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Semen oblongum calice teJlum. Flores laxe paniculati , 
mafculi pedunculari , fceminei commixti fejfiles. 
OLYRA, L. * Monoica. Gluma 2-valvis i * flora , valva exte- 
riore ariflata. Calix 2-valvis. Masc. Stamina %. Fgem. Stylus 
brevis; fligmata 2 Semen cartilagineum. Flores paniculati , 
mafculi infra fceminccs. 
CORNUCOPliE , L * Involucrum i-phyllutn infundibuliforme 
aut urceolatum , margine crenatum aut integrum , multiflorum. 
Singulo flori calix 3-valvis; flamina ;; flylus 1 brevis; ftig- 
mata 2 longa ; femen te&um. Culmus ad nodos uniramulofus ; 
involucra florifera e ramulorum nodis folio fpathiformi cinflis txorta, 
pedunculata , folitaria aut plura . 
COIX, L. * LacryMA JoB, T. * Larmille , Larmc de Job. 
Tiahnengras. Monoica. Masc. Gluma 2-valvis 2-flora. Calix 
2-valvis. Foem. Gluma ^-valvis valva exteriore majore , 
1- flora. Calix 2-valvis minor. Stylus 2-fidus ; fligmata 2 Semen 
tectum. Pedunculi 1-2 ex foliorum fuperiorum vaginis, finguli comprejji 
bafi fpathacei , apice definentcs in involucrum coriaceum ovatum , intus 
cavum y apice perforatum , monoicum , fceturn flore 1 fcsmineo tefl* 
fejjili , hinc valva glumae e a exteriore c in flo , inde i-fulcato 6* 
2- appendiculato appendicibus ( flores fleriles ? ) flfl ulofls claufls. Stipes 
ex imo involucro inter appendices exfertus , defluens in f picam 
mafculam brevem pauafloram. Involucrum perflflens durum nitidum 
m argaritifo rme . 
MANISUR1S, L. * Gluma 2-valvis i-flora, valva exteriore co- 
riacea fubrotunda bafi utrinque emarginata. Calix minor 
2-valvis. Stylus brevis ; fligmata 2. Flores in rachide articulata, 
comprefsd 1 - laterali imbricatint (picati fecundi , mafculi hermaphro- 
ditis mixti , magis txflantes & divaricati. Styli 2 ex D* Thunberg . 
An inde genus Andropogo affinius*! 
POMMEREULLA, LS. * Gluma turbinata 2-valvis 5-4-flora, 
valvis inaequaliter 4-fidis dorfo ariflatis. Calix 2-valvis in- 
aequalis valva exteriore 4-valvi majore ariflata , interiore 
brevi mutica indivisa. Stylus 1 ; fligmata 2. Semen glaberri- 
mum. Culmi ramoji; folia bifariam imbricata ; flores racemo fo- 
fpicati elegantes , quaji turbinato- pennati. Carafler ex Linn. Suppi. 
REMI REA, Aubl. * Gluma 2-valvis i-flota. Calix 2-valvis minor. 
Itylus longus; fligmata 5. Semen calice tedum. Culmi foliofe , 
fuprd ramoji; flores dense paniculati terminales. Carafler ex Aubl. 
Guyan. t. 16. 
XII, Stylus unicus ; ftigma divifum. Stamina fex. 
NASTUS. * Gluma 6-8-valvis i-flora, valvis difliche imbricatis 
laevibus exterioribus minoribus. Calix 2-valvis, hinc flipatus 
pedicello villofo . (flofeuii alterius abortivi?). Squamula 
quaedam (2-4?) in calice interiores. Stamina 6. Styli 2 aut 
c 4 
