138 7. | MONOCOTYLEDONER. ERIANTHUS, 
sequantes. Spieule primarie seeundariis simillimze nisi gluma Tr 
preter nervos carinales 1—3 nervis. (Descriptio culmi, foliorum, 
paniculæ, racemorum ex Trin., reliquorum ex autopsia). 
Ins. Nukahiva ex Trin. (Vidi spieul® ex herb. Acad. Petropol.). 
Obs. Habitu racemorum Miscantho sinensi simillimus, nee ab hoc 
genere alia nota quam rhachi fragili diversus, idque cum Eriantho 
quam arctissime jungens. 
C. Triandri, gerontogei (Ripidium Trin. fund., p. 169). Spicule secundaris 
smpissime sessiles, demum cum rhacheos fragilis articulo accumbente 
decidus, rarissime pedicellatze, rhachi tum tenaci. 
a. Panicule rhachis communis racemos infimos pluries superans. (Spec. 7—17.) 
a. Arista imperfecta, ex apice integro v. breviter bidentato exserta. Rhachis semper fragilis. 
(Spec r) 
* Arista spieulam æquans v. ea brevior v. paullo (ad summum sesqui-) longior, 2—6 mm, 
longa. — Lamin:e basi sensim angustat®, setaceo-acuminatæ, glaucescentes, preter 
basin barbatam glabræ, tiec Scaberrimz. Gluma Ilda dorso glaberrima, margine 
hyalino superne ciliolata; IIT? Ima" gubæquans v. ea !/, brevior, 1— 3-nervis, hya- 
lina, ciliolata ; IVa allen (Spec. 7—9.) 
t Racemi elonga i (5—8 cm. penu multiarticulati, articnlis glabris v. hine inde pilis parcissimis adspersis, 
m zquantibus v, superantibus. (Spec. 7.) 
7. E. maximus (Brogn. Voy. Coqu. Bot:, p. 97); Saccharum 
maximum Trin. Mém. Ac. Petersb. ser. 6, vol. 4, p. 92; Erianth. 
floridulus Anderss. l. c., p. 162 nec Schult. 
Culmi gigantei, robusti, ad apicem usque foliati, infra paniculam 
. parce pubescentes. Vagin® collo pubescentes ceterum glaberrimz ; 
ligula rotundato-truncata 2—3 mm. longa, fusco-membranacea, cilio- 
lata, pilis stipata. Laminze sublanceolato-lineares, circ. 70 cm. longze, 
3 cm. late, practer margines leves, nervis primariis lateralibus cre- 
bris a secundariis crebrioribus vix distinetis non prominentibus per- 
 curss. Panicula 30—40 em. longa, oblonga, superne effusa; rami 
primarii usque 20 em. longi, oppositi, basi cum ramulis secundariis 
tertianisque semiverticillos forfnantes, superius quoque alternatim 
ramauon secundarios iden. Racemi graciles, pallidi, albovillosi ; 
c iculam , lineari-filiformes, compressi, præter mar- 
gines minute ciliatos apicemque parcissime. ec v. nudum nae 
