56 (2oo) GRAMINEAE. Holcus. 



5. H. plumosus , panlcala effusa : ramis verticlilatis indivisis 



spiciferis, spicis 8 — i5-floris, rliaclii pedunculisque pla- 

 nioso-barbatis , floribos oblongo-lanceoiatis , glumis pa- 

 bescentibus muticis, bermapbroditi arista imberbi vaivn- 

 lis sexies longiori, foliis scabris , geiiiculis barbalis. (T.) 



6. H. elongatus, panicula elongata snbcoarctata : ramis verti- 



clilatis divisis simplicibasve spiciferis, spicis 5-floris, pe- 

 danculis imberbibas, glamis glabris maticis , exteriori 

 bermapbroditi substrigoso-ciliata, flosciili bermapbroditi 

 arista spicula breviori, foliis tricjaetris carina margini- 

 basc[ae asperis. (T.} v. v, 



ANTHISTIRIA. Z. 



Flores fascicalati , polygami monoici. 



Masc. V. Neat, qaataor , verticillati , sessiles , circumdantes 

 anicam bermapbroditam, masculis 2 pedicellatis stipa- 

 tam. Gluniic i — 2-valvis, membranacea, JPerianthium 

 muticum, 



Hermapbr. Gluma blvalvis, coriacea , i — 2-flora. Perian- 

 thium inclusam , byalinura, bivalve, valvula exteriori 

 arlstata, v, aristiformi. SquamuLae 2 bypogynae. Stami- 

 na 3. Styli 2. Stigmata plumosa. Flosculus neuter ex- 

 terior univalvis» 



Obs. Genus , cuius veram structnram ratione flornm verti- 

 cillatorum olim suspicatus est Linnens, primum descrip- 

 sit Forskael. Nuperius Desfontaines cbaracterem refor- 

 mavit; eiusdem vero descriptio floris bermapbroditi minus 

 accurata est. 



I A. australis, glamis involucrisque imberbibus strlgisve 

 paucissirais, foliis vaginisque glabris, culmo tereti. (I. 

 M. D T.) V. V. 



2. X.frondosa, glumis masculis barbatis , involucrls foliaceis 

 vaginisque birsutis, pedunculis villosissimis, culmo com- 

 presso scabriusculo. (T.) v, v. 



ANDROPOGON. 

 Andropogonis species. L. Schreb. 



Flores polygami monoici , spicati , spicis solitariis coniugatis 

 fascicalatisve. 

 Hermapbr. Gluma, biflora, blvalvis, coriacea, basi barbata. 

 Flosculus exterior univalvis; neuter: interior herniaphro- 



