. 59. Tc. gram. XXIII. l. 215. 

 \'. spp. Bras. 

 Proslrala, pcJalis. Kaceml 4 — G, dcmum patrnllsslml ct rcnexi, basi nnnnlbi. 



-»>"•. r/. Ser. Sc. math. phys. el ,ml. Um. III. 2de p. Sc. nat. 



