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30. (20). Pharus v. P.r. J list. Jaiutiic. 34-1: (1T5G). 



Spikolets 1- Howe red. nioiKPcious, in pairs on a .spreading pani- 

 cle; one pedicellate and staminate, the other sessile and pistillate. 

 The two empty glumes membranous, many-nerved, the iloral glume 

 in the stamiuate spikelets membranous, in the pistillate coriaceous. 

 Stamens 0. Stigmas 3. Grain enclosed, but not aiUiereut. Jjcal'- 

 blades petioled, l)road witli many straiglit nerves gradually diverg- 

 ing from a midrib. The i)istillate spikelets 'Z-'S times as long as 

 the stamiiuite. 



There are thought to be 5 species, belonging to tropical America, 

 from Florida to Brazil. 



1. P. glaber 11. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. 1: 190 (1815). /'. la- 

 tifolim Trin. Griseb. Fl. Brit. Ind. 530 (1804). 



Culms 40-90 cm. high. Leaf-blades lanceolate-oblong, acumi- 

 nate, 15-30 cm. long, 3-0 cm. wide, small transverse nerves 

 numerous. Panicle s[)reading, 25 

 cm. long. Staminate spikelets on 

 pedicels as long as tlie pistillate 

 spikelets or shorter, oval, about 

 3 mm. long, glumes thin and 

 brittle; pistillate spikelets linear, 

 acute at both ends. 13 mm. long, 

 first and second glumes nearly 

 equal. 5-0 mm. long, 3-5-nerved; 

 t'rrtilc llorct villous, the Iloral 

 glume involute, enclosing a nar- 

 r'>\v. ■2-nerved palea of its own 

 length. 



Southern l''lorida,West Indies, 

 \ I'lHv.ucJa. Brazil. 



■W. {j\\). LuziOLA .Fuss. (}en. 

 I'l. :;:; (i:S!)). Cn-nurhh,,! Trin. 

 I'l--. ■.' : 54 (IS'.'0). Arrozia 



Fia. S2.~Phiir>is glabra. A, stiiini- 

 Mate spikelel: Ji, pistillate. (Ricii- 

 ardsoii.) 



S'lii'iid. Kunth. Kiium. PI. I : 11 



ll-s:;;i). 



Spikelets ovate, small, unisexual, mono'cious, l-llowered, subses- 



