312 HISTOIRE DES PLANTES. 
mutica v. in aristam producta. Floris hermaphroditi glumæ muticæ, 
5-7-nerves. Glumellulæ 2, cuneatæ. Stamina 3; antherarum loculis 
utrinque liberis. Styli distincti, apice plumosi. Flos imperfectus quoad 
hermaphroditum infero-lateralis, ad glumellas 2 reductus. Fructus...? 
— Herbæ; foliis planis, latiusculis v. angustis; paniculæ longe 
anguslæ ramis alternis, nune uno latere conniventibus; spicularum 
paribus in ramis distichis ; spiculis 2-nis ; altera subsessili ; alter 
autem pedicellata; pedicello sub glumis articulato ; glumellis (?) sub 
floribus vacuis 1, 2, plerumque 7-nervibus. (Madagascaria".) 
X. ANDROPOGONEÆ. 
253. Andropogon L. — Flores in spiculis 2; sterili v. imper- 
fecto 1 ; altero in spicula sessili hermaphrodito fertili; m pedicellata 
altero hermaphrodito sterili v. sæpius masculo. Glumæ In spicula 
sessili 2, v. rarius À; extima mutica imparinervi; intima autem 
carinala, acula v. apice aristata. Glumellæ tenuiores, sæpe hyalinæ : 
extima inter lobos sæpius aristata; arista rigida, sæpe tort v. gel 
culata; intima autem minor hyalina v. 0. Stamina 3. Styli distineli, 
apice plumosi, Fructus inclusus at liber. — Herbæ ; habitu vario, Sp° 
elatæ ; folis planis, latis v. sæpius angustis; panicula varia, SP 
hirla, sericea v. lanata; spicis in pedunculo communi 2-; spiculis 
secus ramos 2-nis ; altera sessili; altera autem pedicellata ; v- Fr 
3-nis; pedicellatis posticis ?; axibus inflorescentiæ 1- œ-articulatis- 
(Orbis utriusque reg. calid.) — Vid. p. 177. 
254. Arthraxon PAL.-BEAUV.? — Flores (Andropogonis) her 
phroditi in spicula solitarii, cum flore altero rudimentario V- gone 
Glumæ 2: extima major membranacea, plerumque acuta, 65 
intima autem angustior carinata. Glumella extima hyalina carinaläs 
dorso prope ad basin arista tenui geniculata basique Lorta instrucl: 
intima autem minor v, minima hyalina. Stamina 1-3. Styli distinct, 
[LU 
1. Spec. 3. Genus, ut videtur, Festuceas cum Rev. Gram., 11, 489. — Batratheru" ec 
Paniceis arcte connectens. Edinb. N. Phil. Journ., XVI, 180. 
: 2 en 191, 4. 11, fig. 6. — Enpz., Gen.,  ridia A. Rica, Tent. FL. abyss: ÿ, 18. — 
Moue B., HE, Gen., 1128, n. 82.— Hack,  Lasiolythrum STEub., in F0" pl. abyss. 
pilisT nfam., 26; Andropog., 345. — Pleuro- Psilopogon Hocusr., in Schimpe "7 
RIN., Fund. Agrost., 174. — Lucæa | af A. Ricm., loc. cit. 
