ANDROPOGON, 89 
Hoc modo formantur glume perianthioque omnia viridia : 
vel florum 2 infimorum unici stipitate floris hermaphroditis ter- 
tii et 2 terminales floris hermaph. terminalis, sed a basi spi- 
culæ supra glumze magis magisque acuminate. 
Rachis ad basi florum hermaphrodit barbata ferugineis pi- 
lis. 
Gluma exterior floris hermaphrod. navicularis e carinata 
mutica, fere cartilaginea l-venia, externe pilis brevibus rigi- 
dis ferugineis omnino tecto, marginibus valde involutis inte- 
rior minor, sed secus lineam centralem tantum hispid. 
Palea exterior lanceolata hyalina glume interiore arcte (in- 
vested,) 1-venia, apice attenuato in aristam palea paulo exce- 
dent scabram rectam, interior lanceolata nana hyalina e venia. 
Lodiculz 2 maximz oblongo-cuneate. Stam. З. Styli 2 ima 
basi coalite stigmata plumosa ratione styli longa subsimplicia 
Palea flosculi exterioris neutrius oblonga margine ciliata, bre- 
viter hyalina mutica e nervis. 
Palea exterior floris hermaph. interd. aristato mucronata, 
dorso pilosa, ob ore glumam internam referens, vix dubito qui 
altera specis est, ut etiam ob vaginas ciliatas nodis basi barba- 
tis obque glumas aureo-nitentis. Jt. Ass. 291 a. 
Suddya' alibique: January 2nd, 1836. 
5. Andropogon Castratus. 
Gramen basi decumbens radicansque, internodiis sanguineo- 
rubris vaginas excedentibus nodis glabris, vaginis laxis, striatis 
secus margine externe alternantum ciliat., summis limbos 
excedentibus, foliis linearibus, a basi supra attenuatis acumi- 
natisque pilosis, pilis longis basi bulbosis rigide valideque ci- 
liatis. Spicis geminatis longe peduaculatis, solitariis, (I mean 
as to the peduncle) axillaribus et terminalibus, pedunculis basi 
vaginatis squamosus, vagina inclusa. Spice geminatim digi- 
tate filiformes biunciales, floribus omnibus solitariis sessilibus 
basi pilis brevibus albis tinctis, rachi czeterum glabriuscula. 
lumz mutice brunneo-sanguinez cartilagineo-ossez, ex- ` 
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