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T R I N I и s, 
[ Quae Andropogineis adnumerari soîel, 
Xerochloae Br ., 
ob glumas valvulis teneriores ad Panicea gramina potius referendae, organlsa- 
llonis descriptionem {Âer. barbatae) uberiorem hic addere non absqiie re erit. 
Spalha s. mgîna unwersalîs, ad paniculae slmpllcis nodum quemvis enata, 
includit partes sequentes: 
fl) Ex ejusdem basl interiorl exit radiolus (suslentans articuîum suum floriferum), 
inter quem et spathae universalis latus interius: 
b) Cavitali ejusdem spathae universalis dorso accumbens squama membranacea, bi- 
nervis, e basi sua intei'iori emiltens pedicellum ananihum , ipsi arcte adpressura. 
c) lluic squamae (b) apposita est alterne situ -squama altéra^ minor, binervis, pari 
modo obvolvens pedicellum (qui sustentât spiculam lertilem superioremy 
</) Huic squamae (c) iterum opposila est alterno situ squama tertia, brevissima sti-, 
pitata, binervis, minor, loco pedlcelli obvolvens e basl sua enatam spiculam 
sterilem blglumem et i-valvem, parvam. 
Huic demum opposita squama quaria s. potius spatlmla propria ^ magnltudlne 
squamae/i, brevl-stipltala, plurinems, obvolvens; 
tt) squamam angustam, coriaceam, llnearl-lanceolatam, subtrlquetram, fronte 
canallculalam, dorso hlrsulam . Brown valvula Interlor [inferior?] floscull 
masculi dictam, quam non esse posse e sequentlbus elucebit). 
/9) Spiculam feriilem^ inferiorem^ arcte cum squama a coalitam. Glumae 2, le- 
nul-meml)ranaceae, bllloi’ae, flosculls-brevlores; inferior ovala, superlori du- 
plo bi'cvlor, uniaervls ; superior lanceolato-ovata, trlnei'vis. Flosculus 
/ 70 Г masculus, blvalvls ; valvls longltudlne subaequalibus chartacels: Inferlorl 
lallorl, crasslus et fere corlaceo-, superlori angustiori, tenulus bl-nervi. Sta- 
mina 3 , Antheris linearlbus subsessllibus. Lodicula nulla. — Flosculus supe¬ 
rior femlneus, blvalvls: valvulis aequalibus, chartacels, e basl ovata subula- 
tls, connlventlbus, involutls. Lodicula nulla. Ovarium linear! - oblongura, 
Stylus 1, satis longus. Stigmata 2, plumosa, exserta. 
