TAB. 95. EULALI A AUREA.
Andi-opogoQ aureus Bory It. i.p. 36y. t. 21., fVilld. 5/jec. 4. 521.
Erianihus aureus ^eouf . Jgrost. p. 4.
SaccLarum aureum Spreng. Pug. p. iy.>SysL 1. p. 282.
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C u l m i flagelliformes, repcutes, ramosi, leretes, striali, glabri, ligneo-duri, purpurasceotesj
I'amis aclsceadeulibus, glabrisj nodis imbcrbibus, contractis. Folia lanceolato-linearia, apice
a n g i i s t a l o - s i i b u l a t a , basi sidjcuneato-rotundala, plana, mullinervia, nervo medio crassiore,
m e r u b r a n a c e a , iitringiie margineque glaberrirna, Si-Sj-poUicaria, iaterdura subpedalia, 3 - 4
l i u e a s lata. Vagina; leretes, nervoso-slriataj, glabra;, ore v i l l o s r e , 2-43-pollicares, intemodiis
p a l i l o breviores. Ligula abbreviata, t ruocata, lacinulalo-fimbriata, cinnamomeo-fusca. Spicse
d i g i t a t o - f a s c i c u l a t i e , plin-ima; (8- i5) , infequales, lioeares, leviter corvatie, i|-3-pollicares,
b r e v i t e r p eduncul a t e ; rhacbi s inart iculal a ; i a t e r n o d i i s s emi t e r e t ibus , e x t eme convexi s e t a u r e o -
h i i ' s u t i s , iolerne planis et g l a b r b , spicula contigua sessili \ brevioribiis. Spicula; gemince, altera
s e s s i l i s , altera pedicel lata, conformes, l ì l iueas longce, biflora;; flos superior bennapbrodilus,
b i p a l e a c e u s ; flos inferior plane obliteratus; pedicelli exteme convexi et aureo-hi r sut i , interne
p l a n i et g l a b r i , interaodia rhaoliis longi tudine suba i^ant e s . Glumai dua2, char tace®, oblong»,
l o n g i t u d i n e subcoquales, nmticffi, fuses ; iaferior binervia, marginilius inflexis subbicarinata,
d o r s o convexiuscula, apice eroso-truncata ibi<iue ciliata, exteroe pilis longis (gluma duplo
s u p e r a n l i b u s ) sericeis aureis obsita, superiorem involvens; superior latìor, 1
n a v i c u l a i ' i - c a r i n a t a , marginibus iloreni involvens ibique ciliata, dorso pilis longi s aureis obsita,
i n t e r d u i n glabrata. F los hermaphrodi tus : P a l e o i duajj inferior (glumce super ior i cont igua) parva,
c u u e a t o - l i n e a r i s , apice bicuspidata et longe aristala, hyalina, basi ai'liculata et una c u m arista
c a d u c a ; arista h i spidulo- scabra , spiraliter torla, fusca, g lumas q u a d n i p l o supe r ans , inferne genic
u l a t a , basi in p a l e a u i decur rens ibique m o x e v a n e s c e n s . Palea superior (glumai inferiori contig
u a ) p a rva , ovario b r evior , teniiissime membranacea, hyal ina, glabra, oblonga velabbreviatoo
v a t a , apice 2-5-dentata vel b i f i d a , rariiis integra. Stamina Iria, b y p o g y n a ; u n u m antepaleam
a r i s t a t a m , duo l a l e r a l i a . Filanienta capillacea, persistentia. A u t h e r a lineares, utrinijue bifida;,
l o b i s oblus i s , bi loculares, glabra;, ci'oceie, exsertte, secundum totam longitudinem dehiscentes.
P o l l i n i s granula minulissima, subrotimda, hyalina. Ovarium sessile, oblongo-conicum, apice
a U e a u a l o - s i i l i r o s t r a l u m , glabrum. Styli d u o , tei -minales , eloogati, capiUacei, glabri. Stigmata
p i u m o s a , elougala, esserla, cinnamomeo-fusca; pilis s inipl icibus, moUibus, subulal is, edentulis.
C a r y o p s i s suppotens uondiuu juatm-a, ellìptica, apicato-mucronata, Uevis, glabra, fiisca,
l i b e r a , glumis iuduratis palciscpie involuta. Pericarpiuui tenue, membranaceum, adha;rens,
f i i s c u m . A l b ume n farinaceuni, albimi. EmlDryo fructu dimidi o brevior. Corculum insulco e m -
b r y o n i s rcceptuni?, obloDgo-cyliodraccum, dorso a d m e d i u m adna tum, apice obtusum,
a o u l u j u iiiq^ue c audi cul a m b r eve m productum.
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