60 ICONES PLANTARUM. 
PuatTe 1379. 
CLEISTACHNE SORGHOIDES, Benth. 
GRAMINES, Tribe TRISTEGINER. 
Cleistachne, Benth. gen. nov., Char. gen. Spicule 1-flore, oblonge, 
secus panicule ramos capillares inarticulatos dissite, in pedicello 
articulate, flore hermaphrodito. Glume 4, 2 inferiores vacus, sub- 
eequales, late, rigide, acutiuscule, mutice, plurinerves, circa florem 
convolute, clause; tertia subbrevior, vacua, angusta, hyalina v. 
hyalina in aristam longam rigidam tortam producta. Palea minima 
C. sorghoides, Benth., single species. 
Has. Tropical Africa, Shubanga, on the Zambesi, J. Kirk; and 
perbaps a variety with rather smaller spikelets, East Indian Peninsula, 
Bababoodun hills, Malabar, Law. 
longioribus. Spiculw brevissime pedicellatew, oblonge, 2-lin, longs, 
dorso pilose ; aristee 4-1-pollicares. 
Fig. 1. Branch of the panicle. 2, 3. Outer empty glumes. 4, Third empty glume. 
5. Flowering glume. 6, Palea. 7. Lodicules. 8. Ovary and styles, ee 
