10 Gramineae Jss. 



marginibus inflexis, subenervis ; bracteolae collaterales in unam 



superiorem connatae paulo minorem, a bractea summa am- 



plexam eique subaequalem concavo-planam, basi ad margines 



hyalinam, tenerrimam, inflexam, biauriculatam ; auricula del- 



toidea repando - denticulata ; perigonii foliola bina truncato- 



lacera; germen subglobosum apice paulo attenuatum; sti/li 



longi tenues a basi divergentes; stigmata plumosa denticu- 



lata, hyacinthina, longe ex bracteae summae apice exserta; 



filamenta tenen^una albida flexuosa; antherae exsertae oblon- 



gae versatiles, medio insertae utrinque bifidae. — Januar 



1846. 



5. PAMCU3I BRIZAEFORME Prsl. 



Char. Gen. cf. Knth. Enum. I. 75. Endl. Gen. 770. Msn. Gen. 418. 

 Comm. 319. 7-2. 



Char. Spec. cf. Kntli. 1. c. 78. 18, sed bractea infima acuta nec trun- 

 cata, dum Sppl. Tab. X. 2 nostram plane quadrat. P. brizoides 

 Jcq. Kntli. 1. c. 17 vix diversum habendum ; P. flavidwn Knth. 1. c. 

 20. e diagnosi differt: bracteis binis infimis obtusis earumque magni- 

 tudine grandiore, e descriptione (Knth. 1. c. Sppl. 60. 108) autem 

 et foliis et spicis minoribus, spiculis solummodo 3 — 5 nec'7 — 15, flore 

 inferiore neutro et ejus bractea bracteolisque connatis obtusis ; P. 

 briz-oides L., quod Roxburgh (Flor. Ind. ed. WU. I. 296) a P. flac- 

 cido L. (ex opinione Koenig') haud diyersum habet, certe huc perti- 

 net, nostris speciminibus descriptionem ibidem datam plane qua- 

 drantibus. 



Descrpt. Herbae perennes humiles in apricis, grami- 

 minosis et ad lacuum margines copiosae; caules subterranei 

 prorepentes ; rami fertiles basi ramosi complanati repentes, 

 supra basin adscendentes erecti, stricti, 6 — 20 poll. longi, 

 apice teretiuscuh glaberrimi; vaginae complanatae acutissime 

 carinatae, 1,5 — 2,5 poll. longae, in >ramis sterilibus longiores 

 4 poll. attingentes, 0,1 — 0,2 poll. latae; lingula brevissima sub- 

 ciliata: folia ramorum fertilium patenti-erecta , rigida nunc 

 lineari-lanceolatanunc hnearia, acuta,basi carinata, carina subtus 

 prominula, subcordata, lobis baseos in pilos singulos laceratis, 

 3 — 5 poll. longa, 0,2 — 0,3poll. lata; ramomm sterilium laxiora 

 erecta, linearia, acuminata, longiora 5 — 8 poll. longa; omnia 

 subtus glaberrima, supra in margine rubenti minutissime 

 serrulata et inde antrorsum scabra; pedunculus communis 2—9 



