258 MONOCOTYLEDONEJE. APOCOPIS, 
tulam basi subtortam 3—5 mm. longam exserens, rarius omnino mu- 
tiea, nervo uno Crasso p sa, glabra ; ejus palea glumá paullo brevior, 
ovata, truncata, hyalina, enervis, glabra ; floris superioris stamina O 
v. rarissime 2. Stigmata 4 mm. longa. Pedicellus sterilis ad basin spi- 
culæ 1—2 mm. longus, tenuis, ferrugineo-barbatus. 
India or.; in Himalaya bor.-oceid., reg. tropica (Hook. f. et Thoms.); 
Nepalia (Royle 357, Wall. 8843); Khasia reg. trop. (Hook. f. et Thoms.); 
Nicobarum ins. Teressa (Kamphövener inh. Havn.). 
2. A. Wightii (Nees! in Steud. Synops. 1, p. 377) ; annuus, spicu- 
lis arista perfecta spicula duplo v. triplo longiore instruetis. — Andro- 
pogon eourtallumensis Steud. 1. c. 
Culmi superne longiuscule nudi, e nodis 1—2 inferioribus ramos flo- 
riferos solitarios v. binos elongatos simpliees v. raro ramulo auctos 
edentes, rarissime simplices. Vaginz arcte v. laxiuscul& ; ligula 1— 
1,5 mm. longa. Laminæ e basi »quilata a vagina parum distincta 
lineares, acuminat&, plane, flaccidule, suberectz, virides, utrinque 
marginibus pilis basi tubereulatis longis hirsut& v. saltem ad nervum 
medium ejusmodi pilis obsitæ, costa media subtus prominente, nervis 
primariis utrinque 3—4 prominulis percursæ. Racemi semper gemini, 
longiuscule pedunculati, pilosi, fragillimi; articuli subgraciles, sub- 
oblique disjungentes, marginibus pilis rigidulis spadiceis v. rufescen- 
tibus raro fulvescentibus sursum aecrescentibus (summis articulo lon- 
gioribus) eiliati. Spiculæ obovatæ v. obovato-oblong&®, emarginat®, 
. (fere obcordatze), e flavo-viridi et spadiceo variegat, callo brevi acu- 
tiuseulo pilis rufis gluma 3-plo brevioribus barbato, 1—2 im: in quo- 
vis racemo mutic®, uniflor&, d v. neutre, reliqua biflore, aristatæ ; 
gluma I" chartacea v. membranaceo-chartacea, apice membranaceo 
obtusissima, emarginata et sspe denticulo medio obtuso munita, 
subeonvoluta v. saltem valde convexa, marginibus planis glabris v. 
ciliatis, dorso nervis viridibus 7—9 infra apicem abrupte desinentibus, 
inferne spadicea, superius flavo-viridula, infra apicem ssepe rubella ; 
II* I» longitudine zequans sed multo angustior, lineari-oblonga, trun- 
cata, subconvoluta, tricostata, inter costas depressa, chartaceo-mem- 
branacea, subspadicea ; I II^» subæquans, hyalina, obsoletissime 3- 
nervis, glabra, ejus palea glumam subsuperans, fere membranacea, 
linearis, obtusa, bidentula, enervis, marginibus implicata, glabra; 
floris g’ anther& 1,8 mm. longze; gluma IV* spieula paullo longior, 
linearis, chartaceo-membranacea, colorata, 1-nervis, ex apice obtu- 
siusculo scepissime bidentulo aristam exserens gracilem spicula 2'/,— 
