Memoires de L'Academie Imperiale Des Sciences de St.-Petersbourg. Sciences Naturelles Volume 4 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1843 edition. Excerpt: ... solitaries sed et 2--3 /ascicrdatis), a basi floriferis; Pedicellis brevissimis; Spiculis lineam longis; Glumis (acutissimis) inaequalibiis: inferiore volviais I. fere breviori, superiore easdem subaequante; Valvula inferiore apice exeurrente in setam pollicarem l. ulfrapollicarem; (Gallo barboto). Agrosiis quitensis Willd. hb. 1690. Calamagrostis quitensis HbKtkl N. G. 1. p. 133. Arundo quitensis RetS. II. p. 509. Mexico. Radix fibrosa, %.. Culmus ultra pedalis, pertenuis, glaber, contractoramosus, ramis floriferis, nodis 5--G, glabris. Vaginae internodio breviores, glabrae. Ligula pi. min. lineam longa, acuta. Folia pollices 1--2--3 longa, plana, glabra (nee pubescenti-cabra, ut Kunthio dicuntur), linea paullo angustiora, viridia. Panicula ex albo, viridi et amethystino varia. Axis comm. tenuissimus, glaber. Radii plerumque solilarii, sed et 2--3, fasciculati, a basi compositi et floriferi, inferiores pollice paullo longiores, spatio pollicari ab invicem distantes. Pedicelli brevissimi aut spicula paullo breviores, scabri. Glumae acutae 1. acuminatae, non raro mucronatae, 1-nerves, ad nervum aculeatulae. Valvula inferior callo fere circumcirca piloso insidens, pilis ipsa circiter 4pl brevioribus, 3-nervis, apice in setam flexuosulam excurrene; Valv. superior inferiorem subaequans 1. paullo brevior, acuminata, dissite binervis. Fructus lanceolatus, scutello longior. Obs. Spiculae occurrunt, quarum glumae mucronatae et valvulis duplo triploque breviores, setae autem vix semipollicares sunt. 1. Muhlenbergia ciliata m. Kth. Agr. p. 199. 4--6-pollicaris. Panicula 2--3-pollicari, patula l. patente; Radiis solUariis, (fere) a basi floriferis; Pedicellis brevissimis I. spicula paullo...