1162 CC. GRAMINEJE. [Avenece 
Afric tropice v. australis v. Asie occidentalis incole. — Nves, Fl, Afr. Austr. Gram. 966. — Grant 
jn Trans, Linn. Soc, xxix. t. 116. Kunth, Rev. Gram. t. 140, 141. Dell im Mart, Fl. Bras, 
T. simplex, Neos, ex Africa australi, est Trichoptericis species. 
165. Trichopteryx, Nees in Lindl. Introd. Nat. Syst. ed. 2, 449, et. Fl. Afr. Austr. 
Gram. 339. (Loudetia, Hochst. in Steud. Syn. Pl. Glum. i. 238.)—Spicule 2-flore, secus 
ramulos paniculee sparse, rhachilla supra glumas inferiores articulata, inter flores evoluta, 
annulo pilorum instructa, ul&ra florem superiorem non producta, flore inferiore maseulo 
superiore hermaphrodito v. foemineo. Glum:e 2 inferi vacuse, persistentes, membra- 
nacem, muticz, sepius inzquales glabreque v. extima tuberculata ciliataque ; tertia. 
florem d fovens vacuis sepius longior, 3-5-nervis, glabra, mutica ; terminalis florem v. 
9 involvens, seepe longe pilosa, apice 2-fida v. tenuiter 2-aristata, inter lobos v. aristas 
rectas in aristam centralem longam rigidam geniculatam tortamque producta ; palea gluma 
florente inclusa, membranaceo-hyalina, 9-carinata. Lodicule 9. Stamina 3 rarius 2. 
Styli distincti, tenuissimi, stigmatibus plumosis. Caryopsis oblonga v. fere linearis, gluma 
rigescente v. indurata involuta, libera.—Gramina perennia, ssepe elata, foliis planis v. 
rarius convoluto-teretibus. Panicula sepius virgata, ramulis numerosis tenuibus erectis, 
rarius effusa. 
Species ad 10, Afriez tropieze et australis incola, una etiam in Brasilia obvia. 
Hue pertinent, preter species a Steudelio enumeratas, T'ristachya simpler, Nces ex Africa australi, 
Arundinella flammea, Trin. Spee. Gram. t. 267, ex Africa tropica et Brasilia, et species nonnulle 
Africanre adhuc inedite. In specie typiea gluma sub flore fertili utrinque fasciculo pilorum 
longorum instrueta, in 7. flam;nea pili longi magis sparsi, in speciebus nonnullis multo breviores 
parumque conspieui, 
166. Anisopogon, R. Br. Prod. 176.— Spiculze 1-florz, longe, laxe paniculatze, rhachilla 
supra glumas inferiores articulata, sub flore elongata, ultra florem in stipitem haud raro 
glumam vaeuam v. floris rudimentum foventem producta, flore hermaphrodito. Glumrme 
2 inferiores vacu:e, longs, angustze, acutz;e v. acuminat:e, subcarinatze, oc-nerves, rigidulre, 
subrequales ; tertia florens dorso convexa, circa paleam floremque convoluta, apice 5-fida, 
lobis lateralibus breviter setaceis, intermediis in aristas longas setaceas rectas productis, 
arista centrali longiore rigida basi torta geniculata ; palea gluma inclusa, circa florem 
convoluta, 2-nervis. Lodieulw longs. Stamina3. Styli distincti, stigmatibus plumosis. 
Ovarium stipitatum, apice pilosul Caryopsis . . .—Gramen (annuum ?) elatum, foliis 
longis angustis siccitate ssepius lutis longe subulat inatis. Panicula laxa, sub- 
secunda, e spiculis paucis maximis longe pedicellatis composita. Glumse vacuse glabrw, 
florens pubescens v. villosa. 
Species 1, Australis austro-occidentalis incola. Zeauwv. "Agrostogr. 43, t. 9, f. 8. Benth. Fl, Austral, 
vii. 589. — Kunth, Hev. Gram. t. 62. — Trin. Spec. Grain. t. 61 (Danthonia). Species altera Afric 
australis, a Nees, Fl, Afr. Austr. Gram. 265, descripta, nobis ignota est et ex descriptione pluribus 
notis imprimis habitu a typiea Australiana discrepat. Fructus speciei hujus typiez nobis deest 
nee ab auctoribus deseriptus. .Lodieule a Kunthio delineantur 3, in floribus pluribus quos 
examinavimus semper 2 longas lanceolatas vidimus. 
' 167. Danthonia, DC. Fl. Fr. iii, 99, pro parte,—Spicule 3-oc-floree, paniculat:w, 
rhachilla inter flores articulata pilosa, ultra flores in stipitem producta, floribus herma- 
phroditis v. summo masculo. Glumre 2 inferi Vacuzs, persistentes, D-7-nerves v. 
rarius preter carinam enmerves, carinatze, acute, parum inzequales, spiculam sequantes v, 
rarius breviores ; florentes dorso rotundatee, nervis 7-9 parum prominentibus (rarius 3-6 ?), 
margine sepe ciliatz, apice 2-fidze, lobis ad latera aristwe nunc minimis hyalinis v. vix 
prominulis nunc ! latis acutis muticis v. aristiformibus v. ipsis 2-fidis lobulo utroque 
v. interiore solo aristato ; arista centralis inter lobos terminalis, rigida, basi plus minus 
' planata, sepissime torta geniculataque ; gluma summa s:epius minor, florem masculum 
V. paleam solam fovens v. vacua; palea intra glumas lata, hyalina, prope margines 
