259 HISTOIRE DES PLANTES. 
costa nune superne prominula ; intima autem subæquilata v. lalior, 
œæ-nervis, 2-carinata. Glumellulæ 3. Stamina 3. Germen glabrum, 
apice nunc conico-dilatatum; stylis longiusculis distinetis, apice 
tenuiter plumosis. Fructus. . .? — Plantæ arborescentes; ramis fasci- 
culatis; foliis planis cum vagina articulatis; venulis obseuris 
transversis ; inflorescentiis spiciformibus densis elongatis ad apices 
ramorum, v. minoribus in ramulis fasciculatis ; spiculis seeundis; 
rhachilla sub flore tardius articulata supraque eum longe stipitiformi, 
aut nuda, aut apice glumigera. (America austr. calid.) 
190. Athroostachys BENTH.? — Flores in spicula solitari herm- 
phroditi. Glumæ 3, ananthæ, quarum 2, ab infima distantes glumelle 
extimæ appressæ breves setaceo-acuminatæ. Glumellæ 2: extima gluma 
intima multo longior latiuseula rigideque membranacea, rostral- 
acuminata v. mulica, complicata, margine ciliata, œ-nervis ; intitnà 
autem æquilonga lata, valde prominenti-2-carinata ; carinis cilalis. 
Glumellulæ 3. Stamina 3. Germen glabrum ; stylo mox in ramos ?, 
apice plumosos, diviso. Fructus...? — Suffrutex scandens; rm 
floridis fasciculatis foliatis; foliis cum vagina articulatis planis; Vagll® 
apice setis œ-fimbriala ; inflorescentia globosa capituliformi, intra 
folia summa sessili; spiculis dense confertis subsessilibus ; rhachille 
pubescente, supra glumam infimam artieulata, ultra florem producla 
rigida et apice glumifera. (Brasilia*.) 
121. Planotia Muxrot. — Flores in spicula solitari hermaphro 
diti. Glumæ 2, minimæ inæquales suboppositæ. Glumelle ve 
internodium breve #4, multo majores, inæquales, arcte imbricat® 
infima longiores ecarinatæ, rigidule membranaceæ v- subeortate® 
muticæ, tenuiter c-nerves : intime tenuior obscure 2-nervis: ré 
mellulæ parvæ 35. Stamina 3; antheris erectis, primum coadunalé 
. L L L2 L La d se 
Styli 2, breves distineti, apice plumulosi. Fructus oblongus, nr 
at liber. — Herbæ elatæ ; foliis elongatis, sæpe maximis, 10 rt 
u 
longe angustatis, nune transverse venulosis ; limbo basi ha 
: . . . . à idalà, 
eulato; panicula longissima dense floribunda, aut anguste PY'a® 
' Las. Mes. 
- Spec. 8, 9. DŒLL, in Mart. FL. bras, II hus capitata Hook., [con., |: 7% 
I, 207, t. 55. , D, MP AS TEE tt 
test . Soc., XIX, 134 (Achroo- 4. In Trans. Linn, So FE passer 
OCR. I, 1208, n. 280, — . n. 283. — . 
Pflansenfam., 9 ÿ Hack, Gen., III, 1209, n 
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* Spec. 1. À. capilata BENTH. — Merosla- 5. Sæpius plurinerves: 
