lam. P A N I C VM , paniçula çompofita ere-
tum. £ta glabra, fpiculis ovatis; culmo
ramofo, fplii$ ovato - lanceolatis
pubefcentibus, vaginis laiiuginofo-
hirfiitis. Prodr. p. 24,
Habitat in Jamaicae graminofis fubaî»
pinis.
Çulmus orgyialis et infra, ramofo - geniculatus,
teres pubefcens.
Rami divaricati, foliofi, hirfuti.
Folia ovato - lanceolata acuminata, femipedalia,
patentia, flriata, lanuginofb . hirfuta, moilia.
Vaginae antice apertae, hirfutifllmae.
Nadi majores.
Paniculae terminales, çompofitae, femipedales,
ereclae.
Rami patentes, flexuofi glabri.
Spiculae pedicellatae, ovatae, glabrae, majores,
remotae.
Pedicelli capillares.
Gluma calycim 2-valvis, 2 - flora. Valvula ex- #
tenor dimidio minor, ovata, obtufa, apice
villofa y interior major, ovata flriata concava,
leviter carinata, apice villofa.
Glumae coroll. Hermaphr. Valvular ovatae pal-
lidiores.
Filamenta 3, Antherae purpureas.
Stylus 2 - fidus. Stigmata plumofa.
Semen Valvul, coroll, induratis luteis inclufuni,’
hinc ovatum, inde planum.
Glumae corollina Mafc. Valvula exterior major,
concava, ovata, acuta, glabra, carinata j inte*
*rior plana minor, tenerior.
Filamenta mihi non vifa,
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