TRIANDRIA—DIGYNIA.

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excipiendam corollam . Valva calycitia interior angu-stior, acuta, crasse tri nervis , nervo carinali ciliato,lateralibus ad marginem inflexum excurrentibus sub-barbatis . Gluma corollina bivalvis , calyce paulo bre-vior, albo-membranacea, hyalina, valvis insequalilms,canaliculato-convolutis 5 exteriore* lanceolato-lineari ,acuta, margine ciliata 5 interiore angustiore, et pau-lulum breviore , margine prscipue ad apicem ciliata .Flos femineus masculo brevior. Gluma calycina bival-vis, cartilaginea, mutica, valvis longitudine subaiqua-libus; exteriore fusca, scabra, et sursum fusce hirsu-ta , apice obtusa, et breviter albo-membranacea ; in-teriore angustiore , obtusiuscula , integra , dorso plusminus scabra , et hirsuta , margine inflexo , glabro ,nitido . Gluma corollina calyce brevior , bivalvis , al-bo-membranacea , hyalina , valvis inaequalibus ; exte-riore longiore , et multo latiore, mutica, obvolventeinteriorem minutam , lineari-angustissimam , basi ex-tenuatam , et facile diffluam, nervo carinali ex ejusapice producto in aristam longissimam , bipollicarein ,articulatam, infra articulum fulve villosam, villis sur-sum versis , superne attenuatam , scabram . Stili duofiliformes , elongati , albi , exerti . Stigmata pariterelongata , plumosa, purpurea . Herba glauca .

POLLINI A.

Spreng. Pugil 2. p. io v et System, veget. 1. p. i 34 -n. 298. Rom. et Schult. Syst. veg. 2. p. 53. n. 38 o.Liink.Hort. reg. Berol. descript. 1. p. 243. n. 122.

Chrysopogon Trin. Fund. Agrost. p. 187. n. 171.

Phoenix Hali. Hist. stirp. indig. Helv. 2. p. 202.

Andropogonis species Lin. Gen. p. 540.

Apludae species Palis. Ess. d’ une nouvel. Agrost.p. i 33 .

Flores polygami monoeci. Locustie uniflora; her-maphrodita sessilis semper comitatur masculam,solitariam , vel geminam , pedicellatam . Floshermaphroditus sub basi barba involucratus .Calyx gluma cartilaginea, bivalvis , valvis plusminus inaequalibus ; exteriore bifida , mutica ,aut submutica ; interiore apice aris tata , arista