126 MONOCOTYLEDONEJE. SACCHARUM. 
manifeste 4-nervis, nervis percurrentibus interdum quinto brevi sub- 
apicali auctis ; II^ lanceolata, acuta, obsolete carinata, dorso glaber- 
rima, 3-nervis, margine hyalino ciliata; III: lanceolata, acuta, ener- 
vis; IV* '/, brevior, ceterum III simillima nisi angustior, longius 
acuminata v. in setulam abiens ; palea O v. glumä IV* 3-plo brevior. 
Styli stigmatibus linearibus laxe plumosis supra medium spicula 
emersis paullo longiores. Spiculæ pedicellate 3—4 mm. longs, callo 
pilis spieulam sub:equantibus barbato, gluma I" flexuris a basi ad 
apicem usque decrescendo-ciliata, 5-nervis, II^ prope apicem pilosula. 
a, genuinum. Folia praeter basin laminze glaberrima. Spiculæ ses- 
siles 5,5—6 mm. long&, pilis involuerantibus pallide ferrugineis 3—4- 
plo longiores, gluma I" infra apicem tantum v. fere a medio breviter 
ferrugineo-ciliata ; II“ in aristulam 1—1,5 mm. longam abiens. 
In campis provineie Minarum Brasiliæ (efr. Fl. Bras. l. e.). 
ß, brevipilum. Folia precedentis v. supra brevissime pubescentia. 
Spiculz sessiles 5 mm. long&, pilis involuerantibus gilvescentibus v. 
canescentibus 4—5-plo longiores ; gluma I”: infra apicem v. e medio 
breviter gilvescendo-ciliata, II^ mutica v. brevissime mucronata. 
Paraguay in pratis uliginosis Cordillera de Villa Ricca, Balansa 
233°. 
+, penicillare. Elatior (120 em.). Vaginæ superne, laminæ inferne 
v. totæ villosule, nodis longius barbatis; vagin® im» non fibrosæ. 
Panicula densissima; rami primarii inferiores ramulos secundarios 
non solum basilares sed etiam 1—2 superiores gerentes. Articuli parce 
breviterque ciliati. Spiculæ sessiles 7 mm. longæ, villis involueranti- 
bus ferrugineis 3-plo longiores ; gluma I^^ carinis per totum decursum 
ferrugineo-ciliatis, ciliis prope apicem penicillatis; H® mutica v. (in 
spieulis pedicellatis) mucronata. 
Paraguay cum pr&cedente, Balansa 233. — Transitum in sequen- 
tem indigitat. 
11. S. Warmingianum (Hack. in Mart. et Eichl. Fl. bras. 2, 
pars 3, p. 254, t. 60); culmo ad paniculam usque vaginato; panicula 
lineari-oblonga elongata laxa, ramis e basi semiverticillato-ramulosis, 
racemis elongatis linearibus, spiculis sessilibus lanceolatis acutis, 
quam pili involucrantes 2—3-plo longioribus. 
Culmi 1,3—1,5 met. alti, robusti. Vagine sursum scaberule, gla- 
bre v.innovationum superne sericeo-pubescentes, emarcidz firms, 
haud fibrosæ. Ligula brevissima, longissime lanata. Lamin® 40—60 em. 
longæ, 2—4 mm. late, acuminate, læves, innovationum involutze, 
