Panicum. P A N i c E A E. ig3 



peiiori feie sempcr similliina ejusdemque substanliae hcrb.'icco-membranaccae, 3 

 ad 15-nervis, mulica \e', rarius, sellgera. \ alvula superior, si adcst, tenerior, 

 binen'is, plcrumque infeiiore brevior. — Flosculus superior, inlerdum bre- 

 vissiine pedicellalus, bivalvis, coriaceus demumque carlllagineus, vel rarius 

 charlaceus tantum, pleiumqiie clausus, flosculo incomplelo haud raro brcvlor: 

 valvula liifcrior convexa superiorem planiurem marginibus obvolvcns, mutlca, 

 I. (tarissime) bievicaudala , aut apice, lutn obluso, brevlssime aciculala. 



Lodicu'ae squamae 2, subcunealo-quadralac, emaigiaatae (altero laleie in pauclssi- 

 rais production). 



Oioritim oblongum, glabriim. Slrli 2. Sligmala plumosa. 



Slamina 3, rarius 2. AnOicrac lineares. 



Frucius caryopsis oblonga, libéra inlra valvulas iaduralas, eberbis, exsulca, scutello 

 suo dimidio I. | longiur. 



Subdivisiones. 



A. Flosculus iiijcrior subs'anlia glumae superioris; hcrmaphrcdilo, basi interiori 

 nec scrobiculalo ncc appendiculato , planior. 



1. CabRKBA. /ifltww/ simplicissimi, digitali. ^jr« pllis aureis ciliali. Spiculae 



subsessiles, regulariter biseriales, elliplicae, miriimae I. parvae. Gluma in- 

 Jeriur pusilla, vaga aut iiulla. Hirwaphr. niuticus. f losc. neut. t-valvis. 



Ob gluniulani iiifeiioiem frcqiientliis niaiiifcstam quam nullam et ob iiifloreicentiam 

 Panico (Digilaiiae) propiiuriu quam l'a>|>al(i, illi nec huic aisucianWa sectio. 



2. DiGiTABIA. /Jflc^w/ simpliccs (raro solitarius), snbdigilato I. jubato-approii- 



maii, subfastigiati. Spiculae subsrssilcs vel pedicellalae, plerumque irregu- 

 lariler (rarissime serialim) dispiisit.ie, pi. min. lanceolatae. Gluma infcrior 

 pusilla, rarius nuUa. Hennaphr. mulicus. F losc. neul. 1-valvis, 

 5. Ubochi.OA. Rucemi umbeliatu-digilati. Spiculae irregulariler disposilae, 

 inaequali- pedicellalae, ovatac. Gluma inferiur flosculis dimidio brevior. 



Itftm. f'J. Str. Se. malh. phyt. H uni. Tom. III. 2dr p. St. nat. 25 



