ISCHJEMUM. ANDROPOGONEJE (AUCT. EDUARDO HACKEL). 211 
consperse, margine scaberrim&, costa media erassiuscula munita, 
nervis lateralibus non prominentibus. Racemi crassi 4 em. longi; arti- 
euli pedicellique spieula '/, breviores, erassissimi, elavati, angulis 
apice in dentes 3 protractis, exteriore pilis fulvis rigidulis erecto- 
patulis acerescentibus (summis articulo '/,—2-plo brevioribus) dense 
ciliato, interioribus glabris scaberulis, faciebus flavo-nitentes. Spiculae 
sessiles cum callo 2 mm. longo latissimo basi pilis ipsum subaequan- 
tibus parce barbato 8 mm. longse, late oblongæ, bicolores : gluma I^ 
obtusa, in ?/, inferiore coriacea et nitidissima, ochracea, estriata, mar- 
ginibus anguste involuta, medio impressione profunda lunulata 
(areu sursum ascendente) notata, margine ad hujus impressionis basin 
subconstrieta et nodulum utrinque exhibens, intus visa tenuiter 
11-nervis, in '/, superiore chartacea, viridi-striata, carinis inzequaliter 
alata, ala latiuscula, alba, glabra, ssepe erosula; II“ I» subsuperans, 
chartacea, obtusiuseula, medio dorso gibbo prominente coriaceo nota- 
ta, in '/, superiore carina late albo-alata munita, obsolete 5-nervis, 
superne ciliata; II: quam I"* paullo brevior, hyalina, 1-nervis, mar- 
ginibus implicatis ciliata; ejus palea oblonga, membranacea, enervis, 
glabra; IV* quam II“ subduplo brevior, lineari-oblonga, membrana- 
cea, glabra, in '/, superiore bidentata, e medio dorso aristam abrupte 
exserens validam 22—24 mm. longam columnä fuscá glaberrimá subu- 
lam albidam basi subtortam subzquante; ejus palea glumam suam 
subsuperans, oblonga, obtusa, hyalina, glabra. Spiculze pedicellatze 6 
mm. longs, c, ovato-oblong®, virides, glaberrim:e ; gluma I™ obtusa, 
herbaceo-chartacea, dorso 13—17-nervis, altera carina anguste mar- 
ginata altera ala lata a basi incipiente viridi-nervosa munita; II^ 
ovata, membranacea, sub apice breviter alato-carinata, 7-nervis ; 
HF et palea ut in spieulis sessilibus, IV* inter dentes breviter mucro- 
nata. 
Asia (Hügel 4018 in h. Vindob.). 
b. Gluma Ima spicul® sessilis sine nodulis rugis v. impressione semilunari. — 
Racemi appressi v. erecto-patuli, articulis acute trigonis. Spiculæ sessi- 
lis gluma Ima in !/s —?/s superiore marginis acute implicata inde bicari- 
nata, in parte inferiore late obtuseque incurvata v. subinvoluta Ham 
amplectens; III* lanceolata, acuta, rigidula (membranacea v. chartaceo- 
membranacea), 1—3-nervis; IV* varia, ejus palea lineari-lanceolata v. 
subulato-lanceolata, hyalina, glabra. Spiculze pedicellatse gluma I^» pes 
tantum latere, hoc vero late implicata, parte implicata interdum re 
quam æquante, quo fit ut carina pro specie media appareat (n. 90. 5I 
a. Racemi bini (rarissime plures). Rhachis fragilis (n. 7—25). LA 
