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T a b . i58. EUTRIANA multiseta.
Culmis caispitosis, basi repeutibus, geniculato-adsceiidentibus, simplicibus;
foliis püosiusculis, raargrae scabris, supra glaucisj spicis 3 vel 4, racemosi», sec
u u d i s , 4-5-lloris; flore inferiore hermaphrodito, triaristato, dorso pilosiusculo ;
r e l i q u i s unipaleaceis, in fasciculum longissime g-i i-aristatum congestis; glumis
i n a j q u a l i b u s , mucronato-aristatis.
E u t r i a n a multisela Nees ab Esenb. Agrostogr. Brasil, p. 4i3.
P a p p o p b o r um eutrianoides Trin. inecf.
Crescit ad MoiUe Video, v.
Radices fibrosa; fibi-is liliformibus, subflexuosis, glabris, albidis, ramosis. Culmi e®spilosl,
basi repentes, erecti vel geniculato-adscendentes, simplices, teretiuscdi, striati, glabri, subbiuodes,
fertiles ailjecta inflorescentia subpedales, e siunma vagina loDgissime exserti; steriles
abbreviati, foliosi. Folia linearía, apice an gusta to-subul ata, plana, nei-voso-slriata, plana,
membranacea, margine scabra, ulrinque molliter pilosiuscula, supra glauca, subtus glaucescenü
viridia, 4-4 j-pollicaria, lineam lata ; summum abbreviatum. Vagina; toretes, usque ad
basim fissa:, nervoso-striatse, glabrse, glaucescenti-virides, i - i ì-pollicares, internocliis mullo
breviores. Ligula : margo angustissimus, dense ciliatas. Spie® 3 vel 4 j abbreviai®, in apice
culmi racemosim dispositi, secundas, bieviler peduncidata, geniculalo-cernuaj, distantes,
cunéala, adjectis aristis 18-20 lineas longie; pedunculis dense sericeo-pilosis, geniculatoreflexis.
Rhachis spicarum angusta, subcomplanata, margine hispidulo-scabra, viridis, apice
inasqualiter tricuspidata et libera, 6- 7 Eneas longa. Spicula; 4 vel 5 in qualibel spica, unilaterales
, imbricatas, subsessiles, basi sericeo-barbatos, quadri-vel quin(jueflora;. Flos inferior hermaphroditus,
bipaleaceus, pedicello brevi glabro sulMtus; reliqui uaipaleacei, neutri, imbricato
congesti, referentes fasciculum pediceUatum aristarum 9-11 strictarum bispido-scabraruin
virescenli-aLbidarum uni-vel sesquipoUicarium, inferne a marginibus paleo; inferioris floris hermaphroditi
amplexum ipsamque triplo superanlem. Gluma: dua», valde inajquales, membranaceas,
uuinervÌK, stramine o-a Ibi d a , glabra; ; inferior (interior) con cavo-cari nata, ovalo-Ianceolata,
inaquilatera, apice in aristain brevem scabram producta ibique ad latus latius ab arista
soluta, dentem subulatum referens, carina scabra; superior (exterior) triplo longioret robustior,
ovaio-lanceolata, concava, dorso scabriuscula, apice bifidi, inter lacinias subulatas in aristam
brevem scabratn rectam producta, Hörem bermapliroditum superans. Flos liermaphroditus :
Pale® dua¡, coriaceo-membranacea;, stram in eo-albid® ; inferior oblonga, apice trifida et triaristata
(lacinia media magis productii, ad ulrumque alistas basim soluta lobosque subuJatos
referens, laterales nonnisi ad unum, exterius, latus lobalo-solut®), trinervia, concava, marginibus
paleam superiorem fasciculumque florum sterilium infeme amplectens, dorso adpressopilosiuscula;
aristis rectiusculis, scabris, albidis, patulis, palea brevloribus, intermedia laterales
paulo superante. Palea superior paleam inferiorem j superans, ovato lanceolata, apice bifida,
lobis subulatis scabris ree lis, binervia, dorso levi ter canaliculata, marginibus inflexa, genita b'a
atnplectens, nervis viridilnis, superne scabriuscuiis. Squamili» du®, laterales, rnioul®, valde
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