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CLASSIS

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POLYGAMIA.

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ANDRO,POGON.

. i. A NDROFOGON panicula composita den'XJl sa, glumis biflorxs lucidis, flosculo u-troque hirsuto aristato: arista tortuosa di'varicata.

Arundo phalaroides c Capite bona: Spei. PetiV*Mus tt-

DESCR. Culmus altus, teres, striatus, geni'culatus, glaber. Folia subpedalia, striata, retror-sum scabraj superiora subalato-teretia, acuujinferne concava, basi vaginantia. Vagina longic»striatae, subpurpurafeentes, retrorsum icabrse, ar-ctae. Flores paniculati. Panicula composita, den'sa, ramis alternis, paniculatis, erectis, floribu*pediccllatis, conglomeratis. CALYX. Gluma bi'flora, bivalvis: valvulis lanceolatis, acutis, mU'ricis, aqualibus, floribus longioribus, utrinqu clutescentibus, nitidis, subtus pubescentibus, in"ferne pilosis. Hermaphroditus flos: COROLLA. Gluffl*bivalvis: valvulis inaequalibus, villosis, apice arist a 'tis; exteriore arista tortili, divaricata, rigida, glabr 8 )longitudine calycis} interiore minore, mutic*'STAMINA, filamenta tria capillaria. Anthcra ob'