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Agrostis cruciata. Linn. 
Rabdochloa cruciata. Leam, agrostog. p. 84 - 
Crescit in montosis Insulce Cubce. inter Regia , Guanavacoa et Ilavana. o Floret Decembri. 
Radix fibrosa. Culmi suberecti, ramosi, tri- aut sexpollicares, teretes, filiformes, nodique glabri. 
Folia linearia, angustissima, plana, utrinque margineque glabra. Vagina glabra, striatae, ore pilis sparsis 
barbatae. Ligula brevis. Spice tres aut quatuor, cruciatae, patulae, semipollicares, sessiles. Rhachis 
flexuosa, scabriuscula. Spicule sparsae, breviterpedicellatae , unilaterales, lineares, biflorae, flore altero 
bermapbrodito, sessili, altero neutro, pedicellato. Glume dua, acuminatae, carinatae, hyalinae, glabrae, 
inaequales, superior inferiore triplo longior, flore hermaphrodito brevior. Flos hermaphroditus: Palee 
inaequales, inferior lanceolata, carinata, infra apicem bidentatum aris tata, glabra, dorso scabra, margine 
apicem versus ciliata, superiore longior, superior linearis , bicarinata, apice bidentata, scabriuscula, 
mutica. Arista recta, scabra, palea duplo longior. Flos sterilis aristatus , pedieello scabriusculo. 
2. CHLORIS RADIATA. 
C. foliis interne marginequc scabriusculis, basi vaginis ligulaque ciliatis; spicis numerosis, 
umbellato-fasciculatis; glumis acuminato-subulatis; paleis bifido-dentatis; arista palea infe¬ 
riore ciliata duplo longiore. 
Chloris radiata. Swartz. prodr. 26. Ejusd. Flor. Imi. Occ. 1. p. 201. Sp.pl. ed. JV, l\ . p. 920. 
Andropogon fasciculatum. Sp. pl. l 4 § 3 . 
Agrostis radiata. Sp. pl. 94. 
Crescit propter litfora Oceani Pacifici inter Guamang et Truxillo Peruvianorum. o Floret 
Octobri. 
Culmus erectus aut procumbens, ramosus, compressus, pedalis aut sesquipedalis, nodique glabri. 
Folia linearia, striata, plana, externe glabra, interne margineque scabriuscula, basi ciliata. VaGine 
striatae, scabriusculse, ciliatae. Ligula brevissima , fimbrialo-ciliata. Spice decem aut duodecim, lineares, 
umbellato-fasciculatae, bipollicares, sessiles. Spicule sessiles, unilaterales, lineari-lanceolatae, biflorae. 
Rhachis complanata, subflexuosa, scabra. Glume lineari-subulatec, carinatae, dorso scabrae, superior 
inferiore triplo longior, spiculam subaequans. Flos liermaphrodilus sessilis: Palee inaequales, inferior 
lanceolata, carinata, glabra, infra apicem bidentatum aristala, dorso scabra, apicem ver.sus ciliata, 
superiore longior, superior linearis , bicarinata, bidentata, dentibus subulatis , scabriuscula , mutica. 
Flos sterilis pedicellatus, aristatus. Pedicellusscabriusculus. Arista recta, scabra. 
3 . CHLORIS virgata. 
C. foliis scabris; ligula ciliata ; spicis numerosis , fosciculato-umbellalis ; glumis aristatis ; 
paleis bifido-dentatis ; arista palea inferiore ciliata triplo longiore. 
Chloris virgata. Swartz. Flor. Ind. Occid. 1. p. 203 . Sp. pl. ed. JV. l\. p. 927. 
Rabdochloa virgata. Beauv. agrost. p. 84. 
Crescit in planitie montana Regni Novce Hispanice , Tulam inter et urbem Mexici , ait. 
1200 hexap. o Floret Aprili, Septembri. 
Culmus erectus, ramosus , tripedalis, striatus, nodique glabri. Folia plana, linearia, striata, utrinque 
margineque scabra. Vagine glabive, striatae, ore pilosae. Ligula brevis , firabriato-ciliata. Spice octo, 
sessiles, umbella tie, patulae, tripollicares. Rhachis compressa, scabra. Spicule unilaterales, sessiles, 
densse, oblongie, biflorae. Glume lauceolatae, carinatae, aristatai, dorso scabrae , inaequales , superior 
major, florem hermaphroditum superans. Arista; breves, rectae, scabrae. Flos hermaphroditus sessilis : 
Palee inaequales, inferior ovata, carinato-compressa, infra apicem bidentatum aristata, glabriuscula, 
margine barbato-ciliata, superior paulio brevior, bicarinata, bidentata, mutica, carinis ciliato-scabris. 
Arista recta, scabra, palea triplo longior. Flos neuter pedicellatus : Palee glabrae, inferior carinata, 
truncata, aristata; arista recta, scabra, ea floris hermaphroditi duplo brevior. 
4. CHLORIS elegans, t Tab. XLIX. 
C, foliis interne margineque scabris; ligula ciliata; spicis numerosis , umbellato-fasciculatis; 
glumis acuminato-subulatis, superiore florem hermaphroditam subsequante; paleis integris, 
inferiore apice longe barbata; arista palea triplo longiore. 
