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ramis fasciculatis brevibus ; spiculis paucis (majusculis) secus ramos 
paniculæ inarüculatos insertis, articulatis. (/ndia*.) 
212. Beckera FRES.*® — Flores (fere Homalocenchri) 3-andri: 
glumis sub spicula 1-flora 2, minutis squamiformibus. Glumellæ 2, 
quarum extima 3-5-nervis, apice tenuiter aristata; intima autem 
imparinervis Lenuior, mutica v. brevissime aristata. Styli distincti; 
pilis subplumoso-papillosis. Fructus oblongus liber, glumellis vi 
rigidulis inclusus.—Herbæ ramosæ, basi decumbentes; foliis flaccidis 
planis; floribus in spicas tenues Logis tenuiterque  pedunculatas 
dispositis ; pedunculis in axillis superioribus sæpius 2, inæqualibus, 
v. pluribus ad caulis apicem laxe subracemosis; spiculis secus 
Spicæ rhachin simplicem inarticulatam quaquaversis, in pedicello 
brevissimo sub glumis dilatato articulatis. (Abyssinia®.) 
213? Achlæna GRISEB.! — « Flores hermaphroditi, in spicula 
solitarii. Glumæ (cum glumellis) 4; infima longe aristiformi; secunda 
coriacea lanceolato-lineari convoluta, 7-nervi, in aristam longe pro- 
ducta ; tertia lanceolata acuminata convoluta, 3-nervi; quarla paulo 
brevior angustior acuta carinata, 1-nervi v. tenuissime 3-nervi hyalina. 
Stamen 1. Styli distineti, apice simpliciter plumosi. Fructus linearis. 
— Herba pluripedalis perennis glabra; foliis planis; panicule 
terminalis ramis semiverticillatis patentissimis, simpliciter racemi- 
formibus; spiculis secus ramulos inarticulatos eum pedicello bre- 
vissimo articulatis ; rhachilla supra articulationem sub glumis bar- 
bellata, (Cuba 5.) » 
214. Mydrochloa PAr.-BEAUv.® — Flores in spiculis diversis 
monœci. Glumellæ 2, parum inæquales concavæ mulicæ membra- 
naceæ; extima paulo major. Stamina 6. Styli breves, ad sure 
sermen sublaterales distineti, apice elongato breviter plumosi” 
Fructus glumellis inelusus at tibèr. —_ Herba tenuis ramosa, r'eplal® 
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1. Spec. 1. H. aristata Nexs. — Pharus aris- 4. — e" cub., 228. — B. we ds : 
Dire A7, n. 46, — Hack, Pfansenfan À 
2. sa “gi u Il, 138, — Enr 5. he 1. A. piptostachya Per in Mem. 
Gen., n. 7491, , Gen Tr) Tres n. rs 6. Agrost., 185, Le is fig. # — 4, 2055 in 
D acx., F8 39 L Tristegineæ) —  Mus., Il, 75.— Fund: Ne ExDL, 
M. Bx, in Bull. Soc. Linn. Par. 2. 487. Mém. ee Path % sér. 6, IL, 185: pe 99. — 
3. Spec. ad 2. SrEup. » Syn. pl. Fm I, . Gen., .—B.H., Gen., I, ne 
(ser. 4). — Encr., Fi. trop p. afr. ss 116.  Hacx., a 
enfam 40. 
— À. Ricu., F1. abyss., 11, 358. 1. E glumis longiuscule exserti. 
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