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NOVA GRAMINUM GENERA.

culum inferiorem oblongo -> excavatis.Flores rachis sinubus excavatis inclusi,solitarii 1. bini, alter masculus, alterhermaphroditus,

CAirx, Clama univalvis : valvula simplici vel bi-partita, cartilaginea, ad basm truncata,sinus operculi instar claudens, rachiarticulatione mobili juncta, ovato-ob-longa, acuta, plana.

corolla. Gluma hermaphrodita, bivalvis: valvulislanceolatis, acutis, concavis, inaequa-libus, membranaceis, calyce breviori-bus; mascula, fi adest, priori similis.

stamina. Filamenta tria, capillaria, Antbera linea-res, utrimque bifurcatae,

TiSTjLLpM. Germen oblongo •. lineare, truncatum,capitello instructum, hinc convexum,inde concavum, Styli duo., capillares.Stigmata plumosa vel penicilliformia.

TERiCARP.. nullum, nisi sinus articuli, calycis glumaclausi, semen maturum non caducumcontinentes, donec per articulos disce-dit rachis.

semen unicum, figura germinis,

Qbf. Differt a Nardo i spica articulata, calyce.& stylis binis; a Lolio.: spica articulata,glumis unisioris vel bifloris, calyce bre-vioribus, valvulis non contrariis, lpertinent EEgilops fncuxnata & Ew-S4