ram, patulam, rigidulamque. Glume virent; fquamuls albicant. Anther
s & germen hirfutum flavent Styli albent Floret Junio & Julio. Semina
maturefcunt Augufto. Charafterem hic totnm lubjungo.
Ca l . Receptaculum commune elongatum in fpicam.
Gluma csterum nulla.
Cor. bivalvis. Valvula exterior lineari- lanceolata, concava, acuminata,
ariftata. Interior eadem figura & longitudine; fed obtufa , mutica
& plana.
Neftarii fquame dure, fits intra valvulam corolle exteriorem ante
genitalia, longitudine germinis, ex gibbola crafiaqiie bafi lanceolate
, acute, erefliufcule.
Stam. Filamenta tria, capillaria, longitudine valvuls interioris. Anthe-
v s lineares, bafi bifids.
Pist . Germen oblongum. Styli duo, divaricati, inflexi. pilofi. Stigmata
fimplicia.
Per. Corolla femen involvens.
Sem. unicum, fublineare.
CCLXXVIIL
POA Cl'LlAR1S. Linn. fyfl. pag. 115.
Briza tenüiffima, paniculis quafi lanuginofis, pediculis brevibus & tenuif-
fimis. Brown, jam. pag. 135.
Gra-
Gramen pratenfe, paniculis & foliis anguftiflimis, fpicis brevibus & muticis,
locuftis minimis. Sloan, hiß. jam. 1. pag. 114. tab. 73. fig. 1.
Gramen njaderafpatanum, fpica interrupts, totali e fpicis parvis villofis con-
ftrufla. Plukn.phyt. 109. f, 5.
Sponte crefcit in Jamaica & in Guinea. Radix fibrofa, albida &
perennis caules promit plurimos, graciles, 'glabros, teretes , alios fim-
pliciffimos, alios bafi ramofos, geniculatos, inferne nonnunquam flexuo-
fos, csterum ereftos, plus minus bipedales. Folia vaginantia, acuta, dor-
fo glabra, ad oras & in facie afpera, ad vaginae ortum barbata, fine vagi-
gina plus minus femipedalia , tres quatuorve lineas lata. Panicuta ter-
minalis, flaccidula, coarftata,' hinc anguftiffima , femipedalis, mollis,
cinerea. Peduneuli particulares plurimi, fparfi , erecti, infimi fescun-
ciales , fuperiores fucceffive breviores , erefti, Spicule in his plufcu-
lx , breviffims, pedunculate , e re fts , ut plurimum fexflors. Glums ca-
lycins oblongo-ovate, acuts, concavs, glabrs, albids cum dorio vi-
rente; altera paulo longiore. Corollarum calyces longitudine squantium
valvula exterior efi: ovata, compreffo - concava, acutula, alba cum tribus
ftriis viridibus. Interior ad oras pilis longis ciliata eft. Anthers .viola-
ces, Semina linearia, minutiffima, rubra. Floret & fruftum fert in cal-
dario totam sftatem.
U u s CCLXXIX.