276 T n I if I u s, 



mapa, Spkae tam iii apice cultni liberae quam intra vaginns supcriorcs inchniir 

 uUrabipollicarcs: juniorcs glaucescenles, adultae stramincnr. Jr/iru/i (<re bili- 

 iicales, conici s. Infumbbulifornaes, dorso convexo glabri rt nitidi, inde pl.mi, 

 basi barbula pilorum brevissimorum slipali, margine villis raris paucisque ad- 

 spersi , apice oblique truncati et ocrearum inslar basin spiculac cingcntes. Spi- 

 cnla inferior sessilis, trilinealis, lanccolata, glabra. Gluma inltuior praclcr 

 nervos raarginales subobsolete 5-nervata, supcrne bispida ; supcrior carinato- 

 compressa , 3-nervis, mucronato-acuta. Hosculus neuler hyalino-membra- 

 naceus, i-valvis, lanceolatus, longitudinc glumarum; hermaphrodilus duplo 

 brevior, blvalvis: Valvula inferiori membranacea, lalerlbus hyalinis fimbriata, 

 bifidn, supra medium dorsl emlltente arlstam pertenuem, 6- 7-IineaIem, spa- 

 dlceam, Inferne tortam, medio flexuoso-geniculatam; valvula supcrior ellipli- 

 co-lanceolata, hyahna. iS/7/Wfl^ iiz/^mbm subacquilongae , masculae, pedicel- 

 lus artlculo slmilis, basl longlus barbatus, aplce emarginato-truncatus. Gluma 

 inferlor dlstlncle 7-nervis, ad nervos hlsplda. Flosculi 2: Inferlor i-valvis, 

 neuter; superior 2 -valvis, stamlniferus. 



Andropogon mollicomus Kih. Spicls 2 — 5 subdlgitatis; Arllculis pedlcelloque spl- 



culae masculae vel neutrius, cum Inferiorl pubescentls, obovatae, obtusae ct 



mullinervls, praesertlm ad jnncturas barbatls; Arista spicula sua fere quadru- 



plo longlorl ; Culmi erecli nodls borbulatis , follis Hnearlbus. 



Andropogon incurmtus Koen. (fide specimlnis ex herb. Banksil , non , ut vldetur, 



Andr. incurvalus Retz. R. et S. 11. p. 822, cujus descriplio valde aliena). 



Andropogon mollicomus Klh. rev. gr. Tab. g6. ul)I v. descr. 



V. spp. Ind. or. Inss. Mascaren. (Sleber Fl. Maurlt. II. n°. ^S»)' 

 V. obs. sub Andr. serrato. 



Andropogon dislachyos L. sp.pl. ed. i. Splcls 2 subdlgitatls; Arllculis pedicello- 

 que spiculac raasculae, inter lacinias gluraae Inferlorls setigerac, villosulis: villis 

 llsdem brevioribus; Arista spicula sua, e glumae superloris apice setigera, ses- 

 quUongiorl ; Culmi erectl nodls glabris , foliis linearlbus. 



