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GRAMINA SACCHAIIINA Kunth in Mém. Museum II. 74. — GRAÄHNEAE SACCHAEINEAE Agardh Aphoris7n. hot. 152;
Nees Agrostol. hras. 312. — YILLIFLORAE L'mh Jlort. Berol. I. 235. — ANDROPOGINEAE et EOTTBOELLIACEAE Kunth
Bévìs. Ch-am. I. 156 (150). — ANDROPOGONEAE et EOTTBOELLIACEAE Kimth Emm. I. 470 (460) ex p. — SACCHARINEAE
Presi Beliqu. Raenlc. 325 excl. subtr. I. — ANDROPOGINEAE Trin. in Mém. Acad. St. Petersb. ser. VI.
II. 243; Mmiro in Harvey Gen. Soutli-Afr. Fl. ed. 2. p. 428, 439. — SACCHAREAE Griseb. in Nachr. d. Ges.
d. W'iss. Goetting. 1868. p. 88. — ANDROPOGONEAE Bentham et Muell. Fl. Austral. VII. 505 excl. subtr. I.;
Benth. Notes on Gram, in Journ. Linn. Soc. XIX. 30.
SPICULAE uniflorae v. raro biflorae (flore inferiore tum cf superiore ^ ) pleriimqiie in spicas (ant solitarias
ant digitatas panicnlatasve) vel racenios dispositae, rarissime fasciculatae, in quovis spicae intcruodio biuae (rarissime
solitariae, iu terminali plernmque teruac), parium omnium v. saltern snperiornm altera fertilis plerumqne
sessilis V. brcvins pedicellata, altera saepius (f v. neutra rarius fertilis v. tabeseens v. plane deficiens, saepissime
longius pediccllata. GLUMAE in spicnla perfecta quinque, disticliae: 2 iufimae semper vacnae, firmae (chartaceae
V. coriacoae), ima (prima) extrorsnm spcctans reliquas amplectens et saepins inclndens; sccunda (introrsum i. e.
versus axin spectans) primam plermnque aeqnans v. snbsnporans, tres snperiores inferioribns multo tenuiores
membranaceae v. liyalinac, plerumqne breviores q\iam inferiores, minquam eas superantes: tertia saepins vacua
raro paleam byalinam florcmqne <f v. solam paleani includens; qnarta et qniata florem terminalem Ö v. raro 9
inter se inclndentes, inaequalcs: qnarta major, semper nervo medio pcrcursa, saepins aristata et plus minns biloba,
raiins mntica; quinta minor, saepe pusilla v. obsoleta, enervis v. obsolete binervis, mutica, interdimi prorsus
deficiens. LODICUL/UÌ; 2 anteriores eollaterales coutiguae ima basi semper panilo connatae (rectins lodicnla unica
anterior ad basin usque fìssa diccndae), per anthesin (in vivo) caruosnlae, post antlicsin crasso-membranaceae v.
raro liyaliuae, semper latiores qiuim longiores, plerumqne late cuneatae, truncatae, nervis tenuissimis ramulosis
percursae, glabrae v. raro fìmbriatae. STAÄUNA plcrimiqne 3, raro 2 v. 1, antlieris saepissime liuearibus prinium
apice poris dnobus ellipticis deinde deorsum iu fissiiras excurrcntibus deliiscentes. POLLINIS granula minuta,
globosa, lae"\T.a. OVARIUM oblongmn v. lineari-oblougum raro ovato-oblongum, glabrum ; STYU 2 terminales
ovario (saepius 2—pluries) longiores, distincti y. rarissime connati; STIGMATA aspergilliformia ramulis simplicibus
brevissime papillosis. CARYGPSIS libera sod glnmis inclusa, facie hilari extrinsecus spectaiite miuus convexa v.
plana, facie embryonali intrinsecus (axin versus) spectante magis convexa. HILUM ad basin caryopseos manifestum,
punctiforme. E^[HRY0 cum scntello suo coniplauato majusculus, plerumqne dimidiam caryopseos longitudinem
aequans v. superans.
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In. IV.