Andropogonec.] €C. GRAMINEJE. 1125 
Tarbus Vl. ANDROPOGONEX. 
13. xmperata, Cyr. Pl. Rar. Ic. ii. 26, t. 11, fide Parlat. Fl. Ital. i. 136.—Spiculie 
secus ramulos continuos panicule angustz densse geminze, inzequaliter pedicellatz,», cum 
pedicello articulatz, flore unico hermaphrodito terminali, addito rarius altero inferiore 
sterili. Glum:e 4, ommes tenues, hyalinm, mutiem, 2 exteriores vacus, pilosse, tertia 
glabra, vacua v. rarius paleam floremque masculum v. sterilem fovens ; terminalis florens, 
adhue minor, glabra; palea apice truncata dentataque. Stamina 1-2. Styli distincti, 
stigmatibus plumosis. Caryopsis parva, glumis inclusa, libera.—Gramina perennia, erecta, 
sepe elata, foliis longis. Panicula spiciformis, terminalis, longa, dense cylindracea, pilis 
longis spiculas involventibus pulchre argenteo-sericea. 
Species 3 v. 4, per regiones tropieas et subtropicas utriusque orbis late disperse, in orbe vetere 
usque ad Europam australem Chinam et Japoniam extensw. —Beauv. Agrostogr. T, t. 5,f.1. Steud. 
Syn. Pl. Glum.i. 405. Anders. in Ofvers. K. Vet. Akad. Stockh. 1855, 157. Cav. Ic. t. 292. (Sac- 
charum). Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 50. — Sibth. Fl. Grac. t. 54 (Saccharum). Host, Gram. Austr. iv. 
1.40. Ten. Fl. Neap. t. 211 (Saccharum). 
I. sacchariflora, Maxim, Prim. Fl. Amur. 331, e China boreali et regione. Amurense, panieule 
ramis elongatis patentibus et staminibus 3, melius sub Miscantho militare videtur, etsi glumz 
exaristatw. .raosa, Anders., species gerontogea, est, doconte Munroio, omnino eadem ae Z. caudata, 
Anders, ex Ameriea. Hiee species cum speciminibus Americanis Z. arundinacee, genus SvrLEPIS, 
Fourn. Gram. Mex. 52, format ab auctore distinctum lodiculis connatis, quas tamen frustra quiesi- 
vimus, An Fournier paleam latam hyalinam truneato-4-dentatam pro lodieulis connatis habet? 
74. wriscanthus, Anders. in Ofvers. K. Vet. Akad. Stockh. 1855, 165. (Eulalia, T'rin. 
gro parte, Munro in. Benth. Fl. Hongk. 420, non. Kunth.)—Spiculee secus ramulos con- 
tinuos paniculee patentis geminze, inzequaliter pedicellatz, cum pedicello articulatz, flore 
unico hermaphrodito. Glum:e 4, 2 exteriores majores vacui, membranace:e, 3-7-nerves 
v. extima rarius parinervi, mutiez, tertia pariter vacua, sed tenuior, interdum tenuissime 
hyalina, mutica; terminalis florens tenuiter hyalina, breviter v. àlte 2-fida, arista inter 
lobos ssepius tenuissima subgeniculata basi torta, rarius brevissima v. omnino deficiens ; 
palea tenuiter hyalina. Stamina 3. Styli distineti, stigmatibus plumosis.—Grami 
elata, foliis angustis ssepius planis. Paniecula terminalis, ampla, pilis longis sericea v. 
rarius fere glabra, ramis patentibus simplicibus v. vix divisis. 
Species 8, quarum una Afric:e australis, estero Asice orientalis ab Archipelago Malayano usque ad 
Japoniam ineole. Labill. Sert. Austr. Calid. t. 18 (Saccharum). Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc, xix. 64. 
Preter species ab. And io 1. e. ad Miscanthum pertinent. Eriochrysis fusca, Trin. 
(E. attenuata, Nees in Steud. Syn. Glum. i. 411), ex India orientali, Zmperafa sacchariflora, Maxim., 
e China boreali, gluma florente mutiea, et Eulalia cotulifera, Munro (EccorroPus, Séeud. Syn. Pl. 
Glum.i. 193), species Japonica, panieula pilis sericeis orbata insignis; glumew ipse parcissime 
tantum pubescentes. * 
Genera Zmperata et Miscanthus quoad paniculze ramos inartieulatos Tristegineis imprimis Garnotie 
et Arundinelle prope accedunt, ob habitum tamen et glum: florentis tenuitatem a vicinitate 
Erianthi et Sacchari non removenda. 
75. Saecharum, Linn. Gen. n. 13.—Spicule secus ramulos articulatos paniculee densze 
v. ample gemins, altera sessili, altera pedicellata, utraque fertili, flore unico herma- 
phrodito v. rarius in spicula pedicellata foemineo. Glumie 4, 3 vacuse, acutie v. subsetoso- 
acuminatz, hyalin; v. basi membranacem v. leviter induratz, ab extima majore ad 
tertiam minorem gradatim tenuiores ; terminalis florens brevior, mutica, cum palea brevi 
tenuiter hyalina. Stamina 3. , Styli distincti, stigmatibus plumosis. Caryopsis oblonga, 
lumis inclusa, libera.—Gramima elata, foliis planis v. angustis siccitateque convolutis. 
anieula terminalis, pilis longis sericeis undique dense obteceta, nunc ampla dense flori- 
bunda, ramulis numerosissimis tenuibus spiciformibus ad quodque par spieularum articu- 
