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49% 1pnum Puis. — « Flores (fere Eragrostidis?) in spiculis 
. Glumæ 2, membranaceæ, 1-nerves : infima lanceolata ; intima 
wvala major. Glumellæ 2 : extima a dorso compressa, 9-nervis, bre- 
viter mucronata, apice margineque superiore scariosa hyalina ; mtima 
autem ovata æquilonga, 2-carinata. Stamina...? Stylus...? Fructus 
obovoideus a dorso valde compressus.— Herba cæspitosa; foliis planis; 
paniculæ compositæ ramis pluribus angulo aperto patentibus plurispi- 
eulatis; spiculis cylindraceis, secus ramos simplices 2-stichis; rha- 
chilla inter flores articulata. (Resp. Argentina *.) » 
50. bissanthelium Trix.® — Flores (fere Eragrostidis) in spi- 
eula 2-4, hermaphroditi. Glumæ 2, angustæ carinalæ acuminatæ, 
1-3-nerves, persistentes. Glumellæ 2 : extima brevior latior obtusius- 
cula, dorso carinata nuneque ciliata, 1-3-nervis mutica; intima autem 
brevior, 2-nervis, 2-dentata. Stamina 3, v. rarius À, 2. Styh distinct, 
apice longiuseulo plumosi. Fructus oblongus, nune angulatus, vix v. 
haud sulcatus, glumellis caducis inclusus at liber. — Herbæ annuæ 
\. perennes, sæpe humiles v. tenues; folus angustis planis; panicula 
densa v. laxiuscula breviter stipitata ; ramulis erectis ; spiculis 
angustis : rhachilla glabra inter flores plus minus evidenter articulata 
el apice in stipitem minutum tenuemque producta. (America andina 
utraque.) 
91. Molinia MœxcH.5 — Flores in spiculis 4-4, hermaphroditi, v. 
“ümmus masculus. Glumæ 2, inæquales, sub articulatione persis- 
lentes, mulicæ carinatæ, A-nerves ©. Glumellæ paulo majores muticæ 
nigidulæ : extima dorso convexa, 3-nervis 7; intima autem brevior te- 
Wiorque, 2-nervis. Stamina 3. Styli breves distincti plumosi. Fructus 
oblongus teretiusculus, postice late sulcatus, inclusus at liber, — 
ne perennis cæspitosa ; foliis angustis planis; paniculæ elongatæ 
Musculæ ramis strictis ; spiculis laxe conicis angustis ereclis ; rha- 
 F 
ir ge gendoc. I, 53.— B.H., Gen., III, 315 (Stenochloa). — FourN., Gram- mex., 112. 
À. Spec < £, Hack. Pflanzenfam., 69. — HeusL., Bot. centr.-amer., 1, 912: 
grtisn * * Mendocinum Pis. (an Era- 5. Meth., 183.—Sourank, Baier. F1. 1, 100, 
3. In Lans ; 994. — PaL.-Beauv., Agrost., 68, t. 14, fig. 6. 
rs 4, X, 305, — B. H., Gen., HI, —K.,Enum., 1,319. — NEEs, Gen. F1. germ., 
+ — MACK., Pflansenfam., 69. —  Monoc., 4, n. 61. — EnDL., Gen., n. 888. — 
CK., 
da jun” NES, PI. Meyen., 161. — Steno-  B. H., Gen., Lil, 1185, D. 227. — Hat 
ww, “7 in Journ. Acad. Philad., ser. 2, 1, Pfansenfam., 69. — Enodium Gaub., Agrosf. 
4. Spec. 3 BE ë helv., I, 45. 
5, _ Tac NTH.,in Hook. Icon., t. 1374, 6. Plus miaus violaceæ. 
RB., in S.-Wals. Bot. Calif., I, 7. Nervis apice convergentibus- 
