Thouarea. Paniceae. 187 



Folia lanceolata 1. lanceolato-linearia, breviuscula. 



Lignla ciliaris. 



Racemus simplicissimus, inlra vaginam ramorum exlimam spalliaceam diu abscon- 

 (litus, nii nisi spicularum apicibus exslantibus, circiter scmipollicaris, 5-florus. 

 Axis coriaccus, e basi dilatala et compressa sensim atlcnuatus, inferne obsolcle 

 articulatus (nec solubilis). Spiciilae intra axis cavum solitariae vel binae, he- 

 miologamae. Gluma inferior in spiculis inferioribus nulla (vel ejus loco squa- 

 mula mlnutissima) , non nisi in spicula exlima stcrili sacpe manifesta , tumque 

 linearis, flosculis circiler terliam partem brevior; supcrior membranncca, flos- 

 culos aequans, acuta, 1 — 9-nervis. Flosculus injcrior masculus, bivalvis: 

 valv. inferiore gluraae superiori simlllima. HermapIiroJilus chartaeeus, mas- 

 culum aequans, ovato-lanceolatus, acutus, valvula inferlore S-ncrvi superiorera 

 obvolvens. 



Lodiculae squamae 2, truncatae, hinc in denticulum pioduclac. 



Ovarium oblongum, glabrum. Sfjli 2. Sligmala plumosa. 



Slamina Z. Anlherae Ilneares. 



/v«<:/«i caryopsis ovalls, subdepresso- teretiuscula, eberbis, incluso-libera , sculello 

 suo dlmldio longior. 



Oes. Spatha racemum Involvens, In ramis terram versus refraclis, metlln in se i(a repllcala esl, ul, 

 apice basi adglunitato, saccum formet induratum , caryopsin includentem. 



Thouarea sarmeniosa Pers. Culmo glabro; Splculis solitariis. 



Variai foliis latiorlbus (lanceolatis, lincas 4 — 5 latis) et angusliorlbus (ses- 

 qullln. I. Iln. 2- et qu. exc. latis), glabris et pl. min. pubescenilbus. 

 Tlwuorea sannenlosa. I\. et S, 11. p. 80T. Klh. Agr. syn. p. 174. rev. gr. 

 tab. 35. — Th. media Br/ (uon dlversa). — 77/. ini>oIucrala Eschscltulzf 

 in Mcm. de TAc. de Sl. Pe't. Tom. X. p. 291. 

 An Ischaemum iniwlulum Forsl. 



V. spp. N. lioll. Inss. Mulgr. Soc. el Carol. 



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