RLIONURUS. —— ANDROPOGONEJE (AUCT. EDUARDO HACKEL). 335 
?5. E. eitreus (Munro ap. Benth. Fl. Austral. 7, p. 510); culmo 
ramis binis, altero elongato ; articulis spicula duplo brevioribus, altero 
margine villis acerescentibus, summis articulum aequantibus vestitis ; 
spiculæ sessilis gluma I"* in rostrum bifidum reliqua gluma parum 
breviorem protracta, spiculæ pedicellatze neutrius integra. — Andro- 
pogon eitreus R. Brown! Prodr. p. 203. 
Culmi 45—60 em. alti, graciliores, teretiusculi, e nodis 1—2 supe- 
rioribus ramos floriferos elongatos simplices agentes. Vagin® laxse, 
glaberrim:ze. Ligula longe ciliata. Lamine 10—20 em. long&, compli- 
cate, subfiliformes, 1 mm. late, rigidule, extus glaberrimze. Racemi 
cire. 7 cm. longi, crassi; terminalis breviter pedunculatus, axillares 
basi vaginati, sericeo-pilosuli, pallide viriduli v. subrufescentes, spicu- 
lis dense imbricatis; articuli dorso glaberrimi, altero margine dense 
longeque, altero brevissime parceque eiliati. Spiculæ sessiles cum 
callo obeonico acuto 2,5 mm. longo brevibarbi 12—14 mm. longze, 
laneeolatz : gluma I?» chartacea, rostro circ. 6 mm. longo in '/, 
superiore in lacinias 2 subulatas porrectas extus marginatas cum 
glumze carinis dense pectinato-ciliatas fisso, dorso glabra, nitens, vix 
scaberula, tenuiter 7-nervis ; II“ chartaceo-membranacea, lanceolata, 
acuminata, subcarinata, glaberrima; Ill obsolete ciliata. Anther& 
2 mm. longs. Styli stigmata »quantes. Pedicelli articulis brevius 
eiliati, ceterum similes. Spieule pedicellatze 7—9 mm. longze, angus- 
tius lanceolatzte ; gluma P™ acuminato-rostrata, integra, altero mar- 
gine implicata et carina alata, altero plana, glabra, 5-nervis; II“ in 
acumen setiforme producta, carina breviter ciliata, 3-nervis, reliqua 
0 v. gluma III: parvula. 
Australia : Queensland, Northumberland Islands (R. Eon: ; Na- 
tive Wells (ex Benth.); Port Denison (ex Müll. Fragm. 11, p. 129). 
. Pracedenti spicularum fabrica similis, sedes tamen speciei 
adhue subdubia, cum innovationes non viderim. 
** Vagins valde compressz, earinat®. Ligula glabra. 
6. E. platypus; Andropogon platypus Trin. in Mém. Ac. Petersb. 
ser. 6, vol. 2, p. 261; A. Donianus Benth. in Hook. Nig. Fl. p. 570 
(ex deser.). 
Innovationes valde compressz. Culmi 4-nodes, e nodis superioribus 
ramos i floriferos 2—3"^^, altero 9 slomgato,  subfastigiato, agentes. Vagi- 
nae ,basilares Laminz parum acutatze, 
innovationum 15—20 cm. longæ, planæ v. canaliculato-complicatæ, 
