686 i MONOCOTYLEDONEAE. ^ GERMAINIA , 
1. &. capitata Bal. et Poitr. l. c. p. 345. 
Perennis. Culmi 50—60 em. alti altioresve, erecti, graciles, 3—4- 
nodes, teretiusculi, glaberrimi, superne longe nudi, infra racemum 
incrassati, simplices. Vaginz teretiuscule, superne subcarinate, 
arcte, pilis appressis albis demum deciduis tectze, nodis barbulatze, 
internodia superantes, emortu:z (ex Dal.) ad basin culmi aggregatze, 
villosiores. Ligula 2 mm. longa, rotundato-truncata, glabra. Lamina 
e basi subzequilata a vagina parum distincta lineares, acuminate, 
10—15 em. longe, 3—5 mm. late, vernatione convoluta, adulte 
plans, rigidze, erectae, virides, subtus appresse pilosæ (pilis deciduis), 
supra scabrz v. basi pilosze, margine scabræ, costa media tenui uni- 
nervi non carinata supra albolineata, nervis lateralibus utrinque 2—3 
primariis, interjectis ternis secundariis, utrisque vix prominulis. 
Racemus demtis aristis 1,7— , lineari- 
oblongus. Spieule 4 involuerantes inzequali altitudine insertze, ita ut 
duo paria internodiolo 1 mm. longo separata et in utroque pari 
spicula altera sessilis, altera pedicellulo latissimo 0,6—0,8 mm. fulta 
distingui possint. Hæ spieule erectz, appresse, 13—16 mm. longs 
sunt ; earum gluma I^ coriacea, late lineari-oblonga, apice truncato in : 
dentes 2 latos angulo obtuso discretos abiens, marginibus non impli- 
cata, dorso convexa, 7—8-nervis, viridula, glaberrima nisi apice : 
obsolete ciliolata, reliquis glumis ipsá multo angustioribus membrana- . 
ceis rufidulis accumbens ; II“ I» zequans, anguste lanceolata, obtusa, 
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irregulariter denticulata, 3-nervis, secus nervos laterales implicata, —— 
glabra; III II^* similis, tenuissime 3-nervis, paleam oblongam latius- - 
culam bidentatam binervem secus nervos late implicatam floremque 
c' diandrum fovens; IV* reliquas superans, anguste linearis, acutis- 
sima, enervis, mucronata, hyalino-membranacea, glabra; ejus palea . 
illis glumze III** similis nisi angustior, acutior, glumam IV*» æquans, 
florem etiam diandrum includens. Demtis spiculis 4 involucrantibus 
conspiciuntur pedicelli duo crassi 3—4 mm. longi glabri, quorum 
apicibus insident spicule 2 v. 3, altera iterum pedicello filiformi 4mm. : 
longo dorso convexo piloso, marginibus pilis accrescentibus ciliato — 
fulta, cum pedicello obliquissime articulata, fceminea, altera v. duabus _ 
ad pedicelli filiformis basin sessili, mascula, involuerantibus omnino — 
conformi, nisi ex duabus altera uniflora v. neutra, glumaque prima 
reliquis angustiore. Spieule © eum parium v. ternionum lateralium 
tum terminalis v. ternionis terminalis lineares, subeylindrice, fuscze, — 
cum callo 2 mm. longo aeutissimo curvulo circumcirca pilis fusco- .. ; 
spadiceis spicula 3—4-plo brevioribus barbato 9 mm. longa : dus : 
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