200 GRAMIXF/E. Holcus. 



5. H. plumosus, panicula effusa : ramis verticillatis indivisii 

 spiciferis, spicis 8 — 15-floris, rachi pedunculisque plumo- 

 so-barbatis, rloribus oblongo-lanceolatis, glumis pubescen- 

 tibus muticis, hennaphroditi arista imberbi valvulis sexies 

 longiore, foliis scabris, geniculis barbatis. (T.) v.v. 



t. H. elongatus, panicula elongata subcoaretata : ramis verti- 

 cillalis divisis simplicibusve spiciferis, spicis 5-floris, pe- 

 duncuJis imberbibus, glumis glabris muticis, extrriore her- 

 maphroditi substiigoso-ciliata, rlosculi hermapliroditi arista 

 spicula breviore, foliis triquetris carina marginibusque as- 

 peris. (T.) v. v. 



ANTHISTJRIA. /_,. 



Flores fasciculati, polygami monoici. 



Masc. v. Neut. quatuor, verticillati, sessiles, circumdantes 



unicum hermaphroditum, mnscnlis 2 pedicellatis stipatum. 



Gluma 1 — 2-valvis, membranacea. Perianthium inuli- 



cum. 

 Hermaph. Gluma bivalvis, coriacea, 1 — 2-flora. Perian- 



thiurn inclusum, hyalinum, bivalve, valvulu exteriore aris- 



tata, v. aiistiformi. Squamuhp 2 hypogynae. Stami- 



na 3. Styli 2. Stigmata plumosa. Flosculus ncuter ex- 



terior, univalvis. 



Obs. Genus, cujus veram structuram respectu florum verti- 

 cillatorum olim suspicatus est Linnneus, primum deserip.iit 

 Forskael. Nuperius Desfontaines characterem reformavit, 

 ejusdem verb descriptio floris hermaphroditi minus accu- 

 rata est. 



1. A. australis, glumis involucrisque imberbibus strigisve pau- 



cissimis, foliis vaginisque glabris, culmo tereti. (J. JVI. 

 D. T.) v.v. 



2. A. frondosa, glumis masculis barbalis, involucris foliaceis va- 



ginisquehirsutis, pedunculis villosissimis, cuhno coiupie-.-».» 

 scabriusculo. (T.) v. o. 



ANDUOPOGON. 



Andropogonis species. h. Schreb. 



. Fhres polygami monoici, spicati, spieis solitariis conjugatis fas- 

 ciculatisve. 

 Hermaph. Gluma billora, bivalvis, roriacea, basi barbata. 

 tiusalus e.ittrior univajri. , aeuter • intc r ior hermaphrodi- 



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