oZ <S T I P A- Botaiiique. 



33. Slipa mollis RBr. Prodr. (18» 0) p. 17V. RS. Syst. 2. p. 336. Trin. Act. 



Pctrop. 1829. p. 80. Paniculac con^ractae radiis subqiiinis, aliis 



ferc a basi, aliis superius florifcris; gluniis acuminatis, pauUo in- 



aequalibus, valvulis 3 — 3j Imvalibus, pilosulis plus duplo longio- 



ribus; arista persistcnte, subtorta, flcxuosa, longe idtra medium 



usque breveplumosa, 3| poUicari; antberis brevebarbatis. 



JNova IloUandia ad portum Jackson. (R.Br. Sieberl Agrost. n. 60. i 



Radix tibrosa, perennis. Culmns cum panicula 2 — 3 pedalis, sim- 



ple.v, erectus, nodis 3 — k glahris. Faginne apice 1. apicem versus bre- 



vissimc pilosulae internodiis pauUo, nunc longiorcs nunc breviorcs, su- 



prema pauiculam infcrnc amplectcns. Ligula linea brevior, truncata, 



apice et lateribus brcvissimc ciliata. Folia lineam lata, plerumque con- 



voluta, H poUicaria et brcviora (suprenium 4 poUicare), glabra, apice 



brcvissime pilosula. Panicula 8 — 10 pollicaris, flavesccndo-canescens. 



Axis communis scabriusculus, inferne per spatia pollicaria radios emit- 



lcns. Radii basi pilis brevibus obtccti, semiverticillatij brcviores fere 



a basi contracto-ramosi, longiores 2| pollicares, superius floriferi. Pe- 



dieelli spicula multo breviores, hispiduli. Spiculae 9 — 10 lineales, an- 



gustissime lincaii-lanccolatae. Glumae membranaceae, glabrae, paul- 



lo in-1. sub-aequales, inferior 3-nervis, superior 5-nervis. yahulae 



aequilongae, insidentcs stipiti obconico, ima basi glabro, dein circum- 



circa brevcbarbato, valvulis \ — \ breviori; in/erior sublinearis, breve 



et dissite 1. dissitiuscule pilosula, apice nuda; superior glabra, dissite 



binervis. Lodiculae sqq. 3, 2 majores obtusae, uninerves, tertia dinii- 



dio minor, acuta, encrvis. Slam. 3: antJierae linearcs. 



3*. Stipa eleganlissima La BUlardier Nov. HoU. 1. (180^) p. 23. tab. 29. 



Poir Encycl. metb. 7. p. 45^. RBr. Prodr. p. 175. RS. Syst. 2. 



p. 339. Kunth Agr. syn. suppl. p. UO. Trin. Act. Petrop. 1836- 



p. 38. Paniculae demum patentis radUs 3 - V, circiter a medio 



