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3. M I C R L A E N A Br. 



Juba panicularis. Glumae minutae^ enerves. FloscuU Z, 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; intermcdius herinaphroditus , 2 - valvis , neutris brevior. 

 Stam. 4. 



Gramen 1 — 1*2 — 2-pedale, insulae van Diemen , adscendendo - erectum. 



Fclia sublaneeolato-linearia , firmula , 2 — 3 pollices longa , lineas 1* 2 aut 

 minus lata, deorsum aspera. 



Lis;ula brevissima, truncata. 



Jubii paniculuris simplex, 4 — 6-poIIicaris, 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, 1-valves, glauco virides, neutri, 5 — l-nerves, supcme 

 asperrimi, lanceolati , longe acuminati: inferiore 8 — 10-, superiore 

 12 — 14-Iineali: intermedius h.erma\)lirod\tus, tenui-mucronatus, bival- 

 yis, deciduus, flosculis neutris fere duplo bx'evior, valvula inferiori 5- 

 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 aspersjilliformia. 



Fructus 



1) Microlaena stipoides Brl RetS. III. p. 484. 



Ehrharta stipoides LaBill. Sp. n. Holl. 1. p. 91. t. 118. 



