ISCHEMUM. _ ANDROPOGONEJE (AUCT. EDUARDO HACKEL). .. 909 
floriferis subfastigiatis, raro simplices, superne breviter nudi, apice 
clavati. Vagina teretiuseulie, superne carinatz, ventricosse, pilis basi 
tuberculatis adspersz, inde hirtule, nodis glabris, summa laminze 
rudimentum gerens. Ligula oblonga, 3 mm. longa, obtusa, pilosa. 
Laminz inferiores petiolo 6—8 mm. longo fultæ, superiores sessiles, 
3—10 em. longis, 10—18 mm. late, setaceo-acuminatze, flaccidulæ, 
utrinque pilis parcis adspers& v. glabrie, margine scaberrimze, tenui- 
nerves, nervis lateralibus in baseos lobos descendentes, dein recurvis 
apicemque petentibus. Racemi crassi, 3—4,5 em. longi, alutacei, 
parce pilosi; articuli spicula duplo breviores, erassissimi, elavati, 
demum suboblique disjuneti, angulo exteriore pilis fulvo-griseis rigi- 
dulis suberectis artieulo 3—4-plo brevioribus, angulis internis pilis 
brevissimis albis mollibus patentibus eiliati. Spiculze sessiles cum callo 
0,8 mm. longo pilis ipsum duplo u. barbato 6 mm. long ; 
gluma I^^ subobliqua, obt la, integra, in '/, inferiore cartilaginea, 
rugis 4—5 validis. notata, nn in Y, superiore chartaceo-mem- 
branacea, carinis non alatis, scabris, tenui-7-nervis, nervis non 
anastomosantibus; I“ I" æquans, ovata-oblonga, obtusiuscula, 
carina scaberula, ceterum glaberrima, 1-nervis; II quam IT: paullo 
brevior, lanceolata, l-nervis, glabra; ejus palea binervis ; antherze 
2,5 mm. longæ ; IV: quam II^ parum brevior, ad '/, in lobos acutos 
glabros fissa, 3-nervis, basi hyalina, superne membranacea; arista 
12—16 mm. longa columnä fuscä glaberrimá subulam albidam inferne 
laxe tortam subaequante; ejus palea glumam superans, superne 
scabro-punctata. Spicule primarie pedicello 1 mm. longo latissimo 
glabro v. extus eiliato insidentes, 5 mm. longs, sessilibus arcte 
appressz: gluma I" in '/, inferiore coriacea, rugis 2—3, in */, supe- 
riore carina altera anguste alata, alâ ciliatä, 7—9 nervis; IV* mutica, 
reliqua ut in spiculis sessilibus. 
a, genuinum. Spiculæ glabr®. Articuli dorso lzeves. 
Bengalia (ex Roxb.) Asia (Hügel in h. vind. 2629). 
£, dasyanthum. Gluma I™ saltem in spieulis superioribus appresse 
villosa. Articuli non solum marginibus, sed etiam carina dorsali 
pilosi, ceterum scabri. Racemi subviolascentes. 
* Asia (Hügel in h. vind. 2081). 
Obs. J. eonjugato Roxb. satis affine. 
: a Y, brevior. Culmi subcompressi, infra racemos 
et sibi arete appressos longiuscule nudi. Vagina nodis glabris (n. 5, 6). — 
5. K. commutatum; laminis omnibus basi profunde eiue 
SUITE au Prodromus VI. 
