ERIANTHUS. — ANDROPOGONEJE (AUCT. EDUARDO HACKEL). 141 
Sindh (Stocks), Kasehmir, Tibet (ex Griseb., eujus planta verisimil. 
hzc subvar.), Belutschistan (Stocks), Persia borealis (Hausskn.) et 
austro-occid. (Pichler), Turkestania ad fl. Sarafschan et Maili, ad 
Ferganah, Chiwa; Somchetia (Szovits), ad mare Caspium, ad Pon- 
tum, in Cataonia (Hausskn.), Cilicia (Kotschy), Brussa (Noë), Rhodo 
(Berg). Specimina quzdam in Hispan. mer. pr. Lanjaron a me lecta 
hâc propior quam genuino ; orientalia quzedam ad genuinam vergunt. 
— Lana in specimine hb. vind. ab Anderssonio insignito einerascens 
nee purpurascens ut auetor dicit. 
3. Jamaicensis. Spieule 5,5 mm. long, pallidæ, lana involuerante 
albida. Gluma I^ et II^ longe acuminatz, II“ mucronata, III: etiam 
mucronata, IV: ciliata. Spiculze pedicellatze gluma II?* glabra.— Saech. 
jamaicense Trin. ! Mém. Ac. Petrop. ser. 6, vol. 2, p. 312. Erianth. 
jamaicensis Anderss. 1. c. p. 163. 
In ins. Jamaica sec. Trinium, sed specimen herb. vind. a Trinio 
insignitum indicatione loci natalis caret et fortasse in Europa mer. 
natum v. in Jamaicam illatum erat. 
9. E. Hostii (Griseb. Spicil. Fl. rumel. 2, p. 548); panicula 
lineari, stricta, ramis suberectis, spiculis oblongis obtusis. — Andro- 
pogon strictus Host Gram. austr. 2, p. 2, t. 2; Saceh. strictum 
Spreng. pug. p. 16 non Nutt. ; Ripidium strictum Trin. Fund. p. 169; 
Erianth. strietus Bluff. et Fingerh. Comp. Fl. germ. ed. 2, 1, p. 105 
non Baldw. ; E. orientalis C. Koch. in Linnæa 19 (1847), p. 5. Icon : 
Reichenb. Ic. fig. 1506. 
Rhizoma subrepens. Innovationes extravaginales, basi late squa- 
moss. Culmi 1—2 met. alti, pro altitudine graciles, 4—5-nodes, gla- 
berrim& v. infra paniculam parce scabro-pubescentes, superne lon- 
gius nudi. Vaginæ glaberrim: v. superne scaberule v. pilosulz, 
nodis glabris v. barbatis, imze squamseformes, straminez. Ligula 1— 
2 mm. longa, rotundato-truncata, rufescendo-membranacea, ciliolata. 
Laminæ lineares, eulmeze 30—40 em. longæ, 1—2 cm. latze, basi su- 
pra ssepius tubereulato-pilos®, subtus plus minus scabræ, supra lzeves, 
nervis lateralibus primariis utrinque 4—6, secundariis tertianisque 
crebris sibi valde approximatis, neutris prominentibus, percursz, Pa- 
nicula 15—30 em. longa, densiuseula, lobata, rhachi communi glabra 
seaberula v. laxissime pilosa ; rami rigidi, laxe pilosi, primarii solita- 
rii v. oppositi a basi ramulosi, ramulis plerumque binis simplicibus v 
raro tertianos agentibus a basi v. paullulum supra spiculiferis, ramis - 
primariis in '/,—'/, inferiore nudis. Racemi subgraciles,2—3 em. longi, — 
superiores ramulorum decrescentes, dilute et sordide violascentes, 
