268 MONOCOTYLEDÖNEE. THELEPOGON. 
visa 7—8-nervis ; II^ I*» subsuperans, late lanceolata, chartacea, acu- 
minata, sepe mucronata, dorso plano v. subeonvexo ecarinato rugis 
transversis brevibus 5—7 notata, marginibus anguste inflexa, triner- 
vis, glabra ; II primá paullo brevior, late lanceolata, obtusiuscula, 
hyalina, binervis, eiliolata, paleam angustiorem acutam subenervem 
glabram floremque c? antheris 2 mm. longis fovens. Gluma IV* III 
zquans, ovato-lanceolata, ad medium usque acute bifida, glabra, 3- 
nervis, nervis lateralibus in lobos exeurrentibus insuper ad arist® 
ortum eum medio anastomosantibus ; arista gracilis 20—25 mm. longa, 
columnä eastaneá glaberrimä subulam flavescentem subtortam subz- 
quante; ejus palea glumam IV** æquans, oblonga, breviter acumi- 
nata, binervis, hyalina, glabra. Antherz floris 8 4 mm. longe. Pedi- 
cellus sterilis linearis obtusiusculus spiculam subsuperans, curvulus, 
planus, dorso marginibusque apice scaber, sine rudimento spiculz, ab 
articulo rhacheos interstitio quodam lineari-oblongo separatus. 
India orient. Malabar, Concan, etc. (Hook. f. et Thoms. sub « Meos- 
€hio semisagittato »); Africa tropica : in Abyssinie montibus prope 
Dscheladscheranne (Schimp. nr. eit.),pr. Matamma-Gallabát (Schwein- 
furth 1044). 
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Subtribus 3, — ROTTB(ELLIE/E Benth. 
Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 19, p. 68; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Pl. 3, 
p. 1082 (excl. genn.); Rottbeelliaces (Tribus) Kunth Révis. Gram. 1, 
p. 150 nec Enum. (ubi eum Hordeaceis quibusdam mixtze). 
Spiculæ in racemos subcompositos v. spicas spurias multiarticulatos 
dispositze, ad quemvis rhacheos artieulate nodum ssepius binz raro 
tern v. obliterata spicula primaria singule, primaria pedicellata 
rarius fertilis, sepius d v. neutra v. nulla, pedicello solo relicto et 
hoe ipso interdum rhachi adnascendo obsoleto, secundaria sessilis, 
1—2-flora, flore superiore 8, demum cum rhacheos articulo aceum- 
bente deeidens. Gluma I™ marginibus anguste v. obsolete inflexis, 
dorso medio non carinata, reliquas non amplectens, IV* semper mu- 
tica, enervis v. nervis 1—3 discretis percursa. Rhacheos articuli 
(excepta Ratzeburgia) plus minus inerassati v. crassissimi, dorso sæ- 
pius convexi, facie exeisi et leviter excavati, marginibus areuatim 
descendentibus, eum pedicellis primariis iis accumbentibus v. adnatis 
cavum postice plerumque clausum formantes pro recipienda spicula 
sessili, cujus gluma II** cavum illud exacte explet atque per anthesin 
in eo immersa et invisibilis manet. Stamina semper 3. 
