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nervia, subhyalina, nervis apiceque viridibiis, externe parce mi- 

 nuteque pilosis v. tanlum asperis; flos infimus neuter, 1-paIea- 

 ceus, magnus (3'" long. zz 1'" diani.), ovato-dimidiatus, deorsum 

 abruple rolundatus, sursum oblusiuscule aciilato-subincurva- 

 tus, dorso lenitercarinatus, profunde concavus, berbaceo-charta- 

 ceus, primo viridis dein pallescens, o-nervosus, glaber, externe 

 seriebus 6-7 glochidiorum armatus; gloehidia primo (ante an- 

 ibesin) parum conspicua, minute piliformia, palea adpressa, 

 dein (post anthesin) evolula, majuscula (!'" long.), divaricato- 

 patentia, rigidula, 7-15 in quoque serie, glabra, teretia, basi 

 apiceque non v. lenissime subincrassatula, pallide viridia, ver- 

 tice aculeum abrupte et acute retrorsum angulato-reflexo, sub- 

 hyalinum gerenlia; flos secundus v. raedius neuter bipaleaceus, 

 majusculus (3'" long. = 1-1,3'" diam.), palea infera ampia, laxe 

 involuta, viridi, elliptica, antice obtusa, subcartilaginea, den- 

 siuscule ac minute punctulato-aspera, dorso rotundata atque ad 

 ejusdem basin área triangulari, iinpressa, subbjalina, glabra 

 donata, margine late hyante undulato, praecipue apicem versus 

 zona pallidiore ornato, subimperspicue 3-(an o-?) nervia, palea 

 supera dimidio minore inclusa, ovato-lanceolata, marginibus 

 irivolutis, sursum acutiuscula, enervia, herbácea, viridis, extus 

 dense minutissimeque (lente valida tanlum perspicua) papillu- 

 loso-aspera; flos supremus tertius, ^, fertilis, in cavo paleae floris 

 infimi, abscondito, minor, (2'" long. — 1'" lat.) ovato-lanceola- 

 tus, dorso convexus, venU*e applanatus, coriaceus, virescens v. 

 pallescens, laevissimus,'glaberrimus, nitentissimus, bipaleaceus : 

 palea inferiore ovato-lanceolata, antice attenuato-acutata, postice 

 abrupte rotundata, área basilari latiuscula plana subippocre- 

 pica, margine vix inflexa, integra, coriácea, subopaca, nervatione 

 inconspicua: palea superiore primo ab inferiore fere tota am- 

 plexo-tecta, dein late nuda, applanata, tenuiore, subimperpicue 

 5-nervia, elliptico-ovata, ápice ncutato-rotundata, cariopsidem 

 amplectente; cariopside in paleis arete inclusa elliptica, glabra, 

 laevi pallescente. 



Genitalia in specimina mea fructifera jam oblitérala; lodi- 

 culae hyalinae, triangulares, integrae; styli 2, simplices, aibi; 

 stamina filamentis gracillimis albis, antheris linearibus, undu- 

 latis, flavis. 



Species pulcherrima, habitu Panicum (oplismenum) lolia- 

 ceiim Lam. perfecte aemulans, praecipue ante anthesin, dein 



