33o PAt^ICEAE. Arundindla. 



Culmns S-pcdaHs, basi rcppns, ramosus, ramis allqiiot (loriferis. Taginae 

 elabrae. Z/^^u/a brcvissima, rigiilo-ciliala. folia pallidc glaiicescenlia, lincas 

 circiler 5 lala, sesquipalmaria, palmaria et breviora. Juba flavcsccndo-albens. 

 RaJiolt dlssitiusculc secundi-flori. Flosculus utcrquc hcrmapbrodilus. 



Arl;sdinki.i.a Raddi. 



Panicu/a com^osha. Spiculae (1 — 3-linralcs) sobtaiiac. Flosculus frudi- 

 fcrus basi pilis cinctus, apice aristatus. 



Gramina utriusriuc orbis tropica 1. rcgioncs tropiras gradus pancos exccdenlia, pl. 

 mln. erccta, arundinacca, 1 — 6-pcdaba, culmo plcrun:(|ue simplici. 



Folia Hnearia 1. sublanccolato-bnearia. 



Ligula ciliaris, rarius membranacea, brcvissima. 



Panicula plcrumqne conlractiuscula ct longa. Radii vcrticillali, semivcrlicillali 1. 

 fasciculali, rarius pauci (solitarii binivc), radiolis sacpissime racemiformibus. 

 Spicular, dum clausac sunt, lanceolalo-ovatac, lcrctiuscnlac, hcmiologamac, ra- 

 rius bcmigamae. Glumae hcrbaceo- mcmbranaceae 1. hcrbacco - charlaccae, 

 3 — 5-ncrvcs, plcrumquc acuminalac: iiiferior brevior. Floscuhts infcrior fcre 

 semper masculus (inlcrdum cum j)istillo, ut v. gr. , Kunlhio tcsle, in Brandlia 

 sua holcoide) , rarius nculer, bivalvis, substantia glumarum, muticus. FIosc. 

 superior hcrmaphrcjditus 1. fcmineus, coriaccus, ovalo-lanccolatus, c callo sub- 

 jcclo brevisbimo pilis brevibus cinclus, suj)crne exaspcralns 1. pdosulus, apicc, 

 nunc integro nunc bifido 1. biseto, arislatus, arista longc plcrumquc torta ct 

 gcniculata. ^alvula infcrior supcriorcm arcle anij)Icctcns. 



Lodiculae squamae 2, subquadrato-cuncatae, cmarginalac. 



Oiorium ovalc, glabrum, Slyli 2. Sligmala plumosa. 



Slamina 3. Anlhcrae lineares. 



Fruclus caryopsis ovalis, tcretiuscula , inlra valvulas arclc clausas libera, cberbis, 

 scutello suo duplo longior. 



