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ÀxonopiLs cimicinus, Pal. Beauv., Jgr. p. 12 ; Roem. et
Schult ., II, p. .8 1 7 .
Panicum cimicinum, Re t z , Ohs., III, p. 9; W i l ld . , Spec.,
I ,p. 344-
CuLMUs erectus, tripedalis, vix pennam corvinam superans, cylmdri-
eiis, lævis, basi vaginis longissimis involutus, supernè midus gracilis.
F oi.ia distantia, culmo breviora; vaginis elongatis, adpressis, irif'eriori-
biis villosis, superioribus lævibus, vix propè laminam pilosis; laminis
lilil'ormibus, elongatis, convolutis, glabris. In f lo resc en tia , spicæ duæ
crcctæ, tri-quadriiiollicares, rachi striato, piloso. S picülæ ovato-oblongæ,
bifloræ. geminatæ, brevi pediceliatæ, pedicellis inæqualibus, adpressis.
G lüsiæ duæ inæquales, glabræ, margine ciliatæ; Inferior ovata, acuta,
aristata, trinervia, margine brevi ciliata; Superior oblonga, 7-nervia,
nervis exterioribus submarginalibiis, brevi aristata, margine longè cibata.
Fi.os inferior masculus siibbivalvis. P alea exterior 5-ncrvia, ova-
to-hinceolat!i, acuta, mucrone brevi superata (non aristata), glabra; Interior
brevissima, ¡llana, cuneiformis, tnincato-lacerata. S quamulæ duæ
magnæ, membranaceæ, cuneiformes , profundè bilobæ,lobis acutis, paleâ
interiore longiores. S tamina 3, antheris oblongis. F los superior herma-
lihroditus, paleis chartaceis æqualibus ¡laleamque floris sterilis æquanti-
biis; E xterior ovato-acuminata, 5 n ervia, apice setigera, setâ dimidiam
partem paleæ æquante, nervis lateralibus externisciUolatis; In t e r io r lanceolata,
acuminata, binervia, margine inferiiis biauriculata. Squamulæ
duæ minimæ, cuneatæ, truncato-emarginatæ, carnosæ. Stamina 3 ,
antheris oblongo-linearibus. Ovarium oblongum glabrum. S t y l i duo
ex apice ovarii divergentes, deindè paralleli. S tigm ata aspergilliformia,
olilonga, fibrillis raris, simplicibus, subdisticliis.
Loc. '. Ile de Bourou, dans les Moluques.
G A R NOT I A.
S piculæ u nig lumæ biiloræ. G luma unica tr inervia
lanc eola ta ,apice aristata, ilosculissubæcpialis.FLOSCULUS
INFERIOR univalvis, n eu te r , palea lanceolata tr inervia
mut ica. F i.osculus superior bivalvis he rmaphrodi tus ,
paleis cha r ta ce is cou vo lut is lanceolat is mut ic is ; infer
ior uninè rv ia, supe r io r bine rv ia , ma rg ine basi auricu-
la tâ. S quamulæ duæ truncatæ ciliatæ. S tamina tria. O varium
glabrum. S tyli basi approximat i paral lel i . S t i g -
M.ATA plumosa elongata.
G ramen c u lmo s imp l ic i , foliis p la n i s , l ineari - subulatis;
paniculâ interruptâ cont ra c tâ, r amu l i s v e r t i cillatis
ere c t is , verticillis remot iuscul is ; spicul is utroque
latere ramulorum gemin a t is , inæqual i ter brevi
ped ic e l la t is , l inea r ibus , g labr is , ad basim tantùm pi losis.
J’ai dédié ce genre à M. G a r n o t , l’un des médecins de la
iiiariiie attachés à rex|iédition de ia Coquiiie, qui a pris une
]iart active aux recherches zoologiques faites durant ce voyage.
i. GARNOTIA S T R tC T A , Pl. XXI.
G. culmo foliisque glaberrimis, vaginarum ore pilosâ, foliis
lineari-subulatis, strictis, ¡ilanis; paniculà interruptâ, contra
ctâ, ramulis erectis, verticillatis; spiculis linearibus, glabris,
nervis denticulatis, basi fasciculo pilorum iiistriictis; aristâ
glumâ triplo breviore.
C ulmi erecti s im plice s , magnitudine pennæ co rv inæ , e y lin d r ic i , gla-
b e iT ii iii, è r liizom ate repente fascieiilatiiii nascentes. F olia inferio ra
b r e v io r a , superiora e lon g a ta , p aniculæ subæqua lia , e r e c ta , r ig id a ;
vaginæ culmum arc tè aniplexantes e t usquè in frà paniculam ferè totum
involventes, g la b ræ , ad ligulam pilosæ ; limbus lin ear is, p la n u s , s tr ia tu s ,
giaber rimus , 3-4 linearum la tu s , apice in foliis sup erioribu s longè sii-
bulatns. Panícula 8 -p o llic a r is , contra c ta et in te r ru p tâ , ramulis e re c tis ,
fa s t ig ia t is , s em i-v e r tic illa tis, glab r is. S picul.æ lineares gemina tæ, utro que
latere a lte rn an te s, iiiæqu.aliter p ed ice lia tæ , pedice llis glab ris.
G luma u n ica , lan ceo la to -sn b iila ta , tr in e rv ia , n e rv is v a l id is , denticu