168 GRAMINEjE. Milium. 



1. M. pvnclalnm, paqiculae racemis altertiis ihdivisis, floribus 

 inferioribus geminis : supeiicnbus solitariis, pedicellis ar- 

 ticulatis ; perianthii valvula exterioie aristato-mucronata. 

 (J. T.) v. v. 

 Militum punctatum. L. 



Obs. Ob inflorescentiam et praesertim pediceUi articulum 

 distinctum genus erformare meietur, Paspalo proximum. 



PASPALUM. L. 



Gluma uniflora, bivalvis, aequalis, valvula exterior respectu ra-r 

 cheos interius posita, alteram planiorem amplexans. fe- 

 rianthium brvalve, chartaceo-cartilagineum, roagnitudine 

 glumae, valvis donta compressis. Squamulcs 2 hypogynae. 

 Stamina 3. Styli 2. Stigmata plumosa. Semen per/i- 

 anthio indurato accretum. Flores spicati, uniiaterafes, ad 

 denticulos racheos dilatatae solitarii. 



Obb. Genus affmitate proximum Panico : concipe enim in 

 Panicis spica secundl instructis suppressionem valvulae 

 ^^terioris glumaf;, et habes legitimam speciem Paspalij talis 

 autem suppressio certe obtinet in nonnullis, irt quibus vel 

 squamulae hypogynae vel valvula minutissima intra interio- 

 rem glumae quandoque obviae sunt^ et in Paspalo orbiculari 

 interdum valvulam parvarn extra planiorem gluraae obser* 

 vayi. 



1. V.polystachyum, spicisjiumerosis confertis, flosculis glabrii 



orbiculatis, valmla exteriore glumae 5-nervi, foliis planis 

 laevibus : margine simplici denticulata. (T.) v. v- 

 Obs. Nimis affine Paspalo scrobiculato L. sed glumae scro- 

 biculis carent, 



2. V. orbitulare, spicis alternis distinctis basi setigeris, flosculis 



glabris ovato-orbiculatis, valvula exteriore gramae trinervi, 

 tbliis planis laevibus : matgine incrassato denticulato. 

 (J. T.) v. v. 

 Paspalum orbiculare. Forst prod. n. 35. 



3. P. pubescens, spicis alternis distinctis sessilibus, flosculis ova- 



tis, glumis pubescentibus : valviila exteriore trinervi, folii* 

 planis : supra pilosis scabris ; margine incrassato denticu- 

 lato. (T.) v. v. 



4. J>. iittorale, spicis conjugatis subinaequaliter pedunculatis, 



flosculis ovatis acutis glabris, foliis involutis, culmo cora- 



presso. (T. J.) v. v. 



V K PANI, 



