332 juA.viiMAK. S«,uiZA«;iivnii;.n. 



collateralcs, llnonrcs; 1)i(lt'iiLutae, crassiusculac. Sta- 

 men ujiuni (ad tria.) Sli^^riiata aspergillirorniia. Ca- 

 ryopsis lihera. — Spicula tabescens obsolcta, subu- 

 lata, mutica vcl sclif^cra} In alils (spec. 4.) magls 

 completa, bl^lumis^ biilora, flosculis unlvalvibus. 



Iniloresccntla spicata, saepc barljata^ spicae pe- 

 dunculatae laterales vaginatae. 



Cliar. natural. Splcula hermaphrodlta scssi- 

 lis, angusta^ biglmnis, glumis lanccolatls acutis char- 

 taccis, inferiore binorvi planiuscula apicc bidentata, 

 laterlbus mcmbranaceis inilcxis , supcriore carlnata 

 acuminata, uninervi. Flosculi duo, univalvcs, mcm- 

 branacci. Inferioris (seu cxtrorsum positi flosculi) 

 valvula convoluta, linearl - lanceolata, acuta , intc- 

 gra , subenervls, glumls parum brcvlor^ illa supcrio- 

 ris flosculi ad basin icre bipartita, laciniis lineari- 

 bus acutis valvulam superiorcm subac(|uantlbus planls 

 encrvi])us parallclis antrorsum conuivcntibus. Scta, 

 e sinu laciniarum orta idcoquc subbasilaris, longa, 

 valida, in plurimls torta, a basi ad medium erccta, 

 fusca, ab hlnc rcflcxa^ palllda. Lodicuiac collatcra- 

 leS; linearcs j crassiuscidac, bidentatac, longitudine 

 germinis. Stamen unum , duo vcl trlaj anthera pur- 

 purea. Germcn sidjulatunij stjlus fdlformis. simpiex^ 

 stigmata aspergilliformia , purpurca. Flosculas ncu- 

 ter pcdiccllatus, vel uniyalvis distinctus sctiger, vel 

 obsoletas subulifornus. 



Ditrert: no\uiii lioc gemis au Antlropogonc genere 

 valvuia Jlosculi fcililis quam in Andropogone lirmiore et 

 elastica , lupaitita , ex sinu propc a hasi setig>'ra , tum spi- 

 Cula foliii sciuuLr ( ol) (losculuni utiMmque univalvem ) ad 

 speciem unillora neque liemiologama (l^iin.) Stylus in nos- 

 tris simj)l(X , apice tantum in sliginata divisus. — ■ Habilus 

 proprius , snicis solitariis in culmo fasciculato - decompo- 

 sito numerosis. 



Hujusce generis species , praeler enumeralas , sunt et 

 Androi^ogon lir e v i f o 1 i u s , S w. (Follinia Spr.), quem 

 ipsi in Herlj. VViUd. viclimus , tum vero Andropogon 

 striatus, VVilld. (Poliinia S p r.) et forte A n dr o p ogon 

 flabell i f o r mis , S p r. 



Spccies hrasilianae quinque. 



