^ Andropogonea.] OC. GRAMINEJE, 1197 
v. abortu foemineo terminali, addito interdum inferiore masculo. Glum:e 4, 2 exteriores 
vacum, tenuiter membranaceze, longe ciliatwe, subeequales, mutieze, tertia minor, hyalina, 
paleam sspeque in spicula sessili florem d fovens; terminalis florens hyalina, alte 2-fida, 
arista inter lobos longa geniculata, basi torta, palea tenuissima brevi, flore 6 v. abortu 9. 
Stamina 3. Styli distincti, stigmatibus plumosis. Caryopsis ovoideo-oblonga, glumis 
exterioribus inclusa, libera.— Gramina elata, foliis latiusculis planis. Panicula longe 
peduneulata, anguste thyrsoidea, laxa v. densa, molliter sericeo-ciliata, ramulis pedun- 
culisque breviter filiformibus. 
Species 3, Asize temperate et Indiz orientalis incole. — eni. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xix. 66. 
Genus a Pollinia, uti Chrysopogon ab Andropogone, differt infl ja, et includit preter 
S. sibiricum, 'T'urez., S. pogonanthun, Boiss., et S. albidum, Benth. (Andropogon albidum, Wall. Cat. 
Herb. Ind. n. 8821). 
Spodiopogones Mexicanse, Fourn. Gram. Mex. 52, 53, nobis videntur omnino Eriantho conformes. 
Specimina Bourgeana n. 2970, S. foliati, Fourn., a typieo. Eriantho haroidi, Mich., disti 
nequimus, S. angustifolius, Trin., est, Pollinic species, alise nonnullte in Zscheno quserendi;, 
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78. Pollinia, Trin. in Mem. Acad. Petersb. ser. 6, ii. 304, non. Spreng.—Spicule secus 
ramulos simplices articulatos paniculee geminze, homogamze, altera sessili altera pedicellata, 
flore unico hermaphrodito. Glum:e 4 v. rarius 3, extima major, vacua, membranacea, 
mutica, sepius truncata, dentata v. ciliata, secunda pariter vacua, swpius tenuior, acuta 
v. inaristam tenuem rectam producta, tertia tenuiter hyalina, vacua v. deficiens ; terminalis 
florens, hyalina, nunc apice 2-fida swpiusque inter lobos tenuiter v. valide aristata, nune 
ad basin hyalinam stipitiformem aristz valido reducta, arista geniculata basi plus minus 
iorta; palea parva hyalina v. 0. Stamina (an semper!)3. Styli distincti, stigmatibus 
plumosis, Caryopsis glumis exterioribus inclusa, libera.— Gramina nune tenuia basi 
decumbentia ramosaque, nunc elatiora, foliis ssepius angustis interdum longe subulato- 
acuminatis. Panicula terminalis, ramis simplicibus spiciformibus ad apicem pedunculi 
Ibdigitato-approximatis, v. secus ped 1 ioribus inferioribus interdum basi 
gemi v. junctis, nec ut in Eriantho ulterius ramulosis. 
Species ad 25,.Asie, Africze et Australiw tropiez incole, in Asia orientali extra tropicos parce 
extense. Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xix. 66. 
Genus infl jpogoni sect. Gy lropogoni accedit, spieulis cujusve paris homo- 
gamis potius EriantAo affine, in sectiones 2 sequentes facile dividitur :— 
1l. Eulalia. Spic densifl rhachi pedicellisque plus minus pilis sericeis sepe fulvis more 
Erianthi obtectis, Benth. FI. Austral. vii. 524. — Brongn. in Duperr. Voy. Cog. Bot. t. 17 (Pogon- 
atherum). Bory, Voy. Iles Afr. t. 21 (Andropogon). Evraru, Kunth, Rev. Gram. i. 359, i. 93. 
Trin. Spec. Grain. t. 332. P. eriopoda, Hance (Spodiopogon angustifolius, Trin. Spec. Gram. t. 336), 
ex India et China, insignis est caule basi inerassato denselanato, Ad sect. Eulalia; etiam referenda» 
videntur Zrianthus longisetus, Anders., E. versicolor, Nees, E. filifolius, Nees, alieque nonnulle, 
spieis numerosis in panieulam longam amplam dense confertis longe sericeo-pilosis, inferioribus basi 
s:epe faseiculatim eonjunetis. 
2. Leptaiherum. Spic swpius tenues iis Avthrazi accedentes, rhachi prwter annulum pilorum 
brevium ad basin spieularum nuda. Zrongn. in Duperr. Voy. Cog. Bot. t. 19 (Eulalia). 
In P. nuda, Trin. (P. imberbi, Nees), spicze undique glabrw, ciliis ad basin spieularum deficienti- 
bus, arista glum:e fertilis tenuissime capillacea e spicula exseritur, MrcnosrkarUM, Nees in Steud, 
Syn. Pl. Glum. i. 411, est species P. nude valde affinis, P. Wüldenowianum, Benth., rhachi spiearum 
pariter nuda, sed arista glum:e fertilis deest, LzPrATHERUM, Nees in Proc, Linn. Soc, i. (1841) 92, 
est P. lancea, Nees in Steud. Syn. Pl. Glum. i. 410, P. nude affinis, sed Spieule annulo ciliarum 
nune brevissi nune longiuscul einet» sunt. NEwAsrACRYs, Steud, Syn. Pl. Glum. i. 357, 
ex ins. Taiti, ex char. dato videtur Pol/inie (Leptatheri) species. 
Porra, Spreng. Pl. Min. Cogn. Pug. ii. 10, genus fictum fuit ad species varias Andropogonis 
Chrysopogonis et Pollimie, charactere manco junctas, et a Trinio rite deletum fuit et de novo 
constitutum, 
.- «9. Pogonatherum, Beawv. Agrostogr. b6, t. ll, f. 7. (Homoplitis, Trin. Fundam, 
Agrostogr. 166.)— Spicule secus rhachin articulatam spice simplicis secundze gemini, 
