GRAMINÉES. 321 
aut avista recta instructa. Glumellæ 2 : extima angusta hyalina, 
intimam floremque sæpe masculum fovens ; terminalis tenuissima 
angusta, aut mutica, aut sæpius in aristam variam nunc geniculatam 
basique tortam produeta. Stamina 2. Styli distineti, apice elongato 
breviter papillosi. Fructus oblongus, gluma extima involutus at liber. 
— Herbæ perennes, basi sæpe ramosæ, glabræ v. molliter pilosæ ; 
foliis angustis planis! ; spicis ad apicem pedunculi densis tenuibus1, 2; 
rhachi ad nodos annulo pilorum, ut sæpe gluma extima, ciliata ; 
spiculis secus rhachin articulatam sessilibus, cum spieula altera rudi- 
mentaria stipitiformi. (Asia et Oceania trop?) 
976. Apluda L.® — Flores in spiculis perfectis v. imperfeclis 
polygami. Glumæ in spicula perfecta 2 : extima sæpe subherbacea 
striato-venosa; intima autem æqualis v. paulo major, tenuior rigl- 
diorque. Glumellæ 2, hyalinæ : extima apice 2-fida, mulica v. arista 
lenui tortili geniculala inter lobos instructa; intima minore, minima 
\. 0. Slamina 2, 3. Siyli distineti, apice plumosi. Fructus ovoideo- 
oblongus, inclusus at liber. — Herbæ elatæ v. diffusæ ramosissimæ; 
lolis angustis planis ; spicularum glomerulis intra bracteam latam 
glumiformenn sessilibus, compluribus in fascieulo bractea majore 
loliacea stipato pedicellatis v. subsessilibus ; fasciculis œ in pani- 
culam amplam sæpe valde ramosam foliatam dispositis ; spiculis intra 
bracteam complicato-concavam 3-nis ; sessili À ; flore hermaphrodito 
lerminali cum inferiore masculo; altera pedicello brevi lato subfo- 
laceo fulta; flore maseulo 4 v. 0, nune ad pedicellum subglumi- 
lormem reducto; tertia aut præcedenti simili, aut sæepius in pedicello 
longiore latioreque articulata ; flore hermaphrodito sterili v. Mmas- 
culis 1, 2. (Asia et Oceania calid.*) 
9 i - L L . [2 à à pa 
277. Manisuris L.5— Flores in spiculis 2-n1s plerumque solitari. 
1. H: ; x 
à Maud cordatis. 132, 4. 93, fig. 5 (non H. B. K.). =" Calame 
.e pee. 2. TRix in Mém À : , 93 MT 
: Y., . Acad. Pétersb pa.-Beauv., Agrost., 128, t. 29, 118 
ee: 6, 11,293; $ pe ut. Beschr. Gras ,t. 42. — 
— Nees ; pec. Gram., 1. 333 (Ischæmum). . Spec. 2. SC . 
Pr Steud. Syn., 1, 377.— Taw., En. pl  Benru, F1. austral., NU, 544 — BALF. l;; 
gon). ue STEUD., Syn., 1, 317 (Andropo- Bot. Sor.. 311. — Rec, Deser. pl. nov., fase. 
%e | ns in Proc. Amer. Acad., IV, VI, 118. Ps 
dors, pt" FL hongk., 421. — Bat, in 5. Mantiss., 16 (1771), 164 (non Sw.).— 0: K., 
Lo M0) 64 Renis., 779. — Rottbællia 4. F.,in Amæn. aeail, 
(Part. æ HE is — K., Enum., 1, 516 X 11719}, 22 ER LEP 6 at “a 
ge es sent RE Re 
STEUD., Syn. STEUD., Sy oui EL Plmsenon:: 
PE, glum, 
U37, n gg" #8 (Part). — B. H., Gen., II, Gen. III, 1129, 2 1 1268 
dropog., 195, — pr #%e, PAansenfam., 26; An 25, Ag. 153 AMTOPOU» DR 
“— Diectomis PaL-BEAUv., Agrost., F1. cochinch.; 51. 
