216 MONOCOTYLEDONEJE. ISCHJEMUM. 
5-nervis ; IV* mucronata, flos superior (an semper ?) etiam 5‘, reliqua 
ut in spieulis sessilibus. 
Nova Hollandia borealis ad Portum Darwinii (Schultz 30, 182) ; 
Roper River (F. Muell. ex Benth.). 
*** Articuli pedicellique basi ita exeisi, ut inter illos et spiculam porus orbicularis 
v. oblongus reliquatur (n. 11—14). 
t Spicul2 sessiles glabrz v. pilis paucis adsperse, piu ng — Perennia, innovationibus extrava- 
ginalibus basi subangustata rotundata lineares, plans, rigidule, costa media tenui 
supra latiuscule albo-striata percursz, nervis pessisdius siae prominulis. Racemi sibi yet 
articuli pedicellique inter se equales, zn. crassi. Spiculæ sessilis giuma I"* in 1/2 superio 
chartacea ibique ou side margine anguste implicata, intus nervosa ; Ilè mutica, superne 
lantum carinata, carina non sinuata; Il I?" subzquans, My e N ere 3- 
nervis, ejus palea ex similis, 2-nervis, marginibus implicatis, hyalinis. Antherz 2,5—3 mm. longs; 
eem IV* quam sm en brevior, oblonga v. lance olata, hyalina, 3-nervis, en ejus 
ea ipsam sub anregen ied er ager Stigmata st ylos zquantia. 
Spieule pedicellat® ein aullo breviores, gluma I» margine ita late implicata ut 
carina lateralis mediam cae IV* iier i^ eiiim: Bun Ära ut in spieulis 
sessilibus (n. 11—13). 
11. I. anthephoroides (Miqu. Prol. Fl. Jap. p. 357); culmis 
ultra 1 m. altis, vaginarum nodis barbatis, spiculis sessilibus oblongis, 
callo barbato, earum gluma I^" superne latiuscule alata, pilis rigidis 
adspersa. — I. barbatum Miqu. l. e. p. 179 excl. syn. ; Rottbeellia 
anthephoroides Steud. in Flora 1846, p. 22; Andropogon antheph. 
Steud. Synops. 1, p. 375. 
Culmi compressi, simplices, superne breviter v. longiuscule nudi, 
subincrassati. Vagin® subeompresse, superne carinatz, laxæ, mar- 
gine superne ciliatze, leves, summa cum lamina evoluta. Ligula bre- 
vissima, rufo-membranacea, truncata, ciliata. Lamin® setaceo-acu- 
minate, parce hirtule v. glabrescentes, margine scaberul®. Racemi 
7—10 em. longi, crassi ; articuli pedicellique spicula duplo breviores, 
angulis fere alatis, exteriore pilis rigidulis fulvis articulo 3—4-plo bre- 
vioribus, reliquis pilis albis mollibus brevibus ciliatis, pedicelli angulus 
interior infra apicem gibbus. Spicul& sessiles cum callo 2 mm. longo 
depresso basi pilis ipso duplo longioribus barbato 9 mm. longæ, oblon- 
gx, brunneo-virides, versus apicem rufescentes; gluma I acutius- 
cula, integra, carinis latiuscule alatis alá rufescente minute scabrá, 
versus margines raripila, superne elevato—5-nervis, inferne subener- 
vis, scabro-punctata; II® F= zequans, ovata, acuta. chartacea, infra 
apicem brevialata, 1-nervis, dorso scabra, marginibus minute ciliata ; 
III* lanceolata, marginibus implieatis eiliolata; IV* nunc integra, 
mutica, nunc ad '/, usque bifida, aristam exserens graeillimam—10 
