ig8 GRAMINEjE. 



SPINIFEX. L. 



Flores polvgami dioici. Gluma biflora, bivalvis, aequalis. 

 Masc. spicati, triandri, rachi utrinque nuda 

 Androg. solitarii, ad basin racheos clongatae aristaeformis : 



flosculus exterior masculus v. neuter 1 — 2 valvis; interior 



hermaphrodito-femineus. 

 Gramina in littoribus arenosis late repentia ; mascula utplu- 



rinium in distinctis gregil-us nascentia : spicis numerosis 



approximatis. Femineorura Raches in capitulum echmatum 



congestce. 



1. S. longifolius, glaber, foliis inermibus flaccidis semitereli- 

 bus : marginibus longitudinaliter laevibus rachi fructifera 

 ter longioribus, glumis'masculis scabris. (T.)Baudin v s. 

 Cyperus. Peron. voy.au ierr. aust.l. p. 113. (a< cumium 

 descriptionem haud raxile convenientem cum specimine a 

 D. Baudin.) 



*2. S.fragilis, glaber, foliis incrmibus flaccidis semiteretibus : 

 margine scabris rachi fructifera longioribus. (T.) v. v. 



3. S. sericeus, sericeus, foliis incrmibus intus vaginisque gla- 



bris, acumine racheos masculae spica aliquoties breviore. 

 (J.T.) v.v. 



4. S. kirsuhs, sericeus, foliis inermibus intus vaginisque villo- 



sis, racheos masculae acumine spicam subaequante. (M.) 

 v. v. 

 Spinifex hirsutus. Lalill. nov.holl. 2. p.Sl. f. 230, 331. 



HOLCUS. Mi^. act. helv. 8. /. 4. Schreh.gen.p. 715. 

 Sorgum. Mich. Holci speries, L. 



Florcs polygarm monoici, paniculati, ramis sub-verticillatis. 



Hermaph. Gluma biflora, bivalvis, coriacea, basi barbata. 

 Flosculus exterior univalvis, neuter : interior hermaphro- 

 ditus, bivalvis, valvula exteriore subaristata, interiore mi- 

 nuta. Souamulce 2 hypogynae. (imberbes v. ciliatae.) Sta~ 

 mina3. Styli2. Stigmata plumosa. 



Masc. hermapltrodito sessili adstarites, genoini v. solitarii, 

 pedicellati, perianthio mutico : quandoque abortientes, 

 neutri. 



Obs. I. E Holcis in editione Sp. pl. Willden. propositis huc 

 pertinent Holcus bicolor, Sorghum, cernuus, caffiorum, 

 saccharatus, decolorans, baJepensis, nitidus, quibus adji- 



ciendi 



