2fl6 GRAMINEAE jusS. (Chloris.) 



compressis ciliatis vel tenuiter pilosis ; spicis crebris, fascicu- 

 lato-congestis, erecto-patulis ; spiculis bifloris ; flore utroquc lon- 

 gissime aristato; hermaphrodito basi barbato, superne ad mar- 

 ginem ciliato; sterili pedicellato, minuto, clavato. Kth. Agrostis 

 radiata Linn. Spec. 94. Andropogon fasciculatum Linn. Spec. 

 1483. Cynosurus scoparius Lam. Encycl. 2. 188. (teste Cand.) 

 Chloris scoparia Desf. Cat.AL (teste Cand.) C. virgata Durand. 

 Diss. 10. C. pallida WUld. Spec. 4. 926. (excl. syn. Retz.) C. 

 compressa Cand. Cat. Monsp. 94. ( teste herb. Desf.) — India 

 occidentalis, Peruvia ct ? Cap. b. spei. — Link et Jacquin 

 fil. C compressam Cand. ad C. polydactylam Sw. ducunt. 



17. C. pycnothrix Trhi. Uniflor. 234. Nees ab Esenb. in 

 JMart. Bras. 2. 423. Culmo basi rcpente foliisque planis, ob- 

 tusissimis, glabris ; spicis digitatis, subseptenis ; spiculis imbri- 

 catis ; glumis lanceolatis ; inferiorc flosculo duplo brcviore ; su- 

 periore acuminata, setigera, eundem aequante; seta hermaphro- 

 diti ipso oeties, rudimenti quadruplo longiore. Nees. C. radiata 

 Raddi^ Agrost. JBras. 52. (excl. syn.) — Brasilia. © 



18. C. TRUXCATA Brown. Prod. 1. 186. LinJc. Hort. 1. 58. 

 Kunth. Gram. 2. t. 178. Culmis geniculato-adscendcntibus, basi 

 repentibus vaginisque compressis, glabris, ore pilosis; foliis di- 

 stichis, acutatis, planis, intcrne margineque scabris ; spicis com- 

 pluribus, digitatis, divaricatis ; spiculis biHoris; flore utroque 

 longissime aristato; hermaphrodito basi barbato, supcrnc ad 

 margincm ciliato ; steriii pedicellato, unipalcacco, oblique trun- 

 cato, rudimentum tertii includente. Kth. Chloris dolichostachya 

 Lagasca, Elench. 5. Spreng. N. Entd. 3. 116. (teste Link.) C. 

 megastachya Schrad. Hort. Goett. 1. Schult. Mant. 2. 330. (teste 

 Link.) C. elongata Poir. Encycl. suppl. 2. 236. (teste specim.) 



— Nova Hollandia, Insulae Philippinae, Timor. 2\. 



19. C. divaricata Brown. Prod. 1. 186. Spicis 6-9, digi- 

 tatis, divaricatis ; glumis bifloris, subulatis ; perianthiis subulato- 

 lanceolatis, scabriusculis , nudis, triaristatis ; aristis lateralibus 

 brevissimis; intcrmcdia elongata. Br. — Nova Hollandia. 



20. C. Prieuri Kunth. Gram. 1. 89 et 2. /. 134. Culmo 

 inferne comprcsso ; vaginis compresso-carinatis, superne ciliatis ; 

 foliis interne scabris ; spiculis 5-7? fasciculatis, erectis ; spiculis 

 6-8-floris; floribus omnibus aristatis; infimo hermaphrodito ; re- 

 liquis unipaleaceis , neutris ; palca inferiorc hermaphrodita su- 

 pernc ciliata, longe aristata, dorso palcaque superiore punctu- 

 lato-asperatis. Kth. 



a) spiculis 8-floris; culmo simplici. 

 fi) spiculis 6-floris; culmo ramoso. 



— Senegalia. 



d) Spiculae tri-quadriflorae ; flores inferiores hcrmaphroditi, ari- 

 stati; summus tabescens, difformis, muticus. 



21. C. distAchya Kunih. Gram. 1.291,/, 57- Culmis basi 



