■iiiaria , 



242 P A N I C E A E. Panicum. Brachi 



Culmns pi. min. podalis, aJscendens, florifcro-ramosiis. Vaginae glahrae I. 



cilialac et e glandulis pilis adspcrsac. Foha semi-amplexicaulia, linoas 2 — 3 



lata, 1 — 4-pallicaria. liacemi 2 — 5, ad axin 2 — 3-pollicai'em. Flosc. 



ncuicr 2 -val vis. 



Pankutn piailla i;iiii'iim Lk. Racemis sc.sqnipollicaribus, alternis, (superioribus) ia- 



terstitiis paulo longioribus; Spiciilis solilariis, laxiuscule imbricalis, biliiieali- 



bus, elliptico-ovatis, oblasiusculis aculiiisculisvc, glabris; Gluma inferlore 



flosculis triplo duplove breviuri; Ilermapbrodilo oblusiusculo, punctato-ru- 



guloso; Fcliis sublanceolalis, glabris. 

 Panicum phniagineum Lk. ht. rcg. lîcroL I. p. 206, — 7*. Leandri Trin. ic. 



gr. XXVIII. tab. 335. 



V. spp. Bras, el cul(. (in hto Hcrol.) 



Culmus 2-pedaHs, infcrnc rainosus. Vaginae tenuissime ciliatac. Falia 

 bas! compressa amplexicauba, mcdio lincas circiter 6 lata, majora 4-poiricaria. 

 Racemis, ad axin fere dodranlalcm. Spiciilae biscriales, iiitcrdum obovntao, 

 dcprcssiusculac. Gliimae tenui- 5 — T-nervcs: inl'erior apice subrolundala. 

 Flosc. neul. 1 — 2-valvis. Hcrmaphr. neulro vix bievior. 



OliS. Dlffeienlia sola iiilcr planlam Li^kti ciillam et Brasiliensein noslram in racemis in ilia in- 

 ferne ananlliis posila est, relifjiia prorsiis convcniunt. 



Panicum poIyphjUum Dr/ Racemis scsqui — l-pollicaribus, altcrnis, interstiliis 

 paulo longioribus; Spiciills solilariis, Iaxis, linealibus, obovato-oblongis, 

 acutiusculis, glabiis; Gluma inferiore flosculis dimidio brevlori; Herma- 

 phrodite acuto, punctato-striato; Foliis lineari-lanceolalis , pilosis. 

 Panicum polyphyïïum. R. et S. II. p. 4G0. Trm. ic. gr. XY. lab. m. 

 V. spp. 1^. IIoll. 

 Culmus 2-pedalis, decumbens? cum Vaginis e glandulis pusillis pilosus. 

 Folia lineas 2 — 3 lata , ntriuque pubescendo-pilosa, 5-pollicaria. Racemi 

 circiter 7, ad axin pubesccnlcm, brevipedunculali. Spiculae dissitiusculac, 

 quasi 1-scriales. Flosc. neul. 1-valvis. 



