i88 P A N ic EA E. Trachjs. 



Culmos viJi G-pedalcs, nodis pluiimis radicanles, ramis palmaribus, ereclis. 

 fo/ia sesqui- 3-pollicaria, inJumento maximc variabilia, inlcrdum glabra et 

 glaberrima. Non omnes rami Ilacemo terminantur. Spiculae cum axi suo pJ. 

 niin. pubcsccnles, interdura laevigalae, biliueales. 



T R A c 11 Y s Pers. 



/Zac«/7H simplices 1 — 2. y/jr/*5/?flr//a//5 complanatus, arti(;ul;itus. AJ ar- 

 tlculum (jueravis exlus Spiculae (pleruraque 4) subfasciculatae, subsessiles : 

 Gluma flosculiquc slerilis Vakula infenonbus coriaceis. 



Gramen Indiae oricntalis, pl. min. pedale, decumbens, ramosum. 



Folia lineari- lanccolata, brcviuscula. 



Ligula brevluscula, membranacea. 



/Jaff/72/ plerumque 2, approximato-alterni. Axis parlialis cx articulis eirc. 6 com- 

 posilus: articulis 3 — 4-IincaIibus, demum solubllibus, formatis e ncrvo crasso, 

 utrinque (allero latere paulo lalius) hcrbaceo-alato: ala lineari, plurinervi. Ad 

 basin cujusvis arliculi extus Spicularum fasciculus, e stipile comrauni brevis- 

 simo ila partlto, ut spiculae inferiorcs (3) subfastigiatae siiit, quarta aut, si 

 plures, extlina, paulo altins posila (sterili). 



Spiculae inferiorcs complctae: Glumae 3-nerves: infrrior (olim pro lacinia involu- 

 celli sumla) flosculis pKis duplo brevlor, coriacca, lanccolata, picrumquc rc- 

 curva ; supcrior paulo longior, membranacea, pugioniformis, adpressa, iiifcrne 

 villosula. Flosculus neuier 2-valvis: valvula inferior maxiraa, coriacea, ovalis, 

 cuspidato-acurainata, margiiilbus inflexis, 13-nervis; supcriur minutissima, ub- 

 longa, oblusa, enervis. Hcrmaphrodilus neutro plus dimidlo brevior, char- 

 taceus, ovalo-lanccolatus, aailisslmus: valvula iufeiiorc Irlncivi snpcrloicm 

 arclc obvolvcns. — Spicula exliiiia e palels aliquot coriaceis et stcrilibus pl. 

 min. recurvis composila. 



