Ordo clxxxix. ^^"^ ^^»<K 



60TANSCAI, 



GRAMINEiE 



(Juss: gen: p. 28. = J. S. Hill. fara: I. p. yo. 

 t. i3. = R. Br: prodr: ed. i. p. 168. ed. 3. p. 24. 

 znBartl: ord: nat: p. 26. = Inter Loxines class: II., 

 Gymnanthas subcl: I., Glumaceas coh: I., Gra- 

 mineas fam: i^. Mart: consp: regn: veget: p. 40 



Chan essentialis, 



» Flores hermaphroditi vel diclini glumacei. Glu- 



)) mula (^caljx L. , gluma Jvss: , gluma exterior DC.) 



)> 1-2 vel in rachide communi distiche multiflora 2- 



» valvis raro i-valvis vel nulla. In singulo flosculo 



X» perigonium ( corolla L. , calyx Juss: , perianthium 



5.» R. Br: ) glumulse sub-simile 2-valve vel rarius i- 



^ » valve, valvula exteriori plerumquecarinata, i-B-S-y- 



^ ^) nervia ssspius aristata, interiori tenuiori plerumque 



)) 2-nervi mutica vel rarius 2-aristata quandoqne ob- 



■/'» soleta vel nulla. Squamulce hj^ogynse (^nectarium 



^ » quorundam) 1-2 inter valvulam exteriorem et sta- 



^ » mina vel oppositas aut nullse. Stam: hypogyna sse- 



c » pius 3. rarius pauciora vel plura, antheris 2-locu- 



A » laribus utrinque discretis. Owar: i . liberum 1-0- 



^ » vnlatura. Stjl: 2. distincti vel inferne connati raro 



■^?^) 1-3., stigmatibus plumosis vel hispidulis. Fructus 



-^)? i-spermus semen nudum simulans Isevis vel longi- 



cvi)) tudinaliter sulcatus (^carjopsis Ricu: , pericarpium 



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