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FUMMUNG AIO LOAE NA Dr. 
Juba panicularis. Glumae minutae, enerves. Flosculi 3, basi in pe- 
dicellum glumis longiorem et pilorum fasciculis 2, alternis, basi arcte 
circumdatum coaliti Flores neutri exteriores, 1-valves, longe subu- 
lati et asperi; intermedius hermaphroditus, 2-valvis, neutris brevior. 
Stam. 4. 
Gramen 1 — 11/2 — 2 -pedale, insulae van Diemen, adscendendo-erectum. 
Folià sublanceolato-linearia, firmula, 2 — 3 pollices longa, lineas 11/2 aut 
minus lata, deorsum aspera. 
Ligula brevissima, truncata. 
Juba panicularis simplex, 4 — 6-pollicaris, subsecunda. Flores subcompressi, 
in quavis spicula 3, basi in pedunculum inferne albo- brevi- et den- 
siuscule pilosum conjuncti glumis longiorem: 2 alterno-exteriores, de- 
cidui, coriacei, {-valves, glauco virides, neutri, 5 — 1-nerves, superne 
asperrimi , lanceolati, longe acuminati: inferiore 8 — 10-, superiore 
12 — 14-lineali; infermedius hermaphroditus, tenui-mucronatus, bival- 
vis, deciduus, flosculis neutris fere duplo brevior, valvula inferiori 3 - 
nervi, superiore minori, Glumae membranaceae, pusillae, persistentes, 
pedunculo flosculorum breviores, inferiore paullo minori, obtusa, supe- 
riore acutiuscula, enerves. 
Lodiculae squamae oppositae, ovario paullo longiores, obtusae. 
Stam. 4. Antherae..... 
Ovarium glabrum. Stigmata 2, a basi intus aspergilliformia. 
Fructus ..... 
3) Microlaena stipoides Br! RetS. TIL p. 484. 
Ehrharta stipoides LaBüill. Sp. n. Holl. 1. p. 91. t. 118. 
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