332 HISTOIRE DES PLANTES. 
æ-nervis, aculeis demum glochidiatis echinato-costata. Glumellæ 9, 
inclusæ tenues subhyalinæ. Glumellulæ miniæm truncatæ, Stamina $; 
antherarum rimis submarginalibus. Styli 2, distincti breves, apice 
longiuscule plumosi. Fructus oblongus, glumis inclusus at liber, — 
Herba annua, humilis v. elatiuseula, diffuse ramosa; foliis planis 
flaccidis; inflorescentia terminali spiciformi simplici laxiuseula: 
spiculis pluribus (sæpius 3-5) in fasciculum laxum demum lappaceun 
basique articulatim deciduum quaquaversis confertis; terminali in 
fasciculo quoque sæpius sterili; cæteris hermaphrodito-1-foris; 
spicula nunc basi obscure articulata. (Orbis utriusque reg. trop. el 
temp.!) 
299. Milaria H. B. K? — Flos in spiculis 3-nis solitarius; in 
central hermaphroditus v. fœmineus; in lateralibus maseulus. 
Glumæ 9, rigidulæ v. induratæ, in involucrum approximalæ : extima 
polymorpha major, integra v. 2-fida, plerumque c-nervis, apict 
varie lacera v. dentata, dorso mutica v. inter lobos aristata; intima 
autem angustior sæpeque carinata, integra v. 2-dentata, mulica, 
subaristala v. mucronata, Glumellæ 9, membranaceo-hyalinæ, inle- 
græ v. dentatæ ; in spicula mascula utraque florem involvens ; intim 
Sæpius angustiore inelusa. Stamina 3; antherarum rimis subrnarg- 
nalibus, Stylus basi unicus ; ramis mox distinctis, apice plumosi. 
Fructus ovoideus v. breviter oblongus, glumis inclusus at Liber. is 
Herbæ, basi ramosæ v. cæspitosæ decumbentes, sæpe stoloniferæ; 
foliis angustis, planis v. convolutis ; inflorescentia in peduneulo Ler- 
minali solitaria, brevi v. longiuscula; axi fasciculis approximäli 
quaquaversis onusta ; singulis sæpe basi pilorum annulo cinelis et à 
rhachi plus minus tarde articulatim secedentibus, primum autel! 
in fasciculo sessilibus ; fasciculis et ipsis secus rhachin sessilibus \- 
breviter stipitatis. (America centr. utraque ?.) 
1. Spec. 1. N. racemosa. — Tragus race- in Dict. sc. nat., Atl., t. 19. — nb Et 
E n. 752. — B. H., Gen., ll, 412158 
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et Govr., FL. de Fr., 111, 456. — Boiss., FL. or.,  Hack., Pflanzenfam., loc. cit, fe EUR 
V, 450 (spec 2). — Vas., Grass. Southw., t. 14,  phis Torr., in Ann. Lyc. N. York, "1326, 1. #5 
Mon. Grass. Un.-S » 15.— HENSL., Bot. centr.-  — Hexarrhena Pres, Rel. Hænk., °° 
dmer., LIL, 518. — Baur. r., Bot. Soc., 315. — (ex B. H). Len. S06. 
nr Froër. Fl, rom., AT), — Cenchrus 3. Spec. ad 5. BENTH., in Jour. Lin, ai 
os pec. XIX, 61. — Taune., in S-Wats PU 
SM Spec., I, 484. — REICHB., Je. FL. 11, 293 (Pleuraphis). — FOURN:; gr TL 
cpu _ 30 TOUR. PLgroc...b 101. Ta — VAs., Grass, Southw., 1.8 “ ol. 
+ brevicaulis Boss, loc. cit. t.2:.Mon. Grass. Un.-Slé 1m 
LOC GeR. el spec., I, 116, 1, 37. — TuRP.,  centr.-amer., HI, 516. 
