234 HISTOIRE DES PLANTES. 
Stamen 1 ; anthera ovata. Styli vix v. haud basi connati; apice stg- 
matoso elongato tenuissimo papilloso fugacissimo. Fructus ovoide- 
oblongus, apice breviter rostratus, inclusus at liber. — Herba annua 
erecta stricta ; foliis angustis planis ; inflorescentia longe spiciformi, 
densa v. interrupta; spiculis œ, secundum rhachin in fasciculis 
subsphæricis compositis crebris ; rhachilla glabra inter flores articu- 
lata ; spiculis sæpius pluribus ad basin fasciculi cujusve impereclis 
v. ananthis. (Asia, Africa et Oceania trop!) 
75? Fingerhutia N£es?. — Flores in spiculis 1-4; superioribus 
4, ® masculis v. imperfectis. Glumæ 2, complicato-carinatæ sub 
æquales breviter aristatæ. Glumella extima glumis latior rigidiorque, 
mucronata v. breviter aristata; intima autem brevior subhyalina, 
9-carinata. Stamina 3. Styli distincti, apice papillosi v. breviter plu- 
mosi. Glumellulæ breves obtusæ. Fructus oblongus levis, inclusus l 
liber. — Herba cæspitosa erecta rigidula ; folis angustis plans 1. 
convolutis; inflorescentia® spiciformi longe peduneulala; spiculis 
crebris compressis, sub glumis articulatis; infimis summisque HU 
vacuis . (Africa austr., Affghanistania*.) 
76. Munroa Torr.5 — Flores in spiculas haud spicatas dispos 
pauci (3-5). Glumæ 2, sub articulatione persistentes, lanceolal® 
acutæ subhyalinæ enerves. Glumellæ in flore quoque 2, integl® ” 
tusæ, apice laciniatæ v. inæqui-3-fidæ, 3-nerves; nervis v. Cenl 
solo in mucronem excurrentibus; intima hyalina complicatà angusté 
carinata. Stamina 3. Styli distincti, apice stigmatoso breviter me 
plumosi.Fructus ovoideus v. oblongus, a latere compressu®; glumé 
inclusus at liber. — Herbæ annuæ humiles, reptantes v: diffusæ, e 
caules ; ramis inæqui-dichotomo- v. fasciculato-ramulosis; foliis bre 
. sie . mn + 1 Ï C rss 
vibus rigidis v. pungentibus, ad basin v. ad ramificationt$ ne 
vaginis dilatatis conspicue striatis; spiculis inter foliorum fasclé 
ossi 
. 1. Spec. 1. Æ. articulatus; PAL.-BEAUV. —  imo ad summum evolutis pot 
ENTH., FI. austral., VII, 638. modo anomalum. F. ciliataN®® 
2. Del. sem. H. hamburg. (1835); in Linnæa, 5. Spec. 1.F.africand nel : sesleritio 
Ji Litt, 112. — ENDL., Gen., n. 751,— 8. M, PL afr. austr. Gram., 1967 pics Buist 
: n.; AU, 1182, n. 220. — Bentu., in Hook. mis Nees, loc. cit., 138. er 
ON., t. 1373. — HACK., Pflansenfam., 65. — F1. or., NV, 569. 438) (enr 
Lasiotrichos Len, in Steud. Nom., 1, 642. 6. Whippl. Exped. Bot: NL. — Che 
: % Phlæi v. Alopecuri et Seslerie. — B. H., Gen., LI, 1480; 7e char eue 
ob spiculas sub glumis articulatas  Symb.Fl. argent. (Monroa), 300 : 
+ Genus 
seri AS : 
ériein cum Paniceis connectens, at floribus ab  — Hack, Pflansenfam ” 
