t^^Q RrPi.nTDUHM Ff.ORAE LIGUSTICAE 



Ciilinus spicis geminis multlfloris tei-minatus, racliios i.rliculis alterne 

 excavatis a-.ice dilatalo-iiifunclihularibus, ore ohliquo denticulato , intus 

 lateralibusque a basi inaequaliter liarbalis, inferioribus bifloris, tcrminali 

 trifloro. Flos liermaplirotlilus sessilis, masculi pedicellati, pedicellis dila- 

 tato-infundibularibus. — Floris hermapliroditi gluma 2-valvis chartacea 

 tenuis, valva exterior oblonga, subcanaliculata 7-nervis, nervis secundariis 

 inter nrimarios ab aj)ice ad medluin valvae circiter productis inleriectis , 

 cum primariis subiiide anastomosantibus, ad latera inferne inflexa, superne 

 latiuscule membranaceo-marginata, sub lente minute crebreque ciliolata, 

 dorso inler nervos puberula, apice inaequaliter bifida , segmentis setaceo- 

 acuminalis, integiMS imidentatisque, ciliolatis ; interior acute carinata, tri- 

 uervis ad nervos laterales submarginantes ciliata, ex apice bifido in selam 

 subtilissimam valva ipsa longiorem producta , gluraa exteriore minor. — 

 Glumella raembranacea 2-paleacea, haec mutica, marginibus inflexis bica- 

 rinata, ad flexuras pubescens, altcra conduplicalo-carinata ultra medium 

 bifida glabra ex incisura arislata, arista infra medium flexa, parte inferiore 

 lineari spirahter torta, glabra, reliqua parte angulosa sub lente scabrius- 

 cula, palea quintuplo longior. Styli duo filiformes longiusculi , stigmata 

 aspergilliformia. — Floris maseuli gluma 2-valvis, exterior dorso sub lente 

 puberula vix canaliculala oblongo-acuniinata sub g-nervia, margine sur- 

 sum membranacea apice bifida, scgmcntis, nervis marginalibus excurren- 

 tibus, apieulalis, nervo medio in setam filiformem gluma longiorem pro- 

 ducto; interior minor hyalina tenuissima 3-nervis, planiuscula, marginibus 

 iuflexis, ad flexuras puberula, apice brevissime setigera; glumellae paleae 

 membranaceae, concavae, subaequales, apice minute eroso-denticulatae , 

 altera minute cdiata. 



Ab Aiidroj)Ogonibiis separari haec planta nequit, etmulto minus cum 

 Chrysopogone, a quo omnino abhorret, nisi invita natura, coniungenda. 



DCX.V. CHRYSOPOGON Trin. — Polliniae sect. Chrysopogon 

 Reichb. FI. excurs. p. 34- 



11)90. Clirysopojj;on Gryilus Trin. Fund. Agrost. p. 187.— Andropogou 

 Gryllits L. Sp. p. i48o. Bertol. Pl. genuens. p. 209. Turio Pl. clwar. 

 p. 29. — Poliinia Gryllus Sprekg. Pugill. 2. p. 10. Bertol. Fl. iud. \. p. 

 465. 



