206 MONOCOTYLEDONER. ISCHAEMUM. 
pedicellatis oblongis subobliquis. — Andropogon cordatifolius Steud. 
Synops. 1, p. 376. 
Culmi late decumbentes, parte erecta 30—40 cm. longa, graciles, 
glaberrimi, purpurascentes, ramosi, ramis superioribus floriferis 
brevibus. Vaginz glaberrim&, aretze v. laxiuscule, summa ventri- 
cosa, internodiis multo breviores. Ligula oblonga, obtusa, pilosa. 
Laminæ inferiores petiolo 8—15 mm. longo filiformi fultze, superiores 
sessiles, ovato-lanceolatze et accutissimæ v. lanceolate et setaceo- 
acuminatz, 2—9 em. longs, 10—18 mm. latze, summa abbreviata, 
tlaceidul®, virides, utrinque pilis basi tubereulatis adspers&, margine 
scaberrimze, costa media tenui l-nervi instruct®, nervis lateralibus 
primum in baseos lobos descendentibus dein curvatis et apicem peten- 
tibus pereurse. Racemi 3—5 cm. longi, crassi, dense albo-v. fulvo- 
hirsuti, szepe violaceo-suffusi ; articuli spicula '/,—'/, breviores, crassi, 
demum suboblique disjuncti, tota superficie strigulosi, angulo exte- 
riore rigide ciliati (ciliis articulo 2—3-plo brevioribus), interioribus 
brevius et molliter ciliatis. Spieulze sessiles eum callo 0,8 mm. longo 
pilis ipso duplo longioribus barbato 5—7 mm. long:e, ovato-oblongze ; 
gluma I” subobliqua, obtusiuseula, bidentula, parte basilari coriacea 
superne sensim in chartaceam transeunte, a basi ad */, usque villoso- 
hirsuta, carinis inferne 2—3-nodulosa, superne submarginata ciliata, 
in '/, superiore tenuissime 7-nervis; II^ membranacea, ovata-oblonga, 
obtusa, carina ciliolata, tota pubescens, ciliata; III" quam I^^ paullo 
brevior, glabra, ejus palea 2-nervis, marginibus late implicata ; antherze 
2,5 mm. longze; IV* quam II“ paullo brevior, ad medium usque in 
lobos acutos glabros fissa; arista 9—15 mm. longa, columna fusca 
subulä subviolascente breviore. Palea glumam suam superans, lanceo- 
lata, 2-nervis. Spiculæ primaris pedicello 1 mm. longo eiliato fultze, 
5—6 mm. longæ, hirsutze ; gluma I“ prater carinas subcoriaceas 
omnino chartaceo-membranacea, inferne 2—3-nodulosa, exalata, 
tenui-7—9-nervis ; I^ acuta ceterum perinde ac II: et palea ut in 
spieulis sessilibus ; IV* mutica. 
Asia (Hügel in h. Vind.); Caleutta (ex Roxb.) ; Malabar et Concan 
(Hook. f. et Thoms. « Spodiopogon 7 »); Ceylon (ex Thwait., n. v.). 
** Gluma ps transverse rugosa, rugis crebris, elevatis. — Annua. Vaginæ laxæ, summa in 
ramis aphylla, in culmo laminam brevissimam ferens. Laminæ flaceidule, virides. 
Spiculæ sessilis gluma Ilia tota longitudine carinata; III^ glabra. Spieule pedicel- 
latæ dimidiato-oyatz (n. 3, 4). 
3. I. rugosum (Salisb. Ic. 1, t. 1.); laminis e basi sensim 
