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TAB. 77. CHUSQUE A QUILA.
Follis lineari-lanceolalis, acutaio-subulatis, subsessilibus, sublus puberulis et
glaucescentibus; pauiculis diffusis; spiculis ovato-oblongis? paleis apice acutatoniucronatis.
Q u i l a herb. Donibey.
A r u n d o Quila Poir. in herb. Alusei Paris. (nec Molin. Hist, nal, da Chili
p. isS. nec Encycl 6. p. 2j4.)
Crescit in regno Cbileosi.
Grameu per trancos arborum adscendens ?, ramosissimum ; ramis teretibus, duris, solidis,
vaginis marcidis laceralis obtectís; ramulis e nodis fasciculalini enun penti bus, compressiusculoteretibus,
solidisj duiis, lasviLus, striatìs, gkbris, oitidulis, foUatis; nodis imberbibus. Folia
subsessilia, linearí-lanceolala, apice acutato-siibulata, basi cunéala, nervoso-striata, inasquilatera,
nervo medio sublus prominulo, plana, rigidiilo-membranacea, supra lóele viridia et
glabra, sublus puberula et glaucescenlia, margine remote el adpresse spinulosa, 2-ä-4-poUicaria,
25-55 lineas lala. Vagioas sulcato-nervosje, teretes, glabras, apice pilosiusculce, in terno düs lon^ores,
i-i5-poUicares; inferiores aphyUte, abbreviata:, squamasformes.imbricate. Ligula abbreviata,
obliqua, ciliato-pilosa. Paniculíe in ramulis terminales, e summa vagina cxserta:, ovala?, ramos®,
ái-4-poIlicares, erectse; ramis altcrnis, solitariis, pateotibus rhacbique acule triaogulai'ibus,
slriatis, seabriusculis. Spicula3 bre\iter pedicellate, solitaria, oblongo-elliptíca», compressse,
triflora; ; llores disticbo-imbricali, glumas duplo superantes; duo inferiores unipaleacei, neutri;
lerniinalis bipaleaceus, kermaphrodilus. Glumas du®, instales, ovalo-oblonga;, acumioalosubulat
®, lierbaceai, carinalo-concavs, exteme hirtella^, carina scabra»; superior quinquenervia;
inferior brevior el angustior, obsolete trinervia. Flores sleriles gliimie superiori similes, sed
majores : Palea ovala, acuto-mucronata, 5-nervia {5-7-nervia?), hej'bacea, cannaio-concava, virescens,
glabriuscula, carina scabriuscula. Squamulffi et genitalia nulla. Flos hermaphroditus sterilibus
major : Palea du®, iierbace®, «rescentes, glabr®, apicem versus scabriuscula»; inferior
ovalo-ellipüca, acuto-mucronata, 7-nervia (y-g-nervia?), cario ato-concava; palea superior
vix longior, ovalo-elliplica, carinalo-naviculai'is, apice emarginata, lobis acutiusculis, 4-6-nervia,
apicem versus subbicarinala. Squamula du®, laterales, suLriiombe®, apice oblus® et pilifera
inferne 4-5-oervi®, menibranace®, hyalin», glabi®, ®quales; ter Ii a interior ame haud
visa. Stamina tria, liypogyua. Filameuta subulala, glabra. Anther® lineares, utrinque bilob®,
glabr®, suppetenles apert® et membranace® (effete ?). Ovaiium ovalum, sessile, glabrum. Slyli
duo, tei-minales. Stigmata puberula?. Fruclus Juuior lineari-oblougus , embryom contrarie
coinpressus, leviler curvalus, glaber, stylis persislculibus bicuspidalus. Pericarpium tenue, membranaceum,
hyaliniun. Semeii Iruclu conforme, basi ailìsum?.
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