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P A N I C r. A E. Panillim. Viraarla. 



Pankum marginalum Br. Piadlis raccmiformihiis simplicinscnlis compositisvc, allcr- 

 nis jnbalisvc, conlraclis; Pcdiccllis brcvissimis; Spicutis ullrarmcaliljiis, lan- 

 ccolato-ovalihns, aculis, glabrls; (lluma inlcriorc (losciilis (jnadrnplo nia-ijisve 

 brcviori, cncrvi, siipcriore 5-ncrvi; llcrmafiliroililo aciiliiisrnlo, scricco- 

 pubcsccntc: Foliis snljlaiiccolalo-Iincaribus, glabris. 

 Pankum niarginnlum. 11. cl S. 11. p. 4G0. 'liin. ic. gr. Xyill. tab. 209. 

 V. spp. ^. IIoll. 

 Culmus pedalis, prccumbcns, ramosus, nodis pubcscenlibus. Vaginae gla- 

 brae 1. tuberculis saepe pilifcris cxaspcralac. Folia (siccilale inlcrduni involuta) 

 lineas 2 ct qu. exc. lala, supra pl. min. aspcra, 2 — ri-poHicarla. Axi$ 

 comw. 2 — j-pollicaiis. 7f/7(r/;« pollice breviorcs. liacemuli, nbi adsnnt, cir- 

 citcr 3-IincaIcs. Spiculae laxiusculac. Flosc. neul. 1-vnlvis. 

 Panicum cxcclsum N. ab Es. Radiis raccmiformibus simplitiiiscnlis, confcrtissimo- 

 jubalis, adpresso-contraclis; Pcdiccllis spiciila panlo brcvioribus; Spicnlis 

 sublinealibus, lineari-subelliplicis, oblusiusculis, glabris: Gluma inferiore 

 flosculis triplo I. subduplo brcviori, 3-, snperiore (iisdcm | brcviori) 5-ncrvi; 

 Ilcrmaplirodilo acutiusculo, lacvi ; Foliis acuminalissimo-Iincaribus (am- 

 plexicanlibus) glabris. 

 Panicum cxcelsitm N. ab Es. Agr. bras. p. 1 80. 

 V. spp. Ibas. 

 Culmus orgyalis, simplcx, strictns. T^nginae glabrac. Juilia striclo-erccla, 

 firma , arcte amplcctcnlia, inferne comprcssa, dcin jilana, pl. min. pollicem 

 dimidium lala, sescjuipedalia. Juha dcdranlalis — scs(jiii[)C(laIis, lanceolata, 

 glaucescens, axi glabro. Raccmi An^n&h , slriclo-erccti. Juicemuli br(<vissimi, 

 5 — 6-flori. Spiculae binc arcualo-convcxac. FIosc. neiit. 1-valvis. 

 Panicum sloloniferum Poir. Radiis racemiformibiis simpliciiisciilis, allcrnis juba- 

 tisve, cum Haccmulis contraclis , illisvc pl. min. patcntibns. Pcdicellis bre- 

 vissimis; Spiculis linealibus, ovalo-Ianccolatis, acutissimis, gldbris; (iltiina 

 Infcriore flosculis Iriplo vcl subduplo brcviori, 3-, snpcriorc (flosculis parum 



