T1UANDRIA. niGYNiA. 
mutica ; altera interiore in aristam lon- 
gam desinente. 
Stam. duo : antherae oblongre. 
Pist. ovarium obovato-oblongiim : styli duo, 
basibus contigui, illius circiter longitu- 
dine : stigmata oblongo-aspergilliformia. 
appendices duo , ovario subtriplo-bre- 
viores, cuneiformes, truncati. 
Obs. Genus Sacchaho valde affine ; numero stamiiuim 
et intima valva aristata prasertim discrepans. Hac 
autem ultima nola et nonnullis aliis forsan ad An- 
dbofogon , reformato caractere, referendum ! 
SA.CCHAROIDES. E. culmo altissimo : vaginis folio- 
rum ad collum confei tissima lana bar- 
batis : panicula stricta : glnma villis in- 
volucrantibus multo breviore ; valvis 
exterioribus juxta margines longe vil- 
losis. 
AwTHoXAS'/uftt giganfetim. Walt. 
Obg. Gramen altissJmum , C-9-pedale. Panicula f^re 
Sacciiahi officinalis , sed confcrtior. 
Hab. a Carolina ad Floridam , in humidis. 
t;r fvib \r Brs. E. vaginis collo subvillosis : panicula 
stricta: gluma villis inTolucrantibusmuIto 
longiore ; valvis acutissimis , nudis. 
Hab. in collibus Tennassee et Carolina?. 
