T.1B. / ä . NASTUS CAPITATÜS.
F o l i i s lineari-oblong;is, basi rotundatis, vaginarum ore ciliato-setoso; spiculis
lanceolalo-subiilatis, in apice ramulorum capirato-congestis, setulis nigris obsitis.
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Gramen òopedale, inerincj trunco 4-5-poUicari; ramulis teretibus, foBosis, tevibus, glabris,
clui'is, lignosis, nitidnlis, unciique vaginis arete obleclis; nodis approximatJS, glabris. Folia
lineai'i-oblonga, basi rotondata et parum obliqua, breviter peüolata et cum vapna articulata,
apice anguslato-subulala,plana, striata, nervo mediosubtus prominente, membranacea, rigida,
glabra, margine scabriuscida, late viridia, S-áspollices longa, 8-10 lineas lata. Vagina ardissimo
inibricataì, teretiusculffi, glabra;, laaves, DÌlldulaj, coriace®, superne dorsosubcarinata; et
oJjsolete sü-iaUe, ore pilis setosis ciliata;, interoocliis longiores. Spiculas in apice ramulorum capitato
co ngesta3, sessUes, lanceolata;, compressiusculEe, multifloras, virides. Flores disticboimbi'icati,
nonnulli (cirdter 5) inferiores unipaleacei, neutri; tei-minalis bipaleaceus, hermaphroditus,
ad basim rudimento minuto stipitiformi floris alterius superioris tabescenlis instructas.
Glumie dua?, par%-a;, ovata;, acut®, canaliculato-coucav®, striata3, coriaceo-membranace®,
subpubescenles, incequales; inferior brevior. Flos bermaplirotlitus : Paleas duas, Inx'quales,
coriaceo;; inferior ovato-oblonga, imo apice membranaceo etbilido mucronaU, mucrono subulato
recto pungente , caoalicukto-concava, nervoso-striata, superne setulis nigris oLsita; palea
superior i longior, oblonga, compresso-canaliculata, acutato-tisubulaU, dorso sulco longitudinali
exarata ibique lùrteLi, externe ad basim flore minuto tabescente pedicellato instructa,
superne setulis nigris conspersa; flos tabescens minutus, pedicellatus, decimam partem longitudinis
vis attingens; pediceUus sericeo-pilosus. Squamid® tres?, in spedminibus nostris carie
destructfe. Stamina sex; in Üoribus a me visis nonuisi bases incrassataj filamenlonini persistunt.
Antliera; lineares?, carie exesre, üavida;. Ovarium stipitatum, lineari-subclavatum, glabrum;
Ovulum 1, lineare, parieti interne spcctanll loculi longituanaliler affixum, apice basique Ul>erum.
Stylus teraiinalis, longissimus, pubescens, superne trifidus; pilis simplicibus, subulalis, edentulis,
hyalinis. Caryopsis tereü-oblonga, breviter stipiUla, stylo persistente acutato-sabulala,
parm'n obliqua, rectiuscula, intus sulco longitudinali levi superne evanescente instructa, IKVÌS,
glabra, libera, submtidula, spadiceo-fiiscescens, paleis obtecta. Pericarpium tenue, membrauaceiun,
semini adbsrens, intus nervo (sutiua) notatum. Semen conforme, apicerotundatum,
ibique per vas fdiíorme cum basi styli conlinuum, fiiscescens, intus secundum longiludir™
fusca notatum; integumentum albumini adbasrens. Albumen farinaceouondum
s corueuni. Embryo basilaris, s\iborbicularis, in semine unico a at maturus.
Flores steriles superiores siiniUiim pale® inferiori floris fertilis; inferiores gradatim
gluinis similiores.
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