10 GnAMINKAK. 



altero latere ad basln lisquc fissa, rarius ex parte, rel 

 tota fere, tubuloso-coallta, apicc introrsum ligula 

 magis niinusvc distincta aucta, pilorum sacpe seric 

 stipata, ad latcra ctlam auriculata ycI barbata, cul- 

 mum arctc vcl laxc amplectcntc, rariusve ab co di- 

 vcrgcnte. Jjamina folii in phirlmis angusta, filifor- 

 mls, subulata, lincaris, cuncato - lanccolata scu e 

 basl apiccm vcrsus scnsim attenuata (fascialis), ra- 

 riusvc verc lanccolata, oblonga vcl ovata, parallcli- 

 nervis, ncrvis rcctis vcl curvis, acqualibus tcnuibus, 

 costa media fortiori pallida, ubi lamina sacpe com- 

 plicato - carinata. Margines foliorum in phirimls, fa- 

 cics sacpe, scabrae. Acccdlt hirsutics varia in nodis, 

 vaglnis foHIsfpie, rarius in ipso culmo. 



Inflorescentia graminum, ritc eam si spcctes, 

 spica est, eacpie mmquam slmplcx, sed composlta 

 vcl decomposlta, aut, ul)Icunquc partlales splculae 

 pedimculls slmpllcibus compositlsvc gaudeant, racc- 

 mosa vcl panlculata, est enim tjpus florentls splcu- 

 lac follohim bractealc (gluma seu valvula flosculi cu- 

 jusquc infcrior), in axllla fovcns raiimhim brcvlssl- 

 mum, foHohmi bractealc superloris ordlnis, cum axi 

 conflatum, idque vel novuin floscuhim gignens vel 

 liberum atque (in phiribus) fructiricationls partcs 

 axUlarcs tcgcns, sustcntantcm. At vcro, cum hanc 

 uhcriorcm Graminearum inflorcsccntlam spiculae 

 vel locustae nomine jani floris loco poncre con- 

 sueverimus, spicularum in communcm Inflorcscentiam 

 disposltioncm solito more dljudicarc fas est, unde 

 trlplex in univcrsum inflorcscen tiac gramincac 

 diversitas oritur, scIHcct: 



