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a) Culmo decumbente, saltem obliquo, rigidiori flaccidionive, v. spp. Sierr. 
Leon. Manil. 
B) Culmo stricto -erecto. 
V. spp. e Congo (herb. HORNEM.). 
In var. &, quae spithamaea — bipedalis, panicula dimidiam inter- 
dum vel majorem saltem eulmi partem occupat, radis satis longe ab 
invicem distantibus, brevibus; quo rigidior culmus, eo angustiora ma- 
gisque involuta folia. Var, f. vix species existimanda, 1 — 2-pedalis, 
culmo aut simplici, aut per intervalla longissima florifero-ramosa, 
Eragrostis Vahlii N. ab Es. Vaniculae strictiusculae, patulae radus sohtarns, 
mox supra basin simpliciter divisis, villosulis, axillis omnibus barbatis; Spi- 
culis brevipedicellatis, lanceolato - ovatis 1. lineari-ellipticis, 5— 20- (50-) 
floris; Flosculis ovatis, acuminatissimis, distinctiuscule nervosis: valv, sup. 
fere dimidio breviori, cilatula; Folüs compresso-planis, villosis glabriuscu- 
lisve; Ligula brevissima, cilari, eberbi. 
Egragrostis Vahlii N. ab Es.! Agr. bras, p. 499. (excel. syn. sub var, £.). 
Poa racemosa Wall. 
Poa Vahli R. et S. U. p. 563. 
V. sp. Bras. 
Eragrostis bahiensis Schult. Mant. 2. p. 318.  Paniculae patulae vel contractius- 
culae, strictiusculae, lucidae radis solitariis, nune a basi nunc pl. min. su- 
pra basin compositis, axillis nudis; Spiculis brevi-pedicellatis, lineari-ellipti- 
cis, 4— 20-floris; Flosculis ovatis, acutis, distincte nervosis: valv. sup. sub- 
aequilonga, serrata; Folis planis vel subinvolutis rigidulis, glabris basive pi- 
losis; Ligula ciliari, eberbi 1. obsolete barbulata, 
Poc brasiliensis Raddi Agr. Bras, p. 51. (exel. syn. Sloanei). 
Eragrostis brasiliensis N. ab Es. Agr, Bras, p. 497. (excll. varr, y et 6.). 
Poa polymorpha Br. 
