ERIANTHUS. — ANDROPOGONEJE (AUCT. EDUARDO HACKEL). 137 
berrimam. Palea quam gluma IV* 2—3-plo brevior, lanceolata v. 
ovata, acuta, glabra, purpurea. Lodiceule glabræ. Antheræ 1,8 mm. 
long. Styli stigmata laxius penicillata æquantes. Spiculæ pedicellatze 
przter glumam I“ manifeste 5-nervem exdem ac sessiles. 
In Americæ borealis civitatibus Florida (Gray) usque in Virginiam 
(Rugel), Tenessee (Gattinger, Curtiss 3629), Alabama (Schott), New- 
Orleans, Texas (Neally). 
B. Diandri v. monandri gerontogei; spicule secundaric brevissime pedicellatze 
cum rhacheos fragilis articulo accumbente demum decidentes. 
6. E. pedieellaris; Saccharum pedicellare Trin.! Mém. Ac. 
Petersb. ser. 6, vol. 2, p. 310. 
Culmi 2 met. v. ultra alti, plurinodes. Vaginze nodis glabrz, infe- 
riores superne punctis exasperatze. Ligula membranacea, brevis. La- 
mins lineares, inferiores fere 1 met. longz, 2 cm. lat, glabrze, mar- 
gine hispidze. Panicula fere 0,5 met. longa, densissima; rami in quo- 
vis verticillo plures, erecti, a basi jam valde compositi, radiolo quovis 
racemum formante simplicem maxime fragilem. Racemi circ. 10 cm. 
longi, multiartieulati, graciles, pallidi, albovillosi; articuli lineari- 
filiformes, spiculam sequantes v. in inferiore racemi parte eam supe- 
rantes, subtrigoni, marginibus scaberuli et pilis nunc paucis nunc 
copiosioribus articulum subaequantibus eiliati, basi pilis ipsos æquan- 
tibus v. subsuperantibus densiuseule involuerati. Pedicelli primarii 
articulo '/,—'/, breviores, iis tenuiores, ceterum simillimi ; secunda- 
rii brevissimi (0,6--0,8 mm. longi), interdum subobsoleti, villis spicu- 
lam superantibus vestiti (non, ut Trin. ait, nudi). Spieule secundariæ 
4,5 mm. long&, lanceolatz, flavescendo-virides, villis involuerantibus 
duplo breviores; gluma I» membranaceo-chartacea, acuminata, acu- 
mine curvulo, ipso apice angustissime truneatula, marginibus inflexis, 
flexuris superne scabris, ceterum dorso glaberrima, preter nervos 
earinales tenuiter binervis, nervis superne anastomosantibus ; II“ lan- 
ceolata, aeutissima, carina superne scaberula, margine hyalino impli- 
cato ciliata, 3-nervis ; III I*» subzequans, lanceolata, acuta, hyalina, 
1-nervis, margine inflexo ciliata; IV* quam II^ '/, brevior, lineari- 
lanceolata, ad '/, v. fere ad medium in lacinias 2 acutissimas 
ciliata, aristam ex sinu emittens gracilem subperfectam 7—9 mm. 
longam, cujus columna oligospira e glumis non exserta subulä flavida 
multoties brevior. Palea quam gluma sua '/, brevior, oblongo-linearis, 
obtusa, ciliata. Stamina 1—2, antheris 1,5 mm. longis. Styli stigmata 
