3oo V A l^ 1 c E A E. Panicum. MUiana. 



Culmus spsquipcdalis, simpcx, ercctus, /^V/^//zae infimae imbiicalae, luantes. 

 lanatac. Folia subconcavo-plana I. niarj^mibus involula, lincas 2 — 4 lata, 

 glabra, dura, pungentia, glauca: radicalia subrccurvo-squarrosa, dodrantnlia 

 1. longiora, culmca brcviora. Panicula palmaris. Radii, basl saopc bai:lx»ti. 

 tenues. flosc. viasc. bivalvis: valv. inf. 5 — T-nervis. 

 Panicum loreum. riadfis superius compositis, paniculatis Radiolisquc pl. miii. p;i- 

 tenlibus hisve contractiusculis; Pedicellis spicula longioribus; Spiculis li- 

 ncalibus, obloni];is, obtusiusculis, glabris; Gluma inferiore flosculis duplo 

 breviori 1 — 5-, superiorc 3 — 5-nervi; Hermaplirodito acuto, laevi; 

 Foliis linearibus, glabris (coriaccis, crectis; Ligula nulla), 

 Panicum loreum Trin. Diss. 11. p. 211, Ic. gr. XXI. tab, 24^. IS. nb Es. 

 Agr. bras. p. 211. 



V. spp. liras» 

 Simillimum pracccdcnti, vi.K differcns nisi culmo alliori, panicula majori, 

 pedicellis paulo longioribus, hermaphrodito ncutrum ac(]uantc. f^uginac ra- 

 dicales squamiformcs, villosulac. 

 Panicum acuminatum Sw.! Radiis fcre a basi composilis, (brevi-) jubato-p.inicu- 

 latis (foliis pl. min. dense obvallatis) Radiolisque palentibus; Pedicellis spi- 

 cula paulo longioribus; Spiculis linea brevioribus, ovalibus, oblusiusculis, 

 brevi-pilosis; Gluma inferiore flosculis 3 — 4 — 5-pIo breviori, sub- 3-, 

 superiore 9-nervi; Hermaphrodito obtusiusculo , laevi; Foliis (brevibus) 

 lineari-lanccolatls, villoso-pubesccntibus. 

 Panicum acuminalum. R, et S. II. p, 453. 

 V. spp» Ind. occ. 

 Ca/rau5^^circitcrspithamaeus, decumbens, ramosissimus: ramis brevibus, con- 

 ferlis, subfastigiatis, erecto-foliosissimis. Vaginae pl. min. villoso-pubescentcs. 

 Folia stricta, semi — ultra-pollicaria, inferiora inlcrdum lincas 2 et qu. exc, 

 superiora lineam lata, Panicula jubalis pollice pl. min. minor, paupercula, 

 foliis plerumque brevior. 



