Panicum. Jchnanthus. P A N I C E A E. 325 



Culmus (in nostris) basi repcns, ramis obliquis 1. ercclis, 1 — 2 - pedalibus. 

 FoUa (in nostrls) polliccm dimiJium (pollicem Nces) latn, pollices o (S, Neesy 

 longa, superne pilis raris adspersa , infcrne dcnsius et appresso- mollilcrque 

 (sed tenuissimc) villosula. Paniciila dodranlalis — ultFapedalis. Sacpe Axis 

 et intcrdum etiam radii villosulo-pubcsccntcs, bl basl barbati. 



OkS. a ranici Murliani vjrielate Yaginis lolis lanatis diversum spiculis acutis, liermaphrodilo neu- 

 tro niaiiifeste Lreviorl. 



Panicum cynolis. Radiis (tenuibus) compositis; Spiculis laxiusculis, altcra brevius 

 altera paulo longlus pedicellata, sesqui- I. subbillneallbus, dum clausae sunt 

 ovalibus et acuminatis, glabris; Gluraa inferiore flosculls circiler quartam 

 parlrm brcviori, 3-, supcriore (cosdem subexccdentc) 5-ncrvi; Ilermaphro- 

 dito neutro paulo minorl, laevl; Appcndicibus ipso triplo brevioribus; Folils 

 lanceolalis, glabrls. 



V. spp. Bras. 



Culmus circiler sesquipedalis, decumbens, infcrne radlcans, exceptis vaginis 



' aliquot infimis e reliquis omnibus palunculos exserens, pertenucs, laxos, su- 



pcrne floriferos. T^aginae inferlorcs totae, superiores margine pubescentes. 



Folia lincas 4 — 5 lala, scsqiii — 3-poHicaiia. Panicula 2 — 3-pollicaris. 



liailioli brcvcs, plerumcjue biflori. Gluma Inferlor caudulata. 



Panicum Mariianum ]S . ab Es. Radiis compositis; Spiculis laxis, altcra brevl-al- 



tera longe pedicellata, billnealibus, dum clausae sunt Ilncarl-ovalibns, ob- 



tusiusculls (rarlus aculls), glabris; Gluma Inferiore flosculis tcrtiam quar- 



tamve partem brevlon, 3-, supcriore 5-nervI; Hermapbrodilo masculum 



aequanle (nec nisi in spiculls acutis eo pau?o mlnori), laevi ; Appendlclbus 



ipso trlplo 1. plus dimidlo breviorlbus; Foliis lanccolatis 1. lanceolato-ovatis 



vaglnlsque glabris, illisvc obsolete pubescentibus, his (villoso-) ciliatls, ra- 



rlus tolis tomentoso-lanalls. 



Panicum Dlarlianum N. ab Es. Agr. bras. p. 138. — P. almaJcnsc N. Es. ms. 



Trin. Diss. II, p. 186. Ic. gr. XIX. t, 217 P. Icjocarpum Sprgl. ms. — 



