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T A B . I I . P A S P A L U M CAPILLARE.
Culmis cosspitosis, inrernc ramosi.s, crcctis; foliis planis, margine scabi-is; vaginis
glabrisj pedmiciilis tcrminalibus , compl i iribus, filiforraibus, minqunl.bus,
c b y i s ; spiralis solitariis, biscriatis, TÌX rhacbi jalioribus; glumis siibaíqualibus,
iiirenore 5-, superiore i-nervia, lineis pilosis interjeclisi paleis lievibus.
P a s p a l um capillare LamarcHU. i. p. lyS., Paira Encyd. S.f.34.
CresciL in Guian;» Gallica.
Eadix fibrosa. Culmi cespitosi, eredi, 6-ig-polUcarcs, infernc ramosi, gnciles, triangulares?,
gl.ibn, ad nodos subgeniculati ; nodis imberbibus. Folia lanceolato-linearia, aculaU, plana'
membranacea, siriato-nervosa, glabriuscJa, margine scabra, i-ss-poUicaria et longiora, ü Unea¡
lata. Vagin® striato-nervosai, membranacea;, glabr», pariun inflata3, intemodiis breviores;
inferiores 8-10 lineas longce; supeiiores.lon^ores; summ® subbipollicares. Ligula brevissima,
rotundata, ciliata. Spicco in pedunculis gemina;, teroc vel quaternai, brevissime pelliccila te,
alterna;, pat.dce, ia-i5 Uneas long®; pedimcuU plures (4-7), e summa vagina erumpentes,
filiformes, glabri, valde itite^iales, 1-7-pollicares. Rhactiis spica; linearis, compressiuscuk,
striaUi, subilexuosa, margine scabrliiscula. Spicula; unilaterales, alternce, soUtaria;, biseriatic,
sessües, minuta;, rhachi vis latioros, ellipücte. Glum» duEe, süba;ci«ales, ovato-ellipüc®,
obtusa;, flavido-albidffi, herbácea;; inferior (exterior) nervis qiiiiique lineiscpie totidero pilosis
inteijectis instructa, superiorem marginibus involvens; superior {interior, rbacliin spec(ans)
nervis duobus distanlibus, UneUcpie ^ a tuor pilosis instructa. Palea; glumis pai-um breviores,
saba;^ales ; inferior ( exterior} ellipüca, obtusa, obsolete quinquenervia, leevis, glabra, albida,
supei iorcm ampleclens; superior concava, dorso binervia. Squamuke dua;, collateralcs, externa;,
dülabrilbrmcs, carnosa;, glabra;, ovario longiores. Stamina tria, hypogyna, subcecpialia; unum
anieriusj duo lateralia. Filamenta capillacca, glabra. AnlherK oblongce, utrmqae biloba;,
biloculares, gbbra;, fuscescenles. Ovarimn sessile, obloiigum, glabruiu. Styli duo, terminales,
elongali. StigmaU peniciUifornaia, atroviolacea ; pilis siniplicUnis, subulatis, obsoletissime denticida
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