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minima lato-ovata 3-nervia mutica, superior multo major 5- 

 nervia ovata margine scariosa mucronata paleis brevior. 



Flosculus inferior neuter 2 - paleacens , palea inferior ma- 

 jor membranacea concava ovata 5-nervis, superior minor 

 hyalina. Flosculns snperior hermaphroditns, paleae coriaeeae 

 concavae muticae, inferior snperiorem amplectens. Stamina 3. 

 Ovarium glabrnm. Styli 2 elongati. Stigmata adspergilli- 

 formia. — - 



jilopecurus geniculatusl Lindheimer. 



Auf felsigem Boden nördlich von Neubrannfels: Lind- 

 heimer. October. 



Setaria italica Beauv. valde affinis differt spica cylin- 

 drica obtusa densa breviori et crassiori , setis brcvioribus, 

 spicis spiculisque longiiis peduuculatis. 



Setaria polystachya Schrader = S. composita Hnmb., 

 Kth. 



2. Panicuin giganteum mihi. 



Culmus quadripedalis teres glaber laevis fistulosus sim- 

 plex. Folia magna plana glabra laevia longissima acutato - 

 snbulata subtus carinata supra canaliculata 3 liucas lata 1 — 

 2pedalia. 



Vaginae glabrae striatae ore nudae. Ligulae brevissi- 

 mae trnncatae lacerae. 



Panicula terminalis pyramidalis snpradecomposita sesqui- 

 pedalis et ultra. Rachis, rami et peduneuli angulati scabri. 

 Rami üexuosi capillares, infiini fasciculati, reliqui bini v. terni, 

 rarissime solitarii. Spiculae in ramulis appressae racemosae 

 pedunculatae ovoideo-oblongae biflorae purpurascentes. 



Gluma inferior e basi ovata lanceolato-acuminata 3-ner- 

 via carina scabra snperiorem dhnidiam aequans. Gluma su- 

 perior e basi ovata lanceolato-subulata Tnervis gluma hrfe- 

 riori duplo longior floscnhnn inferiorem paulo snperans. 



