Panicum. Cabrera. P A N I C E A E. ig-? 



Culmiis (infernr) plurifolius et saepe ramosus. Vaglnac carinato-comprcs- 

 sae, glabrac, superne cilialae. Ligula inemhranacea, brevlssima. Folia acu- 

 minato-atlenuala, fuma, siibpungenlia, spsqnilinram laln, itiferiora palmaiia — 

 ultraspithamaea. Axis communis circiter scmipollicaris; partialis spiciila paulo 

 lalior vel eidem subaeqviikitns, pro spiculis recipicndis levller scrohiculato-exca- 

 valus. Spinilac litieam dimidlam longae 1. paiilo breviores. Gliima inferior, 

 si adest, minuta, tnincata; suprrior 5-, ilosculus neuler 3 -nervis. Her- 

 mophrodUus fuscus, punctato-striatus. 

 Panlaim immersum. 1 — 2- pédale et ultra, errclum. Bacemis 2 — 5 — 12, sub- 

 digitato -approximatissimis (l — 2-pollicaiibus et ultra); Axi spiculis la- 

 tiori; Spiculis pusillis, ovato-ellipticis, oblusiusculis, glabris; Gluma in- 

 fcriori riulla; Foliis lineari-lanceolalis, planis, glabris (cilialulis). 

 Pospahim immersum N. ab Es! Agr. bras. p. 82. — Pasp. cxcavalum Tria. 

 Diss. II. p. 88. — Pasp. aurcum HhKth.? 

 V. sp. Bras. 

 Culmus simplex vel e bas! crecto-ramosissimus. Vaginae carinato-com- 

 pressae, glabrae. Ligula membranacea , brevissima. FoUa subacuminata, flac- 

 cida , lineas 4 — 6 lala , spilhamaea et longiora. Axis communis in oligo- 

 slachyo gramine subnuUus, in polystachyo sub- ultra -scmipollicaris; parlialis 

 spiculis ambabus lalior, pro ipsis rccipiendis profundius scrobiculalus. Spiculae 

 linea dimidia breviores. Gluma et Flosc. neuter. dissitlssime binerves. Her- 

 maphrodilus spadicescens, laevis. 

 Panicum chrysodaclylon. Sesqui — 3 - pédale , erectum 1. adscendens. Racemis 

 2 — 6, subdigltato-approximatisslmis (3 — 4-pollicanbus); Axi spicula an- 

 gustiori vel ejusdem lalitudine; Spiculis parvis, obova'to-ellipticis, seriatim 

 birlis; Gluma Inferiori pusilla, vaga; ïdiis linearibus 1. sublanceolato-li- 

 nearibus, planis involutisve, liirsulis glabrisve. 

 Paspalum canescens N. au Es! Agr. bras. p. 19. Trin. Diss. II. p. 89. le. 

 gram. IX. lab. 98. 

 V. spp. Bras. 



