272 T R I N I U S, 



ramorum suprcma pcdunculi aliquot clongali, filiformes, pubescentcs, i-nodes 

 et vaf^ina longiori brevissime foliifera iiislrijcli. Spicae 1 — G, subdigilato- 

 alternae, semipoUicares vel pollice breviores, pallide virides 1. purpurascentes. 

 Ariiculi vix lincales, praeter barbam bascos pilis birsuti, quorum superiores 

 ipsos longitudine aequant vel paulo superant, Spicula inferior subultrasesquili- 

 nealis, angusta. Gluma inferior 5-nervis, sub lcnte hispldula acuminata; su- 

 pcrior 3-nervis, aciculata. Periantbium Inversum , hyalinum: valvula neutra 

 glumis duplo brevior, oblongo-lanceolata ; hermaphrodita paulo longior, supra 

 basm exserens aristam clrciter trilinealem , medlo geniculatam. Spicula su- 

 perior nulla. 

 Andropogon Ischaemum L. sp. pl. ed. i. Spicis 4 — 20 confcrlis, subfasclculatls: 

 inferioribus brevipedunculatis; Arliculls pedicclloque spiculae masculae acutae 

 accresccndo-vllloso-pilosis: pilis supremls iisdem longioribus; Arista spicula 

 sua, inferne pills adspersa, triplo quadruplove longlori; Culmi adscendendo- 

 erecti nodis glabrls, foliis Ilnearlbus (pills adspersis). 



Andropogon Ischaemum. R. et S. IF. p. 822. excl. syn. LaM. 



Andropogon anguslifolius Sm. 



V. spp. Gcrm. Gall. Sic. Cauc. Taur. Pers. Nov. Holl. 

 Andropogon Bladhii Retz. Splcis 3 — 8 confertis fasciculato-suballeniis: Infcriori- 

 bus brevipedunculatls ; Articulis pedicelloque spiculae neutrius obtusiusculae, 

 praccipue ad margines pllosae, accrescendo - vlllosis pills supremls iisdem lon- 

 gioribus; Arlsta spicula sua (bilincall), pllls inferne brevibus superne longis 

 adspcrsa, quadruplo longiori; Culmi adscendenlls? nodls barbatis, follis llnea- 

 ribus (pilis adspersis), 



Andropogon Bladhii. Fi. et S. II, p. 821. — Mant. II. p. 4^3? 

 An Andropogon affinis Br.P 



V. spp. Ind. or. 



Simillimus A. Ischaemo. — Culmus 3 - pedalis , in sjieciminibus mihi visis 

 erecto-ramosus, 2VbJ/ villoso-barbati. /^c^wa^ glabrae, Ligula membrana- 



