302 HISTOIRE DES PLANTES. 
Panici. — Herbæ annuæ v. sæpius perennes, cæspitosæ v. basi 
decumbentes reptantesve; fols planis plerumque rigidulis; panieula 
terminali, elongata v. pyramidata, (Orbis utriusque reg. calid.') 
931. Arundinella RADD.® — Flores (Panici) in spicula 4, 9; 
laterali masculo v. imperfecto. Glumæ 2; extima breviore mutica 
crassiore, sæpe extus pubente; intima autem longiore, acuminala ». 
raro breviter aristata, magis membranacea glabra. Glumellæ m 
flore quoque 2 : extima in aristam rigidam variam producta; arisla 
basi hinc v. utrinque aristula tenui subulata aucta; intima autem 
hyalina parinervi. Stamina 3. Styli distincti, apice plumosi. Fructus 
oblongus, plerumque angustus, glumellis arcte inclusus at liber. — 
Herbæ parvæ v. raro elatæ ; foliis flaccidis planis; panicula terminal, 
aut brevi densaque, aut ramosissima, angusta v. effusa; spiculis 
acutis v. acuminatis, plus minus evidenter 2-natis, secus ramulos dis- 
positis, nune confertis; flore laterali supra glumas articulato. (Orbis 
utriusque reg. trop .*) 
232. Melinis PAL.-BEAUV. — Flores (Panici) in spicula 2; altero 
ad glumellam imparinervem 2-dentatam interque dentes terminali- 
aristalam redacto. Glumæ 2 : extima minuta squamiformis ; intimà 
autem glumellæ floris imperfecti similis, haud v. minute mucronala. 
Glumellæ floris hermaphroditi ovatæ membranaceæ hyalinæ haud v. 
vix conspicue nervatæ. Stamina 3. Glumellulæ 2, plus minus alle 
connalæ, apice truncato rugosæ. Germen breviter stipitatum: Styl 
disineli, apice plumosi. Fructus oblongus, glumellis rigescentibus 
1. Spec. ad 20. Trin., Spec. Gram , t. 85, 86. 
266, 268. —K., Rev. Gram., t 100 NA 
— DœL, in Mart. FL. bras., 11, 1, 273, t. 35.  mum). — DoLL, in Mart. FI. bras., Il, js 
— BucHan., N. Zeal. Grass., t. 19. — Hook. r., 297, t. 38. — Fourn., Gram. me? "A 
Handh. N. Zeal. FL, 324. — Fourn., Gram. Hest., Bot. centr.-amer., M, 515 "1 
ex., 34. — (] ntr.-amer., LL, ses. FL. brit. W.-Ind., 556. — PE, 
BENTH., Fl. austral., VII — DRAKE,  austral, VII, 544. — Encz., FI H0P 
IL. FL. ins. Mar. E —— ENGL., FL. trop.  Gram., 116. — BaL., in Jou ( ss 
afr. Gram., 117. Fi. ins. Mar. Pal. 2 
— HaGk., in Journ. Linn. 136. — Drake, IL. far. Pac. 3": © 
Soc., XXIX, 65. — BAL., in Journ. Mor. (1890), Arundinellæ subgen. Myrmice ytrum me 
… in Sitz. Akad. Wiss. Wien (1884) est, € 
ipso, Trichopteryzx stipoides. 
Sun. pl. glum., 1, 114. — B.H., Gen., LIL, 1118, Agrost., 54, t. 1, fig. 4 — PO _ 
n. 51. — Hack., Pflansenfam., 39, fig. 23. —  XXIX, 531. — Trin., Fund. Agrosls P% Lg 
BN, in Bull. Soc. Linn. Par., 1026, 1081.  Gram., 43. — ENDL., Gen., D. g me 
— Goldbachia Trix., in Spreng. N. Entd.. fi ae IL, 460. — B- ds Gen 
81. — Acratherum Li ee I, 230, — pe à ps 
Thysanachne brest, Rel. Hænk., 1, 252. c. Linn. Par., n. 136. - 
K., Rev. Gram., Li, 511, t. Nges, Hor. phys. berol., 47, 54, | 
sur 
: N&Es/. 
3. Spec. ad 20. Trix., Spec. Gram., t. 265, dia SCHRANK, PL. rar. H. monac.,t 58 (ex 
