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52. ECHINOLIENA DESVAUX.
Spiculas biflorsejtìores bipaleacei; infenor masculus, subcoriaceus; superior hcrmapliroditus,
minor, coriaceus, fructifer basi articulatus. Glumas dviae, induralo-coriacece,
naviculari -concavae, ÌQcequales, externe papilloso-piliferic; i uE. polystachya :
inferior glabra, superior ecbiuato-glochidata. Palece floris herroaphroditi muticm,
coucavgej inferior superiorera binerviam amplectens. Squamulre duoD, collaterales,
externae, carnosee vel carnoso-membranace®, truncato-bi-tiùlobae vcl rolundat®,
glabri®. Stamina tria. Ovarium glabrum. Stjli duo, terrainales, Uberi. Stigmala
piumosa; pilis simplicibus. Caryopsis ovato-oblonga, externe ( ubi embryo situs)
convexa, interne planiuscula, glabra, libera, paleis arcte inclusa.
Gramina ramosa, diffusa, rcpentia. Folia plana. Spie® nunc lerminales, solitari®,
basi geniculato-inflexae, spiculis sessilibus, unilateralibus ; nunc plures, disUmtes,
spiculis pedicellatis.
e UMLATERALES,
1. Ecliinolaìna scalra Htmb. et Kunth. (Panicum Ec!' ÍS abEsenb.) —Guiaiia,Brasilia.
2. Echinoliena hirla Desv. (Ccnchrus inßcxus Pair. — Cenclii-us marginalia Rudge.) — America
ìpquinoclialis.
pedicellate; c
3. Ecliinotena? polystachya Humb. et Kunth. {Panicum glandulosum Nees ab Esenb.— Paiiicuiu
uncina tiim Raddi. — Lappa go aliena Spreng-.?) — Fili men Magda lente, Brasilia.
4. Echinotena? nemorosa. (Panicum remorosumScarte.—Miliumnemoi-osumilf<B«c/t.)—Jajnaioa,
Hispaniola, Bi-asilia, —An eadem acpKeccdens?
5. Ecliinoifena? na-vicularis. (Panienm navicnlare Nees ab Esenb. — Navicularia glaLra Raddi.) —
Brasilia, ut subsequcnles.
6. Ecliinol®na? brachystacbya (Panicum brachyslachyum Nees ab Esenb.)
7. Echijiolfena? procun-ens. (Panicum procurrens iVees ab Esenb.)
55. THOUAIVEA PETIT-THOUARS. , PERS. , BROWN.
Spiculee biflora; ; llores sessiles, bipaleacei, in spiculis 1-2 inferioribus cujuslibet
spie® : .superior ( exterior ) herniaphroditus, inferior ( interior ) masculus; in spiculis
superioribus : uterque masculus. Gluma superior ( exterior) ovato-oblonga,
concava, membranacea, lloribus brevior; inferior (interior) nulla. Flos hcrmapbr. ;
Pale® du®, sub®quales, cliarlaee®, mutic®; inferior concava, superiorcm Ijincrviam
amplectens. Squainul® duiiì, truncato-subemarginat®, carnos®, glabr®. Slamiiia
cria. Ovarium glabrum, inter stjlos in acumen prodactum. Styli duo,
terminales. Stigmata plumosa; püis densis, longis, simpl.cibus. Carjopsis
elliptica, embryoni paraUele compressa, baud sulcata, glabra, palcis inclusa. Flos
mase. : Pale® du®, membranacc®; iafenor ovala, acuta, superiorem bicarinalam
amplcctens. Slamma tria. Squamul® du®.
Culmi repentes, longissimi; ramis ereetis, brcvibus, indivisis, foliatis. Folia
plana. Spica terminalis, solitaria, brevis, vagina spathiformi aphylla diu scmivolata.
Spicul® pauc® in qualibet spica, unilaterales, un.seriat®, sessiles- ,-2
tnfenores fruct.fer®; 4-6 superiores steriles. Rhach. s canaliculala, coriacea, non
articúlala, basi geniculata, inferno fruetus involvens.
SPECIES :
1. TJiouarea latifolia Sromi. — Nova Hollandia.
2. Tlioüarea sai-.uentosa Pers. - Madagascaria.
3. Tliouarea media Broifn. — Nova Hollandia.
4- Thouai-ea involuta Bro-<'n. (Ischoemu.n involuliim Forsi.) - Insute SocieUtlis.
54. SPÏNIFEX LIM,, BROWN.
Pülygamus, dioecus. Spiciiloe masculoe et androgyooe m distinctis plantis; haï
solitari®, ad basim rbachi s loiigissimse subulato-arist®formis; illic spieatoe. Mas c . : Spi -
culoe biÜor® ; floribus suboequalibus. Glumae du®, membranaceoe, canaliculat® ; superior
paulo longior. Pale® du®, membranace®; mferior oblonga, canalicuìata;
superior bicarinata; eai'mis ciliatis. Squamul® du®, carnos®, integroe, glabroe'
Stamma tria. Androgyn. : Spiculas biOor®; flore inferiore uni- velbipaleaceo, neutro
vel masculo, membranaceo; supcriore bipaleaceo, hermaplirodito. Glum® du®,
membranace®, ovatie,concava3,sub®quales. Palea; floris Iiermapliroditi coriacece'
obJong®, concavoe; inferior superiorem binerviam amplectens. Squamul® du®,
carnos®. Stamina tria. Filamentalongissima. Ovarium glabrum. Styli duo, longissimi,
terminales, basi connati?. Stigmala plumosa, elongata; pilis simplicibus.
Caryopsis oblonga, embryoni parallele compressa, glabra,libera, palcis inclusa.
Gramina ramosissima, suffruleseentia, in littoribus arenosisrepenlia; mascula utplurimum
in distinctis gregibus. Spie® masculoepedunculal®, umbellato-congesl®;
rhachi apice nuda, pungente, iiaud articúlala. Rbaches femine® fasciculat® ; fasciculis
capiiato-congestis. Spicul® mascul® sessiles, basi articulai®.
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1. Spinifex iongifolius B>wfn. — Nova Hollandia, ci
2. Spinilex fragilis Bmtvn.
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