GnAMiifEAE. AnxHnopoGOx. 310 



XXVII. ARTimOPOGON. f 



(ab u^^e^ci, articuliis, et Truym^ barba.) 



Char. csscnt. Spiciila biflora, hcmlologama, 

 basl pilis cincta. Calyx bii^luniis, hcrbacco - subcoria- 

 ccus, ghima iiifcriorc angustiore subulata, superlorc 

 aplcc biiido sctigcra. FloscuH mutlci ; Infcrlor ncuter 

 yel foemincus, valyula Infcrlorc licrbacca ghnnis slmlll^ 

 supcrlor licrmaphroditus mcmbranacco - hyabnus. Lo- 

 dlcuhie truncatae, mcmbranaccae. Stlgniata plumosa. 

 Caryopsls Hbera^ compressa. 



Char. naturalls. Splcula nodo inserta, deci- 

 dua. rih, splcula breviorcs, patull, c nodo orti, 

 splculam invohicrantcs. Calyx blghnnls. Ghimae sub- 

 acqualcs , ilosculuni Infcrum acquantcs : infcrlor qui- 

 dem multo angustlor, e basl parum dllatata In apicem 

 subulatum attcnuata, uninervisj superlor oblonga, 

 carlnata, trlnervls, aplcc brcvlssime blfida setaque 

 rccta aucta^ herbaceo - subcorlacea. Floscull duo, 

 ghmiam supcriorcm , demta scta , accpiantes ; Inferlor 

 neuter aut imperfcctc focmineus, yalvula inferiore 

 harbacco-mcmbranacca nayiculari oblonga obtusa 

 quinqucncryl, ncrvis basin versus evanescentlbus, 

 superlore cjusdem fcre longltudinls sed angustlore 11- 

 neari hyalina aplcc bifida subcneryl^ superlor herma- 

 phrodltuSj valvula Infcrlorc oMongo -hoiceohita acu- 

 mlnata carlnata mcmljranacco -liyahna unineryi nervo 

 tenuisslmo, supcrlore plus duplo brevlore lanceolata 

 hyahna enervl apice bidentata. Lodiculae colJatcralcs, 

 latere pHcato - undatac, truncatac, memljranaccae. 

 Stamlna trla; filamcnta tenulsslmaj antJierae pur- 

 pureae. Germcn oblongum, basl tumldidae imposi- 

 tum, aplce mucronatum^ styll fdlformcsj stlgmata 

 crassa, asperginiformla, (purpurea). Caryopsls ob- 

 longa, compressa, basi in stipitcm fcrc contracta, 

 obtusluscuhi, llbera. 



Inflorescentla: Panicula, ramuhs blfloris. 



Observ. Genus affine Newrachnae R. Br., a qua 

 differt calyce setigero inyolucratoque , ct inflorescentia. lis- 



