T a b . i 4 8 . P O A Ca m b e s s e d i a k a .
Culmis prostratis, longissimis , ramosissimis; ramis caespitoso-fasciculatis,
e r e c t i s , ramosis; fbliis l inear ibus , planis, interne scabris, basi pilosis, externe vagin
i s q u e glabris; pauiculis ramosis, diffusis; ramis solitariis, patentibus, glabris ;
s p i c u h s lineari-oblongis, 7-27-floris; floribus diaiidris j palea inferiore irinervia ,
Crescit i S e o e g a m b i a , prope Ricbard-Toi.
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Radices filiformes, albid®, glabras, rigid®. Culmi Ionissimi, prostrati, ramosissimi (ad
nodos repentes?), Iceves, glabri, crassitie penna; columbinx ; rami ad nodos densissime csspitosofasciculati,
erecti, ramosi, ad nodos genicidaü, teretes, striati, glabri, niüdi, duri, uni-Tel
ses(iaipeclales ; nodi imberbes. Folia calmea plerumc£ue carie destracta, linearía, plana, nervosostriata
, glabra, membranacea, lougissima , vix dnas lineas lata. Vaginas teretes, usque ad basim
tìsss, soluta», uervoso-striatce, glabra?, siditripoUicares. Ligula : margo angustissimus, pilis
longis moUibus ciliatus. Folia ramea linearía, acutata, sicca convoluto-subulata, rígidula, striata
externe glabra, interne scabra ad basim pilis mollibusobsita,sesquÌ-vei bipollicaria. Vaginie teretes
membranacea, nervoso-striatce, glabroe , uni-vel sesquipollicares. Ligula : margo angustissimus.
Paniculaj in apice ramulorum solitarise, ramosa», e summa vagina longe exserta», ovai®, difHisaj,
5-4-pollicares; ramis alternis, solitariis, patentibus rbacbigue angulalis,glabris. Spleni® pedicellat
®, lineari-oblong®, compress®, 5-4lineas long®, 7-27-flor®; flores disticlio-imbricati; rliachis
flexuosa, glabra, purpurasceos, persistens. Cium® du®, ovato-oblong®, acut®, carinato-naviculares,
uniaervi®, glabr®, carina superne hispidulo-scabr®, purpurascentes, floribus contiguis breviores,
iuKquales ; inferior minor. Pale® du®, valde iosquales ; inferioi- subrotundo-ovala, acutiuscula,
carinato-navicularis, trinersia, nervis lateralibus superne evanescentibus, membranacea
viridis , superne pui-purasceus, decidua ; superior brevior, oblonga, apice rotundato-subretusa,
hyalino-membraiiacea,biaervia,bicarinata,persistens;carinisarcuatis,hispidulo-scabris. Squamul
® du®, laterales, ad utramque interiorem basim pale® superioris adh®rentes, late cuneat®,
apice su])trüobo-truncal®, membranaceo-byalin®, glabr®, ovario multo bre vio res. Stamina duo
(interdum Qonnisi unicum?, anterius), lateralia, stipiti brevi ovarii inserta. Filamenta capjllacea,
glabra. Antlier® ovato-oblong®, utrinque bifid®, biloculares, lobis obtusis, glabr®,
nigrescenti-violace®, secundum totam longitudinem dehiscentes. Ovarium ellipticum, stipiti brevi
insidens, glabrum. Styli duo, terminales, elongati, distantes, capillacei. Stigmata penicüliformia,
albida, pilis simplicibus, denliculatis, hyalinis. Caryopsis minuta , oblique subrotuodo-elliptica,
lateribus compressiuscula, l®vis, glabra, semipeEudda, l®te fusca, opaca, dorso ad basim
tidjei'culo minutissimo-notata. Pericarpium membranaceum, semini adnatum. Embryo albumini
farinaceo albo antice ad basim adh®rens ipsoque triplo brevior, subellipticus. Corculuni cotyledoni
per dorsum medium adnatum, antice lobo unguiibrmi auctum.
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