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v. breviter pedicillatis, erectis ; rhachilla supra glumas v. nune inter 
flores articulata. (Orbis utriusque reg. temp. et calid.') 
68. Blepharidachne Ho0k.*? — Flores (fere Sieglingiæ) in 
spicula 4, distichi, quorum inferiores ? summusque imperfecti ; tertio 
hermaphrodito. Glumæ 2, sub articulatione persistentes v. nune 
sigillatim deciduæ, membranaceæ acutæ, 1-nerves. Glumellæ extimæ 
3-lobæ, 3-nerves; lobo medio plus minus longe aristiformi ; latera- 
libus intus varie membranaceo-subhyalinis (albidis) ; nervo exteriore 
laerali, nunc breviter aristato. Glumellæ intimæ in floribus imperfecti 
parvæ angustæ hyalinæ, integræ v. inæqui-2-lobæ; in flore fertili 
arcle complicato-carinatæ membranaceæ, 2-nerves, 2-dentatæ et 
facile sæpius inter nervos 2-partibiles. Stamina 2, 3, v. in flore imper- 
lclo nunc 1; antheris linearibus. Styli distineti, tenues, apice 
exserlo breviter papillosi. Fructus subteres v. a latere compressus 
nelusus. — Herbæ humiles v. elatiusculæ, perennes v. 2-annuæ ; 
loliis confertis rigidis convolutis; superioribus 1, 2 sub inflorescentia 
longe vaginatis : panicula* e summorum foliorum vagina vix v. 
longius exserta; flore summo ad aristas 3 rigidiusculas reducto. 
California, Novum Mexicum#.) 
69. Seslerin Scop.5 — Flores in spiculis 2-6, hermaphroditi, v. 
“premi imperfecti ; glumis sub articulatione persistentibus membra- 
“Ces, tune hyalinis, carinatis acutis v. breviter mucronatis arista- 
ste, Glumellæ conformes : extima 3-5-dentata v. œ-denticulata, 
Plerumque 3-5-nervis; intima autem lata, 2-dentata, 2-carinata; 
MS Sæpius ciliatis. Stamina 3. Styli distincti v. plerumque plus 
anus alte connati, apice plumosi. Fructus ovoideus v. oblongus 
“lis, laxe inclusus. — Herbæ perennes cæspitosæ ; foliis planis 
1, 
u. 2 * a 1, 14. K., Enum., 1, 380 (Molinia 3. Pilis 
9). — Lepeg I nia, ar 1 3 
” i » 10. FL. ross.,t.227 (Molinia).  marginali-exteriores longi sericei. 
lepis), dk “pts FI. bras., M, II, t. 28 (Ura- 4. 
» Grass. South. 11 -45 s. Southw., L, t. 48 (Eremochloe) 
rs , Bot centr amer » + doi Fe + pes (1760), 63. — ADANS., Fam 
chil.. YI : E. Des “NC Gay F1. des pl., Il, 5. — J Gen, SL Re à gr 
bexra., Fe OISS., F1. or., V, 561. — t 8 - PAL.-BEAUV . di ; “ 
FL. germ ral, NII, 618. — Rrercus., Je. fig. 7. — K., in Mém. Mus., Il, 73; Enum., I, 
1, 559, * * * — GREX. et Gopr., FL. de Fr,  321— NEEs, 
L 
Gen., Fi. germ., Monoc., I, n. 53. 
2 Hack P en., n. 875. — B. H., Gen., I 
SWars. Bot flansenfam., 126. — Eremochloe 1181, n. 218. — HACK., Pflansenfam., 65, fig. 
Gen. fe {475 0 Parall., 382, 1. 40.—B. H, 73. — H. BN, in Bull. Soc. Linn. Par., 1013. 
nn À Bx, à D'Aerats HACK., Pflanzenfam.,  — Psilathera Lixk, H. berol., I, 121. — NEES, 
"Bull Soc. Linn. Par.,n. 137. loc. cit., n. 54. | Fs 
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