3~6 CHLORIS MELVILLIANA. 



PLEUROPOGON. 



Char. Gen. Locustce multiflorse, cylindracese. Gluma 

 abbreviata, insequivalvis, rautica. Perianthii valmila in- 

 ferior mutica, obtusa, concava, nervosa, apice scarioso .- 

 su^erioriaewo utroque lateraliter biseto ! Lodiculcs distinctae. 

 Styli 2. Stigmaia pliunosa. Caryopsis libera, lateribus 

 compressis. 



Gramen elegans. Folia plana, ajigusta, vagina integra, 

 ipso apice taniiim jisso. Raceraus simplex, hcustis cernuis, 

 purpureis, nitentibus. Ghima valvula inferiore acuta, 

 superiore latiore obtusa. Perianthia disfincta, valvida in- 

 feriore 6-7-nervi, si/periore lanceolata emarglnata, pari 

 superiore setarum brevissimo. 



Obs. Genus Glycerige proxinium, quacum locustis tereti- 

 bus, perianthiis obtusissimis et vaginis foliorura integris 

 convenit ; difFert praesertim setis lateralibus nervorum val- 

 vulfie superioris perianthii, lodiculis distinctis, stigmatibus 

 baud decompositis, caryopside lateraliter compressa et in- 

 florescentia. 



Character fere essentialis in nervis valvulse superioris 

 perianthii latere setigeris ; analoga structura enim vix, 

 quantum scio, in ullo alio gramine obtinet nisi in Uniola 

 latifolia Mic/t. am., ubi equidem nullis aliis difFerentiis comi- 

 tata pro charactere specifico tantum liabenda. 



62. PLEUROPOGON SABINII. 



Desc. Gramen 3-unciale usque spithamenm, glabrura. 

 Cuhni erecti, foliati, striati, la;ves, simplices. Folia radicalia 

 angustiora, jongiora; cuhnea linearia, plana, brevia, Isevia : 

 vaginae paulo compressEe, striatse, glabrae, Iseves, fere ad 

 apicem integrae, ipso apice fisso, niarginibus scariosis, su- 

 prema folio proprio longior : ligula brevissima, rotundata, 

 einarginata. Spica racemosa, simplicissima, rachi striato- 

 angulata, Isevi, viridi, pedunculis lateralibus ghimam vix 



