2ie GKAM1NFE.E. Tetrarrhera. 



1. T. distiehophylla, floribus- pube*centrbtfs, periaafhHs nervo- 

 ST9 otoosTs : valvrria rxtima ctepfo* brevrore, foiiis strictis 

 vaginisque pilosis, culmo b.isi ramoso. (D.) v. v . 

 Ehrharta distichophylla* Labiit. nov. Iwtl. 1. p.gQ. t. WJ. 



X. T. acwwi*a4a f fk>ribus glabris, perumthii» nervosis : exteriore 

 acuTo : vaivula aVtera interiore paruro breviore : alteri 

 fertgiore aeuroinata, foliia vagiuisque glabris, culnao ra- 

 moso. (D.) v. v. 



1. f.jttncea, floribus glabris irribrieatis-, glumis enervibns pe- 

 rianthiisque obtusi9 ntrvosis,. culmo ramo«o foiHsque stric- 

 tis glabrw. (M.) v. v. 



4. T. lcovis, noribus glabris dlstinctis, glumis nervosis acutius- 

 culis, perianthiis obtusis enervibus faevibu& y culmis simpli- 

 cibu*> foliis glabris planis laxiusculis. (M.) v. v t 



MICROLiENA. 



Gluma uoi&ora, rrrinuta, bivalvi** P\eria*ttkram pediceUo bar- 

 bato glcrmam superante insidens, dtrpien, atnamqae bi- 

 valve, imberbe, exteriorra valvulia subaequalibus, apice 

 aristatw. Squomulos hypogynae 2, oppoBJtw, valvolw pe- 

 riaothii aiternantes. Stomina 4 ! Stigmata 2, sessilja, 

 pluruosa. 

 Gramen glabrum. Culmus jilifbrmis. Folia plana, hrevia. 

 Ligula incisa. Racemus nutans. 



Ofls. Ex repetito examine recentls et siccatae certd tetrandra. 

 Tetrarrhenae valde afrrnis, sed notis- supra datis sat distincta 

 videtnr. Situs squamularum hypogynarum in utroque 

 genere et in Ehrharta oriri videtur ex eanim insolita mag- 

 nitudine et pressione valvulas extexioris perianrhii proprii. 



M.slipoides. (J. D.) v. v. 



Ehrharta stipoides. Labiil. nov. holl. I. p. 91. /.118. 



LEERSIA. Soland. Swartz. 



Asprella. Sckrd. gen. p. 45. 

 Homalocenchrus. Meig. 



Gl*ma nulla. Perianthiunt bivalve, valvuJis compreasaHiavi- 

 cularibus, muticis. 



1. L. australis, paniculi effus) subsimpnci e spicis alfernis: 

 inferioribus bipartitis, floribus hexandris, valvularum ca- 



rinis 



