Paniciim L. ^ 



flore inferiore staminigero, nunc neutro, superiore hermaphro- 

 dito ; bracteae hinae infimae vacuae , subacquales oblongo- 

 lanceolatae acutae, muticae 5-nerviae, membranaceae, nervis 

 viridibus percursae ; hractea tcrtia nunc florem nullum nunc 

 staminigerum sustinens, hyahna tenerrima, nervis binis notata, 

 apice acuta ovato-oblonga ; bractea summa et hracteolae char- 

 taceae subaequales, naviculares, laevissimae, nitidae, bracteis 

 vacuis infimis minores, ovato-oblongae acutae; hractea ipsa 

 sub-3-nervia ; hracteolae in unicam connatae superiorem, oppo- 

 sitam, genitalia foventem, obsolete binerviam ; perigonii foliola 

 2 truncata, uno latere producta ; stamina 3 ; filamenta tener- 

 rima; antherae sat magnae aurantiacae, dein exsertae kerme- 

 sinae, lineari-oblongae utrinque bifidae infra medium insertae 

 versatiles ; pollen globosum, gerrnen oblongum ; sti/li bini longi 

 albidi ; stigmata plumosa purpurea exserta, pilis denticulatis ; 

 fructus. indehiscens intra bracteam et bracteolas inchisus. — 

 Mens. Januario 1846. 



9. PAMCUM SARMENTOSUM Rxb. 



Char. Gen. cf. Knth. En. I. 75. Endl. Gen. 770. Msn. Gen. 418. Comm. 

 379. 7'2, flos inferior staminiger, perigonium 3-phyllum! 



Char. Spcc. cf. Rxb. Ind. I. 311. 45. Knth. En. I. 126. 354, post pag. 

 120. 308 ponenda specics, quae e diagnosi difFert solummodo: spi- 

 culis solitariis et flore altero neutro; cujus descriptio diversa: caule 

 pubescenti(?), foliis eusiformibus (?) (dimensiones congruunt!), pani- 

 culaeque ramis glabris. — P. (nberailatnm Prsl. linth. 1. c. 120. 

 308 differt: caule erecto, vaginis tuberculato-setosis, paniculae ramis 

 infimis haud ramosis, flore inferiore neutro, bractea florem pistillige- 

 rum gerente laevissima ! an sat distincta species ? — P. scopuliferum 

 Trin. Knth. 1. c. 99. 158 differt: spicis tantum 5, bracteis dense 

 pilosis! — P. purpurascens Raddi Knth. 1. c. 104. 191 differt: 

 caule erecto, nodis hirsutis, foliis cnsiformibus(?) basi pubescentibus > 

 — P. jwnentoruni Prs. Knth. 1. c. 101. 174 diftert: nodis sericeis, 

 foliis linearibus, panicula ramosissima, spiculis acuminatis, flore in- 

 feriore neutro ; ex Knth. 1. c. Sppl. 80. 140 dein: panicula con- 

 tracta virgata diversum. — P. asperrimum Lagasc. Knth. 1. c. 105. 

 199 differt : bractea summa acuminata ! 



Descrpt. Herbae perennes in paludosis stagnantibus 

 prope Weltevreden una cum P. aurito Prsl. vulgares et a 

 Malais : liumput Malela dictae, inflorescentiam 3 — 4 pedes 



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