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ORDO IV. 
GRAMINEiE, LES GRAMINEE S, 
Graeae k* 
(jLUMA ( calix ex Litin . ) uniflora , aut multiflora flores 
duos plures-ve diffichos in fpiculam feu locuftam difpofitos 
flipans , fxpius bivalvis, raro uni aut multivalvis aut 
nulla. Singulo flori calix ( corolla ex Linn. j gtumX 
conformis , plerumque bivalvis , raro univalvis aut 
nullus, valva exteriore mutica aut ariffata. StaminA 
hypogyna , definita (indefinita in Pariana) plerumque 
tria, rarius duo aut fex aut unicum, antheris oblongis 
bafi & apice bifurcis. Germen Unicum fuperum , bafi 
cindum fquamulis duabus non femper confpicuis. Styli 
plerifque duo & ftigmata duoplumofa; quibufdam flylus 
unicus & ftigma fimplex aut divifum. Semen his & illis 
Unicum , nudum aut fiepe tedum valva calicis intima 
perfiftente. Corculum parvum , infra adnatum lateri 
perifpermi farinacei multo majoris. Lobus ejufdem in 
germinatione cum adjundo peiifpermo perfi flens fefli lis * 
imx hinc affixus vaginx primaria: plumulam circumdanti. 
Radices fibrofx capillares. Caules feu culmi cylindrici, 
fiffulofi aut intfis medullares, articulati feu internodiis 
diffindi, fxpius fimplices & herbacei. Folia alterna 
in fingulo culmi nodo fubfolitaria vaginantia, vagina ad 
nodum ufque fifirli. Flores glomerati aut fupra rachim 
fpicati , aut paniculati, ante maturefcentiam in fuperioris 
folii vagina reconditi. Species quxdam abortu partium 
monoicx. 
I. Styli duo. Stamen unicum aut duplex. 
CINNA, L. * Gluma i-flora 2-valvis. Calix 2-valvis. Stamen i. 
Florts paniculati , interdum l-andri , unde genus forte delendum 
& adjiciendum Agro fi di. 
