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2° Paniculæ composite (raro —€— rhachis communis S racemos infimos sepius 
duplo— pluries superans (ï. 95—98). 
A. Filipedes : Panicule rami filiformes, plerumque bini oppositi (paribus decus- 
satis) v. 4"i, basi ad 0,8—1 cm. usque indivisi, dein ssepius ramulos 
secundarios sursum decrescentes Semper simplices, racemis terminatos 
agentes, rarius jam rami primarii simplices, uniracemosi. Racemi secun- 
darii in nfe eriores breviter, superiores brevissime pedicellati (pedicellis 
ongis racemo maltona brevioribus), omnes v. saltem primarii 
10--multiarticnlati (n. 95). 
95. A. intermedius R. Brown Prodr. p. 202; Benth. Fl. Austral. 
7, p. 531. 
Innovationes extravaginales. Culmi 0,5—1 m. alti altioresve, geni- 
culato-ascendentes, teretiusculi, altero latere alternatim applanati, 
glaberrimi, simplices v. ramos floriferos 1—2 breves rarius elongatos 
edentes. Vagins teretes, ecarinatze v. subcarinate, arctz, glaberri- 
mæ, ad nodos ssepius brevissime appresso-pubescentes, inferiores 
internodia superantes, superiores iis breviores. Ligula brevissima, 
truncata, margine glabra sed pilis sepe longis stipata. Laminze e basi 
x»quilata in vaginam sensim decurrente lineares, longe setaceo- 
acuminatz, 10—50 em. longze, 3—8 mm. late, plane, rigidulz, glau- 
cescentes, excepta basi parce fimbriata glabr&, subtus v. utrinque 
læves, folii summi (imprimis ramorum) brevissima v. mucroniformis. 
Panicula oblonga, 7—16 em. longa, densiuscula, rhachi communi 5— 
14 em. longa, 6—15-nodi glaberrima, internodiis sepe alternatim 
insequalibus, longioribus 1—1,5 cm. longis ; rami solitarii usque 6“, 
in axillis parce barbulati, racemos 1—8 ferentes, ramis pedicellisque 
racemorum glaberrimis. Racemi graciles, fragillimi, pallide virescen- 
tes v. violaceo-suffusi ; articuli pedicellique spicula sessili '/, breviores, 
a basi fere ad apicem usque breviter et szepius laxe ciliati, ciliis accres- 
centibus, summis articulo duplo—parum brevioribus. Spieul& sessiles 
3—4 mm. longa, oblong& : gluma I™ chartaceo-membranacea supra 
medium v. a '/, superiore parum angustata, apice anguste truncatula 
y. obtusissima, carinis superne rigide ciliolatis raro levibus, 4—7- 
nervis, callo brevissime barbulato; II^ F^ »quans, lanceolata v. 
oblonga, obtusiuseula v. acuta, 3-nervis, carina levis, margini 
implicatis glabra; IIF illis parum—duplo brevior, oblonga, obtusius- 
cula, enervis, glabra; IV** arista gracilis, 10—14 mm. longa, columna 
castanea medio plus minus distincte geniculata scaberula subulam ei 
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