4g Gramineae Jss. 



superiorem, bracteae oj)positam connatae, hyalinae tenuissi- 

 mae, caiTQa widiuscula, dorso aculeolata percursae; {perigo- 

 nium ^'^'^-pliyllum, foliola angusto-lanceolata, acuminata?? 

 hyalina, germine majora); stamina 3 hypogjna; filamenta 

 dein longe ex apice bractearum exserta, complanata, tenuissima, 

 flexuosa, hyalina; antherae sulfureae, lineari-oblongae, utrinque 

 bifidae supra basin insertae, filamentum dimidium longae 

 2-loculatae; loculi connectivo tenuissimo sejuncti anguste 

 lineares, toti rima longitudinali dehiscentes , polline effoeto 

 conmyenti - cm^vatae ; pollen globosum, flavum, glabrum, fo- 

 villa copiosa foetum ; germen oblongum flavescenti-viride, gla- 

 brum, apice acutum; stylus ad basin fere bifidus, laciniae 

 teretes albidae ; stigma.ta candida exserta, ex spicularum apice 

 divergentia plumosa, e pilis ramosis serrulato-crenulatis acu- 

 tis ; fructus intra bracteas naviculares inclusi et cum eis de- 

 cidui, Hneari-oblongi, antice sulcati, plerumque inevoluti. — 

 Reperi florentem et floribus haud ad fructus evolutis mensi- 

 bus Martio ad Majum anni 1846. 



22. SACCHARUM 0FFICINARL3I L. 



Cliar, Gen. cf. Endl. Gen. 939. 



Char. Spec. cf. Emjjh. amb. V. 186. t. 74. 1. Nom. mal. Tehii; sun- 

 dense: Tiwu. — Hsskl. Diagn. nov. 7. Cat. 118. 1. — Pugill. 15. — 

 Colitttr caulibns plus minus luteis, rubro-striatis, rubris imoque ru- 

 bro-violaceis, quoad partes genitales et vegetationis haud sufficienter 

 distinguendum ; — varietates autem , etsi baud rite distinguendas 

 habeo, attamen secundum distinctiones indigenas bic describere volui. 



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Descrpt. a. Calami. Nom. mah : T. rbttang 

 sund. : T. hoe. — Cauhs erectus, ad partem foHatam nudus 

 11 ped. altus, virescenti-flavescens, basi dein luteus, articula- 

 tus, ad articulationes leviter contractus, 1,5 poll. crassus; 

 articuli 30 — 35, longitudine 2,5 — 4,0 polL; pars foliacea 8 

 ped. longa ramosa; rami cauli adpressi, foHorum vaginis in- 

 voluti ; folia exacte disticha 2,0 — 4,5 ped. longa, 2 — 3 poll. 

 lata, lato-Hneari - lauceolata cuspidata, glaberrima, juniora 

 asperula, margine argute serrulata, subtus subglaucescentia ; 



