i8o P A N i c E i E. Pennisetum. 



giuii; HcrmnpliroJIlo ohlu.Miisciilo, nciilro masciilove bivalvi niinori; Foliis 



lincaribus, sub lcnlc pilis brcvissiiiiis adjjrcssis adspcr^is. 

 Penniselum pannflonim Trin. Diss. II. p. 65. (cxcl. syn. Poir.). Ic. gr. XX l^, 



tab. 288. 



V. spp. e Sierra Leone. 



Ciilrnus scsqiii — 2-pedaHs, dccumbcns, ramosus, nodis glabris. Vaginac 

 glabrae vcl fauccm vcrsus cilialac. Ligula ciliaris. Fulia llncas 1 — 2\ lata, 

 infcriora spilbamaca, sub lcnlc glandulis minimis adprc.sso-pillfcrls adspersa. 

 Tliyrsus circiler sesqullincam crassus, dcmum fusccsccns. Spiculae, demlo Involu- 

 ccllo, vlx Hncam longac. Involucelli setae clrcitrr 9, unica spicula 3 — 4-plo lon- 

 gior. Gluma supcrlor brcvi-aciculala, 5-nervis. Flosc. injerior gluma circ. quar- 

 lam partem brcvlor: valv. inf. subcu.spidala, 5-nervi. Hcrm, demum subco- 

 rlaceus, flosculo inferiore fere terliam partem brevior. Lodicula nulla. Slyli . . . 

 Pennisclum lalijolium Sprgl. Tliyrsis aliquot e vaginis superioribus fasciculalo-pe- 



dunculalis, densis (scsqul — bi-pollicarlbus) : Involucrissessilibus: sclis liis- 



pidis, inaequallbus, splculam sensim aequanllbus: unica plus duplo lon- 



giorl; Gliima iiifcriorc mlnlma, supcilorc floscuHs pl. mln. trlplo brcvlori; 



Ilcrmapbrodllo aculo, ncutro acumlnato univalvi bievlori; FoIIIs lalo-Ian- 



ceolatis, glabris. 

 Gymnothrix lulijolia Scliult. Mant. 5. p. GOl. N. ab Es. Agr. bras. p. 278. 

 V. spp. Monlcvid. 



Culmus fere orgyalis, slmplex, nodis strigiloso-barbatis. / 0^/««^ superiores 

 glabrac. Ligula clllarls. Folia m petiolum altenuala, majora medlo polllce 

 latlora, fcrc blpedalia. E vaginis supcrlorlbus raral allquot vcrsus mcdlum 

 vaginati: hac vagina pcdunculos emlttcnte tenues, curvalos, InacqnaJcs, thyr- 

 siferos. Thyrsi vlresccntcs. Selae supcrne saepe purpurasccntcs. Spiculae, 

 demlo involucello, sub- o-llneales. Lodiculae squamac cuncato-quadratae, 

 emarginatae, basl cruclalae. Slyli llberl. 



