Botamquc. P II I,P P S I J. COLEANTHUS. 13 



diiplo longiorlbus; panicula 1 — o-poUicari, ditiori; (Gluma inferiori 



semper a superiore dissita); Stam. 1. 

 Phippsia monandra Triii. in Spreng. n. Entd. ibid. 

 Colpodium monandrum Trin. Fund. agr. p. i 19. 

 Filfa monandra Triii. de gr. 1- et sesquifl. p. 159. Ic. gr. VII^ 84. 



Sin. Laurent. 



6. CoLEANTHUS Scidel. 



Panicula umbellata, divaricata. Glumae 2: exteriore majori. Valvida 

 1, hyalina, FrucUi elliptico dimidio minor. 



Gramen 1 — 3-poIIicare, prostratum, dein subadscendens, muUiculmenm, 

 ad piscinarum margines Bohemiae et Norwegiae. 



Radix fibrosa, tenuis et brevis, ©. 



Vaginae amplae, glabrae. Ligula membranacea , acutiuscula, circiter semi- 

 liQealis. 



Folia semi — sub-pollicaria, glabra, arcuata, apice obtusa, compressa ct in 

 hoc statu linearn I. fere lineam lata. 



Panicula semi — sesqui-pollicaris, aoci subanfractuoso, tenuissimo, glabro. 

 PediceUi phirimi, umbellati, % — 1 lineam longi, tenerrimi, pilosuli, 

 1-flori. Flosculi oblongi, semi-1. vix lineales, sicci fuscescentes. Glu- 

 »iae mcmbranaceo-hyalinae: inferior oblonga, 1-nervis, nervo crassius- 

 culo, acuminatissimo, semine saepe longior, ad nervum hispida; superior 

 dimidio magisve brevior, cordiformis, apice bifida, bicarinata, ad carinas 

 hispidula. Valvula 1, a parte glumae inferioris posita, gluma superiox'i 

 sublongior, hyalina, oblonga, semini adpressa. 



Lodicula 0. 



Stamina 2. Anlherae oblongae. 



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