Pennisetiim. P A N l c E A E. 1.8 r 



fi. Involnccllis plumosis, 

 * pcdicellatis. 

 Penniselum fasciculalum. Tliyrso solhario, laxo (2 — 5-polIicari); Involiiccllis 

 pcdicellall.s, 1-veI fasciciilato- 2 — S-floris: sctis inaequalibus, spicula &cn- 

 sim suIiJnpIo Iona;ioribus: intcrioiibus plumosis: intinia elongata; Gluma 

 infcrlore flosculls fcie Iriplo, supciiore iisdem paulo breviori; Hermapliro- 

 dito caudalo-cuspidato masculum bivalvem acullsslmum aequanle; Foliis li- 

 nearibus, glabris, 



V. spp. Pers. et c monle Sinai. 

 Culnius vix pedalis, infcrne fasciculato-ramosissimus, lamis adsccndcntibus, 

 floriferis. NoJi barjjati. Kaginne glabrae, superne clliatae. Ligula brevis- 

 sima, cillarls. Folia compressa, explanata vlx lineam lata , 4 — 5-poIlicana 

 (superiora brcviora). 1 Iiyrsus pallidus 1. purpurascens, Axis pubescens. 

 Pcdicelli im'oIucrorum brevl-lanatl. Spiculae, demto involucello, 3-IineaIes. 

 (j/wTOfl inferior obtusa, superlor aclculata, 3-nervIs. Flosc. masc. valv. inf. 

 5-nervIs. Lodicula nulla. Slyli basi eonnati, 



** Im'olucelIis scssilibus, 



Penniselum cenchroides Ricli. Tbyrso solitario, densiusculo (i — 2-pollicari) ; 

 Involucellis (sub-) sessilibus, 2 — 3-l!oris: selis inaequalibus, spicula sen- 

 slm duplo longioribus: interloribus plumosis: intlma longiori, crassiori; 

 Gluma inferiore flosculls duplo-, superlore ilsdem lertlam quartamve partem 

 breviori; Hermaphrodllo aculissimo masculum bivalvem aequante; Foliis 

 linearibus, excepta basi glabris. 



Penniselum cenchroides. V\. et S. II. p. 259. N. ab Es, in Linn. 1832. p. 217, 

 excl. syn. Thbg. — P. ciliare Lk. ht. Berol» 



Panicum lulpinum PV, En. 



Cenchrus ciliaris L. 



V. spp. Mader, Canar. Cap. vir. 



