214 MONOCOTYLEDONEJE. j ISCHEMUM, 
ciliolatis munitis; H® I" æquans, chartacea, ovato-lanceolata, acuta, 
mucronulata, carina superne latiuscule alata, 5-nervis, ciliolata; IV* 
ovata, ciliata, infra apicem acute bidentatum aristam jam medio 
concrescentem glumas parum superantem (ex Benth.—12 mm. lon- 
gam) exserens. Spicule pedicellatae 7—9 mm. longs, angustiores, 
violaceo-suffuse ; gluma I" late lanceolata, 5-nervis, carina laterali 
late alata; IV** arista e glumis haud exserta, reliqua ut in spieulis 
sessilibus, flores interdum hebetati v. g. 
Nova Hollandia : Queensland et N. S. Wales (cfr. Benth. l. c.). 
Descr. ad specim. imperfecta a cl. Mueller in Moreton Island lecta, 
notis quibusdam ex opere Benthami adjectis. 
9, I. australe (R. Brown! Prodr. p. 205 ampl.); culmis e basi 
decumbente erectis superne longe nudis, vaginze nodis longe barbatis; 
gluma I= spiculæ sessilis in '/, superiore elevato—7-nervi, IV** aris- 
tula e glumis non exserta. — Benth. Fl. austr. 7, p. 519; Meoschium 
australe Beauv. ap. R. et Sch. Syst. 2, p. 790 ; Andropogon. crypta- 
therus Steud. Synops. 1, p. 376. 
Culmi in parte erecta 60—90 em. alti, graciles, e nodo penultimo 
ramum floriferum fastigiatum agentes, glaberrimi, apice vix ineras- 
sati. Vagin® subcompress&, glabrae, summa subinflata elongata lami- 
nam—5 em. longam ferens. Ligula brevis, rotundata, rufo-membra- 
nacea, ciliolata. Laminz e basi angustata sessili sublanceolato-lineares, 
anguste, acuminatz, nervis ut in I. mutico. Racemi bini specie unus, 
3,5—7 em. longi, erassiuseuli, alter pedicello 5—7 mm. longo fultus ; 
articuli spicula subduplo, pedicelli ea subtriplo breviores. Spicule 
sessiles cum callo 1,5 mm. longo basi brevibarbi 7—8 mm. longe, 
oblique oblong&, livide bicolores : gluma I™ in '/, inferiore coriacea, 
in ’/, superiore chartacea, 7-nervis, nervis carinalibus rufis, ceteris 
viridibus, a medio parum angustata, acutiuscula, integra, superne 
alis angustis æqualibus subcoloratis minutissime eiliolatis munita, 
in !/, inferiore subcontracta, dorso plano rufo-punctieulata, obso- 
lete scaberula; II^ IP” zquans, ovato-lanceolata, membranacea, 
acuta, infra apicem obsolete alata, 3—5-nervis, glabra v. ciliolata ; 
IV’ quam II^ ?/, brevior, bidentata, ciliolata, aristam gracilem 2—4 
mm. longam haud exsertam emittens. Stigmata stylis duplo longiora. 
Spiculz pedicellatze 5—6 mm. longs, sessilibus similes nisi gluma I^ — 
carina laterali inde a basi anguste alata, 5-nervis; IV* breviter 
mucronata. Antherz 3 mm. longs. 
a, genuinum. Laminæ glabro, excepto margine lzeves. Articuli pedi- 
