ISCHEMUM, | ANDROPOGONE/E (AUCT. EDUARDO HACKEL). 241 
albis mollibus ipsis paullo brevioribus dense eiliatis. — Andropogon 
pilosus Klein ap. Willd.! Spec. 4, p. 920; Spodiopogon pilosus Nees 
ap. Steud. Synops. 1, p. 373 ; A. pilifer Steud. 1. c. 
Rhizoma stolones elongatos dense squamatos edens. Culmi ereeti, 
0,8—1 m. alti, subgraciles, teretes, multinodes, simplices, glaberrimi, 
superne breviter nudi, non incrassati. Vaginze (etiam nodis) glaberri- 
mæ. Ligula rotundata, 2—3 mm. longa, albo-membranacea, erosula, 
glabra. Lamin® sensim setaceo-acuminatz, medie 20—30 cm. long:e, 
5—7 mm. late, rigidule, patentes, glabr&, utrinque marginibusque 
plus minus scabræ v. leeviuscule, nervis lateralibus prominulis no- 
tate. Racemi fasciculati, subfastigiati, ereeto-patuli, 4—5 em. longi, 
erassiuseuli, pallidi, inferne breviter, superne longe pilosi; articuli 
pedicellique spicula '/,—2-plo breviores, erassiusculi, clavati, praeter 
cilia in superioribus longa patentia scaberuli. Spicul: sessiles anguste 
laneeolate, 6 mm. longs, callo minuto pilis */, glumse zequantibus 
dense barbato ; gluma I™ chartacea, a medio acutata, recta, integra, 
marginibus per totum decursum anguste implicatis, carinis seabris et 
pilis longis ciliatis, dorso plana v. leviter depressa dense (v. in spiculis 
inferioribus parce) longeque pilosa, prseter carinas 4-nervis, nervis 
anastomosantibus, intermediis brevioribus; II“ I" subsuperans, char- 
tacea, ovato-lanceolata, acuminata, a latere compressa, carina superne 
subsinuata longe parceque ciliata, marginibus hyalinis ciliolatis, 5-ner- 
vis, lateralibus anastomosantibus ; III: paullo brevior, lineari-oblonga, 
hyalina, binervis, ciliata: ejus palea membranacea, acuta, enervis, 
glabra; floris  antherze 1,5—2 mm. long&. Gluma IV: III^" zequans, 
membranacea, elliptico-lanceolata, inte ad medium usque bifida, lobis 
aeutis ciliolatis, inferne 3-nervi b llima6—9mm. 
longa, subconcolor, pallida, columná brevi: occultå, subulä rectä ; palea 
paullo brevior, subulato-lanceolata, enervis. Stigmata stylos sequan- 
tia. Spieulee pedicellate 4—5 mm. longe nunc sessilibus prorsus 
similes nisi sine flore cj et arista breviori v. minima, nunc ad glumam 
P= abbreviatam redactz. 
India orient. : Peninsula (Wight 1692, Wall. 8817); pr. Maisur 
(Heyne) ; pr. Assirgar (Kuntze in h. prop.); Bellary (leg.?); in distr. 
Chanda (Duthie). 
B. Vagine inferiores basi tomento copioso fulvo-cinereo erispo facile per pannos avellibili 
tecto, Lamina $neares. 
35. I. angustifolium; Andropogon binatus Retz.! Obs. = m 21 
Surre AU Prodromus VI. 
