﻿Plate 1869. 



ANDROPOGON EXALTATUS, B. Brown. 

 Gramine2E. Tribe Andropogonej;. 

 A. (Gymbopogon) exaltatus, B. Brown, Brodr., p. 202; var. ambiguus, 

 Each, in A. et G. Decand. Monogr. Bhan. vol. vi. p. 596; foliis anguste 

 linearibus subjunceis, ligula longiuscula, lanceolata, panicula densius- 

 cula, racemis semper erectis, spicularum >} gluma pria 

 nervos carinales 3-5-nervi. A. ambiguus, Steud. Synops. i. p. 385. 



Hab. Australia (conf. Berth. Fl. Austral, vii. p. 532). The speci- 

 men figured was according to Munro, collected by Drummond m W. 



and bis No. 100, which Steudel has called A. 

 The genuine A. exaltatus, from N. Australia, is somewhat stouter, with 

 the leaves broader, mostly flattened, the panicle yet more compound, 

 the spikes glomerate. 



Gulmi 30-80 cm. alti, erecti, superne paniculatimramosi. 

 vagina Isevis, striata, ssepe pruinosa ; ligula (praecipue foliorum inno- 

 vationum) 3-8 mm. longa, acuta, membranacea, demum fissa, mtus 

 basipilis stipata; lamina elongata, culmum saspe snb*quans, juncea 

 v. fere filiformis, in sicco ssepe complicata v. semicyhndrica, longe 

 acuminata, acumine Btep , >. glauca, glaber- 



scaberula, intus albida, subtus costis prommuhs percursa. 



Fanicula spuria (foliis intercepta) 8-20 cm. longa, denaoBCttl 



(fere linearis), ramis primariis 1-5-nodibus, secundanos basilares 



binos superioresque simplices edentibus, his filiform'— 



v. ramulos tertianos gignentibus, erectis v. demni 



Spathce 2-5-3 cm. long,, quam racemorum ped' 



duplo triplove longiores, racemos plerumq"- ■ 



(spicce auctorum) bini, semper erecti, circ. 



culati, articulis pedicellisque spicularum laterahum dorso ' «^«- 



busque longe sericeo-villosis, villis summis articulo longionbu sp en as 



fere 4 obteg!ntibus. Spiculce sessiles 5-7 mm. # longa, ; 



lanceolataf pallid,; Juma F^*^^ 



herbaceo-chartacea, bicannata, canms angusie mtU B ' £ .,- 



nervos carinales manifeste 3-5-nervis, dorso plana, basi calk pi! s 



dimidiam glumam tequantibus barbate, secum: 



lanceolato-navicularis, acuta v. breviter mucronulata, carma j jaberula, 



marginibus hyalinis patenti-ciliatis, tertia quam prima pau 



oblonga byina, biLvis, ^£%J^^&£jSl 



lmeari-oblonga, in parte ^superiore i , , 



fissa, glabra, aristam ex fissura emittens spiculam pins i 



antenfglaberrimam perfectam, cujus «^ J^S 



pallida Lbduplo brevier est. Balea 0. L 



1-5 mm. long,. Stigmata linearia, sty is ^ngiora bp. 



lata* 3-4 mnTlong*, at, 



5-nervem secundamque quam prima triple breviorem reda. ; 



sessilis ima alterius racemi etiam neutra, mutic*. 



acerbo, terebinthino.— E. Hackel. .^ ^ 



Fig. 1. Spathe enveloping the s "^ 11 ^ .JP/^JX^ 

 pedicel of the sterile one. folin 6 . Lodicul- and 



,,,-iug glume (gl. quarto jw 



