334 HISTOIRE DES PLANTES. 
autem maxima rigida, acuta v. breviter aristata; Lertia (?) brevis 
tenuiorque ‘. Glumellæ 2: extima glumæ tertiæ similis cum intima 
tenuis inclusaque. Stamina 3. Styli basi breviter connati, apice lon- 
giusculo plumosi. Fructus ovoideus v. oblongus compressus, glumis 
inclusus at liber. — Herbæ cæspitosæ v. ramosæ, breves v. nune 
elatæ; foliis planis mollibus v. elongato-angustatis ; Inflorescentia 
terminali spiciformi cylindracea elongata, spicularum fasciculis qua- 
quaversis onusta ; rhachi flexuosa ; spiculis arete appressis sæplusal 
4, 5,in fasciculum ebracteatum, ‘demum induratum et articulatim 
deciduum, congestis ; fasciculo quoque flores perfectos 1, 2 includente; 
cæleris autem sterilibus. (Africa trop. et austr., Amos trop) 
1. Hs forte nie rs Linnœa, XXV, 559. — Trin., in Mém. Acad. 
2. Spec. 4, n Mém. Mus., 11, 71;  Pétersb., sér. 6, 1, 174. — STEUD., Syn. pl. 
. ÿ se “Gran , HE Agrost., 169. — glum # L 4 art). — FourN., Gram. tez:, 
., E, 116. — SPRENG., o1. mMsL., Bot. en S Ill, 518. — 
H.B. K., Nov 
Syst. . FE et — LinK., H. berol., I, Fr in Abh. Geætt. Ges., Y LL, 165 (Aute- 
0. — Ness, Agrost. bras., 289. — SPACH,  phora); "FL. brit. W.-Ind., 556. — EGb, Pl 
Suit. à Buff, XII, 160, — Scnicurz, in trop. afr. Gram., 116.—Boss., FI. or., V, M). 
