268 HISTOIRE DES PLANTES. 
Styli distincti, apice plumosi. Fructus ovoideus v. oblongus, sæpe à 
dorso compressiuseulus, glumellis inelusus at liber. — Herbæ annue 
humiles, decumbentes v. æ-caules ; foliis angustis planis v. siceitate 
convolutis ; inflorescentiis spiciformibus, secus axin dissitis secundis, 
basi articulatim deciduis ; spiculis sæpius fertilibus 4-6; superioribus 
steriibus minoribus 1-3; omnibus secus rhachin continuam 1-late- 
raliter sessilibus, 2-seriatim confertis ; rhachilla continua v. sub gu- 
mellis articulata, ultra flores producta et glumifera. (Asia trop. 
austro-occid., Africa trop. or!) 
155. Pentarrhaphis H. B. K.2 — « Flores in spiculis 2 : inferior 
fœmineus; superior autem 4-sexualis. Glumæ 2, 1-nerves : exliià 
angusta aristiformis; intima autem longior lanceolata, plerumque 
9-dentata, inter dentes aristata. Glumella extima 5-7-dentata; den- 
tibus lateralibus medioque in aristam longam scabram divergenlem 
productis; intima autem valide 2-nervis, apice 2-dentata v. num 
breviter 2-aristata. Stamina 3. Styli distincti penicillati, e spiculis 
lateraliter exserti. Glumellulæ subdolabriformes. Fructus oblongus 
inclusus at liber. — Herbæ cæspitosæ humiles ; foliis anguslis planis; 
inflorescentia simplici v. composita; spicis brevissimis secundis 
remolis, secus rhachidem flexuosam at nune arcuatam dispositis, Cul 
pedicellis articulatis deciduis ; spiculis in fasciculo spiciformi quod® 
1, 2; additis spicularum rudimentis brevioribus aristiformibus 1-4. 
(America bor. calid.3) » 
156. Astrebla F. Mugzz.' — Flores in spicula 3, #; glunis ? 
acutis, œ-nervibus, sub articulatione  persistentibus, exaristalis, 
æ-nervibus; extima nune minuta v. 0. Glumellæ 2: extimà 3-loba, 
æ-nervis, sericeo-pilosa ; lobo medio in aristam rigidam rectal P d 
ducto; lateralibus autem erectis oblongis planis rigidis rer 
2, 3-nervibus; intima autem mullo minore, 2-carinala; Are 
ciliatis, Stamina 3. Styli distincti, apice plumosi. Fructus ovol ” 
acutus compressus glaber, glumella intima inclusus at liber. 
è À Gt en ciformibus 
Herbæ® erectæ (glaucæ); foliis planis ; inflorescenins spicifo 
1. Spec. 2, 3. Jaus. et Sp., JL " ÿ ù < 
» d. ‘ 8, plior,, 6: 93%5, 3. Spec. 3. a, —B." 
326. — Bar. r., Bol. Soc., 319. 4. sé Benth. F1. austral., anses 
1 . spec., 1, 177,t. 60. —B.H.,  Gen., I, 1170, n. 186. — HACK: 
* .— SCRIBN., in Pull. Torr. Bot. 0. ja Hordeër#” 
Pubs XVII, 229, 4. 108, 109. — Polyschistis 5. Adspectu stæpe etinnorescentia À 
RESL, Rel. Hænk., 1, 294, t. 41. nonnullarum. 
