Tab. 196. ANDROPOGON brevifolius. 



Culmis decumbentibus, ramosis, compressis^ foliis linearibus, obtusis, com- 



plicatis, margine scabris^ vaginis compresso-carinatis, glabrisj spicis solitariis, gra- 

 cilibus^ articulis rhachis pedicellisque spiculae sterilis aristatae glabris, basi bar- 

 batis^ spiculae fertilis gluma inferiore apice bidentata^ dorso convexiuscula , stri- 

 gulosa^ superiore naviculari-carinata^ flore hermaphrodito unipaleaceo^ palea pro- 



funde bifida; arista imberbi. 



Andropogon brevifolium SwartZj Prod. pag. 26.^ Ejusd, Flora Ind. Occid, 1. 



, 2og,j^ FFilld, Spec, PL 4, p, gi2, 



Pollinia brevifolia Spreng, Sjst. i.p, 288, 



Schizachjrium brevifolium Nees ab Esenb, Agrostogr. Brasil.p. 332, 



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Andropogon obtusifolius Poiret ^ Encjcl. Suppl, 1, p. 683. (teste Her 



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Desfont.) 



Pollinia vaginata Spreng. Pug. 2. p. 10. (teste ipso auct.) 



Crescit in Jamaica, Portorico, Guiana, Senegambia et ? Bengalia. o 



Radix fibrosa; fibris filiformlbus , glabris. Culmi elongati, 16-18-pollicares, debiles, decum- 

 bentes, ramosi, compressi, glabri; rami subquinquepollicares ramuliq^ue solitarii, tenuissimi ; 

 nodis imberbibus, subgeniculatis . Folialate linearia, obtusa, basi rotundata, complicata, mem- 

 branacea, striata, nervo medio subtus prominenle , utrinque glabra , margine scabra , purpu- 

 rascenti-viridia , i5-i8 lineas longa, 1 |-i | lineae lata. Vaginae usque ad basim fissae, com- 

 presso-carinatae, striatae, glabrae, 10-11 lineas longae, internodiis breviores, purpurascentes j 

 in ramisaphyllae, spathaeformes, acutae, purpurascentes. Ligula membranacea, brevis, rotun- 

 data , glabra , margine lacinulato-ciliolata. Spicae in apice ramulorum solitariae, ad basim vaginis 

 spathaeformibus magis minusve involutae, graciles, articulatae, f- 1 -pollicares ; articulis subinfla- 

 tis, externe convexis, interne canaliculato-concavis, basi attenuatis pilisque sericeis albidis bar- 

 batis, apiceobIIc[uesinuato-bidentatis, albidis, glabris. Spiculae geminae; altera sessllls, com- 

 pleta^ altera pedicellata , effeta, sterilis; terminales cujuslibet spicse ternaej duae laterales pedi- 

 cellatae, sterilesj intermedia sessilis , completa. Spicula sessilis : biflora, articulo i longior , obli- 

 que ovato-lanceolata , attenuato-acutata, externe convexiuscula , interne carinato-convexa , 

 sescjuilineam longa; flore inferiore neutro, superiore hermaphrodito , utroque unipaleaceo. 

 Glumae longltudine aequales; inferior oblique ovato-lanceolata , apice bidentata, dentibus acu- 

 tatls, binervia, dorso convexiuscula, coriacea, strlgulosa, fuscescens, utroque latere argute an- 

 gulata el serrulalo-scabra , ad basim foveola nigro-fusca notata^ marginibus membranaceis , in- 

 flexis^ gluma superior oblonga, acutato-submucronata, naviculari-carinata , membranacea , 

 subhyallna, glabra, carina supernescabra. Flos neuter : palea oblongo-Ianceolata , acuta, hya- 

 lino-membranacea, enervia, glabra, glumis paulo brevior , genitalia floris hermaphroditi et tar- 

 dius fructum amplectens. Flos fertilis : palea inferior profunde bifida, supra basim aristata, 

 hyalino-membranacea , glabra , palea floris neutrlus brevior j laciniis lanceolato-cultriformibus , 



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