Panicum. Virgana. PANICEAE^ 2^J 



d, Idem , foliis margine subcartilagineo-serralis (Trin, I. I. tab. t84.) : 

 Panicum Sieberi Lh. — an V. subcordahim Rotli. R. cl S.. II. p. 480. Mant. 2. 

 p. 270. (sub. .£'c///«oc/i/oa; spifuiae aulem oblusae di<:uatur). 



V. spp. Aegypl. 

 Culmus 1 — 2-pedalis, repens, ramosus, nodls pubescenlibus. Vaginae 

 aut totae glabrae, aiil ciliatae. Folia plerumqiie basi ciliala, semper pl. min. 

 amplexicaulia, 1 — 2-pollicaria,. Racemi 4. — 15 ad axia 1 — 2-pollicarem. 

 Floscu/u^ neukn bivalwis^ 



IX. V i r g a r i a.*^ 



a) Glama injeriore Jlosculis dimidio magisve breviori {inierdum nulta^. 



Pardcum obseplum. Radiis subracemifoBmibus, simpliciusculis, alternis, conlractis; 

 Pedicellis spicula brevioribus; Spiculis subullralinealibus, lanceolato-ovatis, 

 acutis, glabris; Gluma inferiore flosculis 4 — 5p'" breviori, enervi, supe- 

 riore T-nerwi; Hermaphrodito acuto, tenuissime strialo; Foliis angusto-li- 

 nearibus, glabris: supremi& racemos aequantibus vel supcrantibus. 

 Panicum obseplum Trin. Disa, II. p. 149. Kth. Agr. syn. p, 80. 

 V. spp. N. Iloll, 

 Cu/mus scmi — ultra-pedalis, decumbens, subsimplex. i\Wz plurinii, bar- 

 bulali.. J^aginae glabivie. Ligula ciliaris. Folia lineam dimidiam vel inle- 

 gramlala, 1 — ■ S-pollicarla, strictiuscula, superiora aliquot confertiora race- 

 mos involucrantia. j4xis communis pl. min. pollicaris. fiflc^/72/ pauci , paulo 

 laxiHoii, pollice breviores. P<?<//t^/// validiusculi. F/oscuIuS neuler 1-valvis, 

 5 — 7-nervis, cum gluma superiori Hermaphr. llneari-filliptico vix longior. 



*) Ordii iiicipipns a^ radiis racemirormibus (racemls simpliciusculis), per radios magis compositos — 

 virgalos —~ proijredilur ad radios decompositus. 



