V O Y A G E A U TO U R DU MONDE,
t im su p e r io r ib u s ) v illo s is ; fo liis lin e a r i- la n c e o la tis , a cu tis , u tr in -
([ue p ilo s is , v a g in is v illo s is ; sp icis 4-5 fa s c ic u la t is , p o l lic a r ib u s ,
r a d íe o s |)etUc ello runique a n g u lis b a rb a t is ; g lum is o b lo n g is ,
a cu tis , c a r in is b a u d c r is ta t is , d o r so lo n g è v illo s is ( sp icu la rum
s e s s ilium su b g la b r is ) ; a r is tis spicu lis t r ip lo lo n g io r ib u s , b a s i co n to
r t is , p a ten t ib u s , r ig id is , v io la c e is ; flo s cu lis m a s cu lis d ia iid n s .
CuLMUs siibpedalis, comjiressus, erectus, glaber, tenuior quara m
duobus speeiebus præcedentlbus. nodis villosis, præserfini superiorilius,
inferioribus subglabris. F o l u , vaginis Inferioribus laxis, superioribus
culnuim involventibus, basi glabris, supernè villoso-sericeis, carmatis;
ligula membranacea, truncata; lamina lineari-lanceolata, subquadnpolli-
cari, utrinqiie pilosâ, margine lævi. SinciE 4-5 fasciculatæ, erectæ,
rachi pedicellisque Irigonis, angulis et præserfim infrà articulatlones
longè liarliatis, pilis candidis. S p icu læ geminæ, alterâ sessili, alterâ
pedicellatâ, subconformes, lanceolatæ, acutæ. G lu jiæ spicularum pe-
dicellatarum longè barbatæ, siiieiilariim sessilium gluma inferior dorso
sparse lireviùsque pilosa, superior glallra; gluma inferior in spiculis
sessilibus oblonga, indentata, undecimnervia, dorso plana, lateribus
liicarinata, carinis superiùs cristatis ; superior lanceolata, 7-nervia, acuminata,
subaristata, convexa, carina dentieulata non cristata. Glumæ spi-
cularnm pedicellatarum conformes, lanceolatæ, acutæ, convexo-carinatæ.
F lo s c u lu s in f e r io r : P a le æ æquales, lanceolatæ, angustæ, muticæ, inferiore
uninerviâ, superiore binerviâ. Squamulæ duæ oblongæ, truncatæ,
emarginatæ. S tam in a duo, fllamentis basi connatis, antlieris oblongis.
F lo s c u lu s s u p e r io r ; P a l e a in f e r io r oblonga, profundé emarginata,
biloba, basi trinervia, è scissura nervisque confluentibus longè aristata,
arista glumis triplo longiore, basi contorta, r ig id a , violaceà. P a l e a sup
e r io r lanceolata, acuminata, binervia. S quamulæ duæ truncatæ, subquadratæ,
venosæ, ángulo externo extenso. Stamina tria, íilanientis capillaribus,
apice exsertis. Ovarium oblongo-ovatum, glabrum. S ty l i duo liasi
approximati. S tigm a ta elongata, fibrillis simplicilms rariiisculis, undique
insertis? vel distichis?
Loc. ; He Maurice.
B O T A N IQ U E .
APLÜDA. L i n n .
S ficui.æ ad apicem ramo rnm sol i fariæ, nudæ fert
i les , vel in ramul is lateral ibus ternæ, spat l iâ bractei-
formi suf ful tæ, duæ inferiores, alterâ sessili fert ili,
alterâ pedicel latâ tabe s c ente, tert iâ terminali ped ic e l la
tâ , h e rmap h ro d i tâ vel masculâ.
Spiculæ f e r t i l e s big lumæ, bifloræ. Geumæ coriaceæ,
æqua les , mut icæ, paleis longiores , exter ior in spiculis
sessi l ibus obtusa, dorso planiuscula. Flo s cu lu s in fe r io r
imperfectus, paleis æqu a l ibu s , mut ic is , e xter iore unin
e r v iâ , interiore binerv iâ; Squamulæ duæ; Stamina
tria, antheris minoi’ib u s ; o v a r ium impe r fe etum vel mi l ium.
F lo s cu lu s superior h e rmap h ro d i tu s , fertilis; p a leis
inæqu a l ib us , inferiore long iore , mu c ron a to vel
aristato in spiculis inferioribus. Squamulæ duæ t run catæ.
Stamina i - 3 , perfecta. Ovarium o b lo n g um, gla brum.
S t y l i breves, basi divergentes. S t igmata oblonga,
und iqu e fibrillis densis tecta.
S piculæ abor t ivæ, pedicel iatæ; G lumae duæ planæ,
minimæ, vacuæ.
I. APLUDA MUTICA.
A . g la b e r r im a ; cu lm o e r e c to , læ v i ; fo liis lii ic a r i - la u c e o la t is ;
r am u lis flo r ife r is a x i l la r ib u s , r am o s is , fo lio s is v c l b r a c t e a t is ;
flo s cu lo su p e r io r e u t r iu s q u e sp icu læ fe r t ilis lie n n a p l i r o d i to ,
¡la le â in fe r io r e m u t ic â v e l r a u c ro n a tâ n e c a r is ta tâ .
J p lu d a mulica Spec, plant., i4 8 6 ; W i l l d . , Spec,
plant. I V , p. g 38; G o e r t n , de Sent, plant.. H , p. 4 6 6 , ta b . 175.