== 86 — 
V. spp. € Bras. merid, (acc, sub nom. ÆArislidae eapillaceae LaM. ex Chae- 
lariae lacvis N. ab Es). 
Tripedalis.  Folbia praelonga, coriacea, involuta vel plana, glabra, cum 
panieula fere spithamaea, sublineari -compacta, basm versus saepe inter- 
rupta, € glauco et amethystino varia.  Aristae squarrosae, 
Arislida diffjusa. Vamicula diffusa, lucidissima; Glumis obtusiuseulis, bifido-den- 
tatis: superiore duplo longiort, perianthio 8-lineali quartam partem brevioni : 
Aristae lacinis valvula sesqui-longioribus: media paulo majori. 
V. sp. Cap. b. sp. 
Bipedalis, culmo simplici folisque involutis glabris. Panicula dodrantalis, 
radus subcapillaribus diffasis. Flores (demum) spadicei, basi purpurei ; 
Aristae squarrosae, 
PB) {ristae laciniis lateralibus rectis, media reflexu. 
Arislida virgata Tr, Diss. À. p. 178.  Panicula patula, elongata; Glumis acu- 
minals, perianthio bilineali (laevi) non nimis longioribus: mferiore paulo 
minori; Aristae lacintis lateralibus valvüla plus duplo-, media eadéem fere 
quadruplo longioribus. 
An Aristida oligantha Mchx. R. et S. IL p. 591. sub Chaetaria. 
V. spp. Am. bor, 
Tripedalis, graciis.  Folia plana, satis longa. Panicula 1 -sesqui-pedalis, 
linéari-angustata, subsecunda et nutans. 
Aristida gracilis EL. Vanicula contracta ; Glumis acuminatis, perianthium sub- 
ultrabilineale (scaberrimum) aequantibus: inferiore paulo minori; Aristae la- 
cinus lateralibus longitudine valvulae, media eadem plus duplo longiori. 
Aristida gracilis.  Schult. Mant. IL p. 214. 
V. spp. Amer. bor. 
Semipedalis et ultra, basi ramosa. Panicula dimidiam culmi partem ef 
ficiens strictiuscula, interrupta, contracto -angustissima. 
