5 
6 
8 
“nato-acuta, trinervia, violascens, nervis superne praesertim scabriusculis, 
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riore ‚dorso convexo tenerrime puberula scabriuscula, basi articulata pilis brevibus 
cincta, aristata, aristae parte inferiore purpurascenti-fusca, superiore viridi laevi. Valvula 
superior inclusa mutica. 
2. Arundinella (Meliosaccharum) Metzii, Hocnsr. anss., vaginìs folüsque molliter 
patenti-pilosis (pilis omnibus e_verruculis), foliis lanceolato-linearibus subuninerviis, 
ligulis truncatis brevissimis subexserlis, paniculae laxae leviter violascentis scabrius- 
culae ramis geminis vel solitariis, spieulis ovato-ellipticis acutis, gluma inferiore tri- 
nervia submuecronato-acuta in nervis versus apicem scabriuscula, superiore acuminata 
5-nervia glabriuscula, arista geniculata, inferne purpurea, superne pallida, 4 exserta. 
Prope urbem Mangalor (Merz. Herb. n. 297). 
pAn A. nervosa, Nees (Holcus, Roxs.), sed phrasis Roxs., culmi ramosi, e geni- 
eulis inf. fibrae rad. longae obstare videntur.”’ Hocusr. in sched. — Habitu certe ad 
A. nervosam, cujus diversas formas a cel. Wicar lectas et a Neesro determinatas cl. 
Arxorrio debeo, proxime accedit, sed floribus duplo minoribus caet. ab illa, quamvis 
admodum  variabili, specifice differre videtur. — Culmi e radice fibrosa fuscula plures, 
ima basi ramosi, caeterum simplices, basi leviter geniculati, panicula non computata 
1—lj-pedales, tenues, striulati, glabri, vulgo trinodes, nodis coarctatis fuscis, Vaginne 
internodiis breviores, arctae, striatae, paienti-pilosae. Folia 2—3, vulgo 2! poll. 
longa, 14—14 vix 2 lin. lata, acuta, nervulososstriulata et uninervia, utrinque et ad 
margines patenti-pilosa. Panicula alte exserta, 5—65 poll. longa, rhachi communi 
inferne laevi, tereti, superne inaequaliter angulata 4—5-gona, angulis scabriuscula, 
ramulorum axillis saepe barbata, Mami erecti, bipollicares, infimi eliam 25, superiores 
tantum 14 poll. Spiculae breviter inaequaliter pedicellatae, geminae, pedicellis cum 
rhachibus angulato-compressis seabriusculis violascentibus vel pallidis sustentae, $ lin. 
longae. Gluma inferior rigido-chartacea, ovato-elliptiea, concava, breviter submucro- 
caeterum 
glabrae ; superior concolor paullo longior (4 parts) lanceolato-ovata in acumen an- 
gustum laeve apice hyalinum terminata, dorso convexo ò-nervia, nervo medio carinato, 
2 lateralibus utrinque sibi et margini approximatis glabris. Flosculus inferior haud 
neulter sed potius masculus; bivalvis, valris inaequalibus sublaneeolatis pallidis, apice 
hine subviolascentibus, inferiore concava chartacea, subearinata, superiore minore tene- 
riore. pallidiore. Stamina. 3, antherae lineares violaceae *)._ Flosc, hermaphroditus mem- 
*) Num floribus his masc. nec neutris sectionis Neesianae character eflicitur? Certe quam proxime 
eodem charactere ad Zschaemum accedit, quocum cl. KuNrtu hoc genus in Agrostographia sua conjunxit. 
