crasse plumosa, alropurpurea; caryopsis libera, glabra, compressiuscula. 
Spicule laterales pedicellis latis, planis, emarginato-bidentatis vel trun- 
catis, carinam glume&e interioris spicule sessilis utrinque tegentibus, in 
pedicellum communem incrassatum inferne confluentibus pedicellatze; altera, 
ut videtur interior, ad rudimentum tantum breve vel obsoletum, extus vi- 
ridisnervosum, intus hyalinum, exsaccatum, vacuum redacta; altera com- 
pleta, aut uniflora et mascula, aut (rarissime) ut in sessili biflora, heterogama: 
glume equales, lanceolate, viridi-nervose; palex hyalinxe, muticét, acute. 
Synopsis specierum: 
1. Pedicellus communis spiculam sessilem subequans AÅ. rostrata Ness. 
2. 
» » spicula sessili (multo) brevior: 
a. Spicula sessilis hirta: 
pedunculi et bracteole glabri . . . Å. communis Nees. 
pedunculi et bracteole pilosi. . . ÅA. ciliata Ånps. 
b. Spicula sessilis glabra: 
+ Aristate: 
Pedunculi et bracteole glabri +. . . Å. aristata L. 
Pedunculi et bracteole pilosi. . . . A. scabra Ånpbs. 
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monuit NeeEs. 
1. 
Å. rostrata NeEes. et Ars. (Glum&e Ind. or. ined. — Nees AÅ. L. N. 
C. 1. c. p. 194): panicula subeffusa, elongata; fasciculis 3—5-spica- 
tis; spicis incurvis, bracteola fere sub apice, in cuspidem scabram 
producto, bidentata, glabra fere ad medium involutis; pedicello 
communi valde elongato; spicule sessilis gluma exteriore glabra, 
interiore ciliata; arista infra medium geniculata, fusco-picea, spicam 
duplo superante; spicula tabescente tenuiter ciliata; mascula termi- 
nali glabra; foliis distincte petiolatis, scabris, planis. — STEUDEL. 
Svynops. pl. glum. p. 403. n. 3. 
Hab. in India orientali (Wight n. 1714) Herb. Swartz (leg. REttLErR). 
ÅA. communis Nees et Ars. (Glum. Ind. or. ined. — Nzres A. L. N. C. 
]. c. p. 194): panicula anguste contracta, brevi; fasciculis confertis, 
subdistichis; spicis inpcurvis, bracteola sub cuspide brevi biloba 
ultra medium involutis; pedicello communi brevi, incrassato; spiculae 
sessilis gluma exteriori pedicellos superante, hirta, interiore lon- 
giore; arista medio geniculata, superne infuscata; spiculam duplo 
superante; spicula tabescente ciliata v. pubescente; mascula termi- 
nali glabra; foliis basi angustatis, cum vaginis glabris. — STEUDEL. 
STON RO 
ÅApluda aristata RoxB. FI. Ind. I. 324. Andropogon cymbarius 
RoxB. Tab. 884 (sec. Nees). 
Hab. in India orientali (Wight n. 17413). 
Å. ciliata Anbvs.: panicula effusa, lanceolato-elongata', apice nutante; 
fasciculis remotiusculis; spicis incurvis; bracteola spica dimidio bre- 
viori, sub cuspide herbacea bidentata, hyalino-marginata,subciliata; 
pedicello communi brevi, incrassato; spicule fertilis gluma exteriori 
pedicellos hirtos superante, extus puberula, interiorem bidentatam, 
