GRAMINEAE JÜSS.
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FLORES polygon,,, L„,erdmn mon„c., rarissime dioeci, calycc corollaque
p n v a n , bi-actea duplici (palcis; corolla L i n n . , c i l j c e Juss. ; stragulo Boauv.; glum
e l t e valvnlis Liuk. ) obtecti, tres vel plures pedicello commun, alteruatir^ ,n,-
p o s i t i , d i s t ichi , spi cul am (locuslam R a y . ,Mi c h e l . , Beauv.) un,-multillo,-am constit
u e n t e s i superiores Tel infenores, rar,us ambo cujuslibet spiente , incompleti;
1 - 2 iiiHmi fere semper ad bracteam exteriorem redact, (gluma!; caljx Linn.;
g l u m a Juss.; lepicena Rich. ; tegmen Beauv. ; glum® Talvai Link. ) , in paucis '
p l a n e obliterati.
P a l e a r u m • exter ior i-3-multiuei-via, scepissime carinata, aristata ' vel rautica;
i n t e r i o r allins inserta, p lerumque bincrvia < e t mut ica, ad u t r amque basim squam
u i a (sl ipul s apice superstite bifido ) auricniata, interdum plane evanescens.
S q u a m u l a j ( n e c t a r i u m Schreb. ; corol l a M i c h . ; lodi cul a Beauv. ; parapétal a Link. )
s u e c d e n t a s , nonnunquam connata; vel auct® tertia, axi contigua, saìpe minutissima;
vel plane deficientes.
STAMINA hypogjna, definita (rarissime in floribus masculis indefinita), sex
vel sa;pius abor t u pauciora ( 3 , 2, i ) ' ; üla ovar ium totum cingentia hsc nonn
i s i ejus d imi d i u m circuitum exteriorem (ab axi ave r smn) occupant ia.Ex stamin
, b u s tribus superstitibus u n u m ante ovai-ium, duo ad ejus latera sita; i l lud, srEpe
l o u g i u s et praícoeius, obliteratum i tem in fioribus diandns, solum vero persistens
i n monandris.
F i l a m e n t a libera, rarius basi connata.
A n t h c r a ; biloculares, utrinque bifida;; loculis secundum totam longitudinem
vel nonnisi apice dehiscentibus. Pollinis granul a libera, subglobosa, la;via.
' 111 LcersU , Luiiola , Lygeo, Coieauüio , e!o.
' Perigoni gramimm sunt TOglns, toUomm suprstites. Liiii. fiori. I. a63.
^ Arista osi lamias folii nou evoluta aut, si mavis, iiervus medias. Link. I. c.
' Axis premeas impaclimcati.m est evaiutionis nervi medii ( vel raotius vasorum fnscieuli medii ).
S Qaataor ! in TelrarrWna et Mierolajnn, teste Broiva.
S la liareeamplcta, avaria tria iiiadaceate , adirne invaaienda, stamina tria longiota ovariis oppesita assent, Irla hieviora