510 HISTOIRE DES PLANTES. 
nunc in panicula distincta; spiculis fœmineis aut in panieula 
distincta, aut sæpius ad ramos paniculæ androgynæ terminalibus, 
(America trop., Africa trop.!) 
248. Spinifex L® — Flores diœci; spiculis masculis plerumque 
2-floris. Glumæ 2, subæquales. Glumellæ 2. Stamina 3. Floris fœminei 
v. hermaphroditi solitarii stamina 3, aut sterilia, aut evoluta. Glu- 
mellulæ 2. Styli 2, 3, distinceti v. basi connati, apice breviter plu- 
mosi. Fructus glumis induratis inclusus at liber, — Herbæ duræ, 
repentes v. diffusæ, ramosæ; foliis angustis v. involutis, glabris v. 
sericeo-pubentibus ; inflorescentia terminali, bracteis foliaceis v. lan- 
ceolatis suffultis; spicis masculis e spiculis 2-floris +, cum bracteis 
dense globoso capitatis; spiculis fœmineis intra bracteam solitaris. 
(Asin et Oceania calid. et temp?) 
249. Thuarea PERS! — Flores (fere Panici) monœci, in spiculis 
2-ni; altero fertili v. sterili. Glumæ 9, tenuiter membranaceæ puben- 
tes. Glumellæ in flore quoque 2, glumæ intimæ subæquilongæ: extima 
circa fructum aucta valde concava rigida; intima tenuior angusLior. 
Glumellulæ 9, tenues. Stamina 3. Styli distincti, apice dense plumos. 
Fructus axi inflorescentiæ in saecum subobovoideum involuta indu- 
rata inclusus at liber. — Herba longe repens radicans ; ramis brevitér 
adscendentibus; foliis brevibus planis sericeo-pubentibus, inflores- 
centia androgyna spiciformi, Î-laterali; spiculis rhacheos foliiformis® 
Sublanceolatæ folioque sammo superpositæ concavitati superposilé 
insertis ; inferioribus 1,2 fæmineis (v. flore laterali masculo); cæléris 
masculis. (Maris Ind. et Pacif. lice.) 
BEauv., Agrôsl 
1. Spec. ad 15. Sreup., S ; 
} - Syn. pl. glum., X, 35. 4 Syn., 1, 110. — PAL: 
— AD. Ba., in Duperr. Voy. Coq. Bot., t. 29. 127, 4 22, fig. 9. — K.; Rev. gere" © 
— TRIN., Spec. Gram., t. 341-345. — DOELL, in (Thouarea). — ENDL., Gen., n. _ qui 110, 
Mart. F1. bras., 1, 11, 313,t. 45. — WawR.,  Syn.pl. glum., 1,112. —B. H., Gen. S 
P l . Bot., t. 95, — FOU&N., Gram. n. 23. — Hack., n 
met, 3. — HESL., Bot. centr.-amer., 111. 510. in Bull. Soc. Linn. Par., 1015, 
— GuisEs., F1. brit. W.-Ind., 535. thuareia} Dur.-TH., Ge 
? à - EAUV.,  Ornithocephalochloaæ Ku 
S 137, t. 95, fig. 1. — Sreun., Syn. pl. (1875), 990, tA488 
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He fig. 34. 6. Spec. 1. T. sarmenlos® PERS p. BR. 
3. Spec. 4. LABILL., PJ. N.-Holl.,t. 230,931, Fi. austral., VI, 502. — T. litfons 
Fan" N. Zeal. Grass. t. 8,9. — Benru.. Prodr., 198. — T. media R. BR. pr 
D VI, 508; in Hook. Icon., t. 1243, Juta R. Br. — Ornithocephalochloa 
Kurz. 
