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ramulorum aphylla, spathiformi. Ligula brevissima, marginem mem- 
branaceum parabolieum ciliatum referens. Laminæ e basi late profun- 
deque cordata amplexicauli lineari-lanceolatze, 6—20 cm. long, 8— 
12 mm. latze, acutiuscule, plans, rigidulze, modo utrinque pilis basi. 
tuberculatis hirtze, modo subtus tantum secus nervos hispidze, margine 
semper setoso-ciliate, virides, costa media tenui I-nervi superne 
joa albolineata Dici vn poe: utri inque 5—T, secunda- 
riis 1,5—2,5 em. 
longz, pedunculo hispidulo e vagina spathiformi mi parum v. non 
exserto fultæ, nodulosæ, glabræ, flavescenti-virides v. violascentes ; 
articuli spiculam sessilem subæquantes, lineares, scabri, sejuncti apice 
excavationibus duabus : altera profundiore majoreque acute margi- 
nata ad recipiendum articulum superpositum, altera minore obtuse 
marginata ad iendam spiculam pedicellatam. Spiculæ sessiles cum 
callo obconico obtuso scabro 0,5—0,8 mm. longo 1,8—2,5 mm. longa, 
glabra: gluma I": toto dorso irregulariter foveolata, foveolis eostisque 
inter illas relictis seabro-punetatis; II^ ovali-oblonga, obtusissima, 
apice cucullata, subcarinata, carina apice gibba, 1-nervis; IIT secundá 
'/, brevior, late ovalis, obtusissima ; IV* III» subaquans, late ovata, 
obtusiuscula; palea illä paullo brevior, ceterum ei similis. Antherze 
0,5 mm. longæ. Stigmata vix 1 mm. longa. Spiculæ pedicellatze sessiles 
longitudine zequantes v. superantes, ovat, herbaceæ, virides v. violas- 
centes ; gluma I^ acutiuscula v. obtusiuscula, altero margine anguste. 
implicata, flexura marginata, ciliolata, altero margine dorsoque plana, 
5—7-costata, seaberula, callo minuto obconico ; II^ I” zequans, ellip- 
tico-navieularis, elevato-carinata, carina ciliolata, 5—7-nervis; HP 
quam I™ paullo brevior, ovata, acuta, 2-nervis ; IV* et palea adhuc 
breviores, ovato-oblong&, enerves v. IV* 1-nervis; floris c? anther& 
1,2 mm. longz; interdum flos cum glumis III*, IV*, palea aboriens. 
. Locis praecipue cultis ruderatisque regionis tropic® et subtropicze 
totius orbis frequens : Ins. Cap. Viridis (Bolle), Guinea (Thonning), 
Nupe ad fl. Niger (Barter), Ins. Franciæ; Sansibar (Hildebr. 1077); 
Abyssinia (Schimp. 1198), Gallabat (Sehweinf. 1109, 1110), Ind. or. 
(Wall. 8879 B), Maisur et Carnatie (Hook. f. et Thoms.), Nilgerries 
(Perrott. 1295), Ceylon (Thwait. 81), Kamaon, Nepal, Assam, Khasia 
(varii), Java (Zoll. 967), China pr. Whampoa (Hance 5022), Australia 
borealis (Muell.), Insul. Galapagos (Anderss.); Brasilia (Gardner 
. 9543, 3522), Guyana gallica (leg.?), Venezuela (Fendler), Columbia 
(Moritz 696). Peru pr. Cuzco (Raimondi), Mexico (Schaffn. 112, 131, 
ete.), Arizona (Pringle), Louisiana, Carolina (Bose.), Ins . Martinique 
(Sieb. 38, Hahn. 479). 
