ERIANTHUS. — ANDROPOGONEJE (AUCT. EDUARDO HACKEL). 135 
In Brasilia australi (Riedel 995, Glaziou 508, 4299, 6927 alii, cfr. 
Fl. bras. l. c.) et Paraguay : Balansa 297, specimen ceterum inter 
a et B Proto intermedium. 
B. Antherm parvule (0,8 mm. longa), non solum anthesi sed ad maturitatem usque intra 
glumas incluse, caryopsin coronantes, cum stigmatibus et ipsis inclusis intricate 
Culmus infra nodos ceriferus. Panicula inferne vagina summa inclusa. 
4. E. Trinii ; Saecharum giganteum Trin.! in Mém. Ac. Petersb. 
ser. 6, vol. 2, p. 311 ex. p.; Erianth. saccharoides 8, Trinii Hack. in 
Mart. et Eichl. Fl. bras. vol. 2, pars 3, p. 258; Spodiopogon vagina- 
tus Fourn. Pl. Mex. 2, p. 53? nimis breviter descriptus. 
Culmi 2—5 met. alti, superne sericeo-pubescentes. |Vagin® deor- 
sum seabr:e, collo pilosze, intus rufescentes. Ligula 2—4 mm. longa, 
ovata v. truncata, fusco-membranacea, ciliolata. Lamin® e basi sub- 
angustata lineares, setaceo-acuminatz, 1 met. v. ultra longæ, 1—2,5 
em. latze, utrinque scabr&, margine scaberrim&, glauez, basi extus 
pruinose, nervis lateralibus primariis utrinque circ. 10 percursæ. 
Panieula 30—40 em. longa, lineari-oblonga v. oblonga. Racemi ses- 
siles v. subsessiles, lana sordide albida tecti. Articuli pedicellique 
crassiusculi, lineari-clavati, a basi ad */, usque pilis longis sed decres- 
centibus laxius ciliati. Spieule sessiles 5—6 mm. longs, plus minus 
oblique lanceolatz, sordide viridule v. raro subviolascenti-suffuss, 
villis involucrantibus densis albidis '/, breviores ; gluma I"* subchar- 
tacea, acuminata, bimueronata, marginibus inflexis, flexuris scabris, 
dorso, praecipue superne, pilis adspersa, preter nervos carinales 2- 
nervis; II“ lanceolata, acuminata, 3-nervis, carina scabra, rarius 
pilosa, margine hyalino ciliata; II: */, brevior, ovato-lanceolata, 
hyalina, medio subcolorata, tenuiter 1-nervis, ciliata ; IV* quam 1I^ 
!/, brevior, ovato-lanceolata, bidentata, ciliata, aristam ex sinu exse- 
rens spicula subduplo longiorem (8—12 mm. longam) rectam palli- 
dam. Palea quam gluma sua ’/, brevior, ovato-lanceolata, acuminata, 
ciliata. Lodieule glabrz. Flores cleistogami. Spieule pedicellat® 
gluma Tv: 5-nervis, dorso pr&cipue versus margines villis spicula lon- 
gioribus vestita; II“ cariná parce villosa. Reliqua sessilium. 
a, glabrinodis Hack. 1. e. (subvar.). Vaginze glabrz v. apice pube- 
rule, nodis glabris v. obsolete puberulis, pruinosze, haud tuberculatze, 
lamin& (culmeis) glabra. 
In Brasilia (Riedel 996, Glaz. 6797 ex p., 11675, alii efr. Fl. bras. 
l. e.), Paraguay ad Villa Occidental (Balansa 302), Montevideo (Are- 
€havaleta in h. m.), Columbia : Llano de S. Martin (Karsten in h. 
.. vind.); Mexico pr. Mirador (Liebm. 39 in h. Havn.). 5 
