282 T n I N I u s, 



inforior obUisiuscula , praesertim Infcrnc et ad margines pifis adspersa, 5-ncr- 

 vis, mucronulo terminata» Pcrianthium inversum , hyalinum: valvula ncutra 

 glumis parum LMCvior, lanceolato-lincaris; hcrmaphrodita angustissima, bre- 

 vior, abiens in aiistam clrciter g-linealem, spadiceam, inferne tortam, medio 

 geniculatam; Spiculae superiuris, sessili aequilongae, perinde recto-pilosulae, 

 masculae, pcdicellus arliculo similis. Yalvulae 2. 

 Andropogon bombycimis Br. Piadiis dissite alternis, subcompositis : pedunculis oc- 

 cultis, glabris; Spicis demum refractis; Articulis pedicelloque spiculae raascu- 

 lae densissime (albo-) villosis, villis accrescentibus ipsis sublongioribus: Glu- 

 mis aculissLmis nudis, aiista iisdem breviori; Culmi nodls pl. mln. barbatis, 

 folils glabrls. > 



Andropogon bombycimis. R. et S. II. p. 827. — Y. spp. nov. IIoll. 



Culmi partis superioris (quam solam vidl) nodl inferiores In spcciminlbus, 

 quae coram sunt, nudiusculi, superiores vero tomentoso-lMrbati. T^aginae 

 glabrae. Ligula membranacea, brcviuscula. Pars c\Am\ forifera clrciter spi- 

 thamaea, 2 — 3-nodis, interruptc emittens e quavis vagina radios 2 — 3 vcl 

 solltarlos, tum subcompositos, breves, singulos vaglnalosvaglnulaequc occultnntes 

 pedunculum tenuissimum, glabrum , apice calloso et brevl-dcnseque barbalo 

 ferentem spicas 2 conjugatas, demum refractas, pollice (Inlerdum mullo) brc- 

 viores. ^//Vm/« sesquilineales, undique denslsime lanato-villosl: villls albis, ip- 

 sis paulo longiorlbus, patentibus. Spicula inferior sessllls, lincas 2 cum dimi- 

 dia longa , lanceolata , acuta. Gluma Inferior glabra vel pilo uno allerove ad- 

 spersa, 7-nervIs: nervis lateralibus crassls, apicem versus alatls, Intermediis 

 lenuisslmis, inferne evanescentibus ; superior subacumlnata , 3-nervis, nervo 

 carinall superne alato. Perianthium Inversum: valvula neutra glumis paulo 

 brevior; hermaphrodila perangusta, abiens in arislam circiter 3-lincalera vel 

 breviorem, rectiusculam , flexuosulam. Spiculae superioris, mngniludlne scs- 

 sllis I. paulo mlnoris, masculae, pedlcellus arliculo simills. Glumn Infcrlor 

 g-nervis. Yalvula i. 



