aA 
88 GRAMINE.E. 
Situation and alternation of parts Pl. CXXXIX. Fig 159: 
a. Gluma exterior. 
b. Interior. 
c. Palea interior binervis floris neutrius. 
d. Palea exterior floris hermaph. 
e. ** interior nana. 
J, 7. Lodicule. 
g, 9, g. Stamina ' stigmata. 
4. Andropogon. 
Procerum, 10-12 pedale, internodiis vaginas superantibus, 
culmis compressis solidis. 
Paniculis nutantibus axillaribus terminalibusque 2-4 confer- 
tis, quarum hac culmo proxima semper major, queque exte- 
rioribusque multo minoribus, quzeque basi squama spathacea 
involuta, squamis paniculze magnitudine conform.  Panicula 
partialis iterum iterumque eodem more composita: sed pa- 
rum extimz ssepius e spica unica format. Pedicellis spicarum 
medium supra articulat. ibidemque bractea spathacea foliacea 
suffult. Spice pluri-flore, spicule geminatz flore altero 
sessile altero stipitat. horumque duo infimi semper. 
З tiz spicule flos. sessilis hermaphrodit, ut etiam termina- 
lis que flosculis 2 similibus duobus infimis stipitatis stipat. 
Gluma exterior floris infima stipitata exterior convexius- 
cula membranaceo-chartacea multi-striata venulis angusta 
lanceolata apicem suboblique et in cuspidem complanat bre- 
vem abeuns, secus partem marginem involutarum denticulata, 
interior magis membranacea 5-venia, marginibus presertim 
apicem muticun versus ciliatis. Pales 2, hyaline mutice, 
exterior apicem versus ciliata 1-уепіа, interior nana angustis- 
Sime-acuminata evenia staminibus 3-tio 2 internis alternant. 
та. 3. Lodicule 2 cuneate elongate, denticulate, palea 
major 1-venia inclusa. 
78 flosculi alterni neutrius palee majori masculi consi- 
milis. 
