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panieula apicali ovoidea; spiculis spicatis 3, #; spicis strictis aggre- 
gatis; rhachilla sub floribus pilifera et ultra flores fertiles producta 
glumigera!. (Mexicum*.) » 
87. Anthoschmidtia STEUD. ? — Flores (fere Pappophori) in spi- 
cula 4-6, hermaphroditi, v. summus masculus*. Glumæ 2, persis- 
lentes, subæquales carinatæ acutæ exaristatæ, 5-11-nerves, spicula 
demum breviores. Glumellæ 25 : extima ad 9-nervis, apice 2-seriatim 
9-loba; lobis interioribus obtusis v. oblongo-lanceolatis hyalinis; 
exterioribus autem alternis in aristas rectas productis; intima 2-cari- 
nala, apice sæpe 2-dentata; marginibus hyalinis arcte induplicatis. 
Slamina 3; antheris elongatis. Styli 2, distincti tenues, apice stigma- 
so plumosi. Fructus a dorso compressiuseulus glaber subexsuleus, 
glumellis inclusus at liber. — Herbæ perennes, œæ-caules pubes- 
centes ; foliis planis v. convolutis; panicula longe stipitata angusta °; 
Spiculis œ; rhachilla inter flores articulata. (Africa trop. utraque et 
austr, 7) 
88. Cathestecum PRES. — Flores in fasciculo ad 9, in spiculas 3 
dispositi; spiculis spurie cymosis; centrali 5-flora ; lateralibus 2-floris ; 
Totibus aut hermaphroditis, aut masculis v. imperfectis et ad glumel- 
ls (?)1,9 reductis. Floris hermaphroditi glumellæ 2; extima 3-loba, 
Harislata; Jobis obtusis; lateralibus simplicibus ; medio autem 2-lo- 
bulalo; nervis 3, inter lobos in aristas plus minus evolutas productis. 
lumella intima 2-carinata, aut inter carinas 3-loba, aut lobo medio 
plus minus obsoleto. Stamina 3. Styli distincti graciles, apice stig- 
Tatos0 breviter plumosi. Fructus… ? — Herbæ diffusæ prostratæ; 
lis brevibus v. lineari-subulatis; floribus in peduneulo gracili fas- 
“leulatis ; fasciculis alternis subsessilibus cymiformibus, 8-spiculatis ; 
à pedicellatis lateralibus 2, suboppositis, 2-floris; glumis 9; 
doci à oblonga ; intima autem multo breviore, inæqui-truncatà v. . 
alà; spicula centrali ad 5-flora; flore terminali hermaphrodito ; 
1. 4 
2. “ie + “Ppophoreas referendum ? (B. H.) une ad glumellam reducto. 
Bot, centr « C. filifolia Fourx. — HEMSL., Extus dense mice 
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Gen. lit, 442 44 (non Tratr). — B.H., Il, Erg. Bl., 401. = B. Be, ou 
ôi. »°H9, n. 200. — HACKk., Pflanzenfam., n. 62. — HAGK., Pflansenfam., 65. — 
in Bull. Soc. Linn. Par., 1028. 
