Fig. endigerum (L.) Gaudin. (G. australe Beauy.) NIT- 
GRASS ail A ik aetabets . the awned flowering glume; ¢, the same expanded. 
59. GASTRIDIUM Beauy. Agrost. 21. ¢.6,/. 6. 1812. weap ewihietsietieg 
nereaplensiins rachilla prolonged behind thepalea. Em 
or saceate at the base, keeled saab much longer than ey e flowering 
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ing a slender awn 1 just below the jee poe narrow, about ‘he ieee ‘at the 
glume. Stamens 3. Stylesshort. net; ee Grain subglobose, 
: inciInded within the ventricose —— the glumes, fice. " Ceespitose annuals 
: with flat leaves, and shining, spike-like ‘panicles. 
; , tropical Africa, and tropical Amer- 
