Chloris Sw. Jj. 



basi, praeprlmis intermedia, pilis erectis longis cinctae, omnes 

 inaequales et difformes; infimae binae distichae vacuae, coUa- 

 teralibus nuUis, reliquae superiores spiraliter dispositae, binae 

 summae absque bracteolis collateralibus rarius florem stami- 

 nigerum gerentes aut plerumque vacuae; intermedia florem 

 hermaphroditum completum gerens; inferiores compressaei 

 ovato - oblongae acuminatae submucronatae hyahnae, nervo 

 medio viridi vaHdo carinatae et dorso carina antrorsum ser- 

 rulato-aculeatae, itifima interior, siiperior exterior infima ter- 

 tiam partcm longior, apicem bractearum superiorum attingens 

 (gluma superior exterior splculam aequans) 0,1 poU. longa; 

 hractea tertia sub-3-gono-navicularis obovato-oblonga, expansa 

 obcordata-subrotunda, lucida 0,07 poU. longa, 0,05 poll. lata, 

 albido - hyahna, eleganter minute reticulata, nervo medlo et 

 submarginahbus apice fere confluentibus viridibus, basi tenuio- 

 ribus percursa, dorso juxta nervum medlum pihs paucis 

 erectis longis obsessa, in nervis submarginallbus supeme ad 

 medium pllis bracteam Ipsam longltudlne aequantlbus den- 

 sissimis albidis acutlssimis ils follorum baseos slmllllmls bar- 

 bata; nervus medius dorso Infra apicem acutum in arlstam, 

 respectu bracteae longlssimam productus ; arista 0,2 poll. 

 longa erecta strlcta, sensim attenuata acutissima tota pilis 

 albldis antrorsum strlgoso - scabriuscula , primo albida, mox 

 purpurea, In bractea fructifera deln tortihs patentissima; 

 hracteolae collaterales In unicam superiorem, intermediae ae- 

 quilongam, ab eaque amplexam bicarinatam hyalinam obovato- 

 cuneatam acutam bimucronatam connatae, carina utraque 

 basi vlrldis versus aplcoin perslclna tota eleganter et mlnute 

 cihata, extra carlnam membranaceae et cIHato-barbatae, Infra 

 apicem in mucronem (arlstae rudlmentum) persicinam sub- 

 recurvam clholatam Inaequllongam, altera dlmidlo breviore, 

 acutam percurrentes ; flos hermaphroditus triander ; perigoninm 

 diphyllum; foliola brevia, germinls stlplti adpressa, obllque 

 truncato -cuneata, sub-3-loba glabra hyallna membranacea; 

 stamina 3 imae basi stipltls pIstllHferl luserta ; filamenta ima 

 basi connata, stipltem clngentia tenulssima complanata capil- 



