340 MONOCOTYLEDONEJE. ELIONURUS, 
bifida, carinis zequaliter ciliatis. — Andropogon tenuifolius Steud. 
Synops. 1, p. 365. 
Culmi 30—60 em. alti, compressi, plerumque 3-nodes, superne bre- 
viter nudi, simplices v. ramo florifero aucti. Vagin® teretiuscul®, 
arctæ, summa laminam brevissimam ferens, emortuse infimze fuscze, 
basi dilatatze, appresse pubescentes. Laminæ 10—30 em. longe, statu 
complicato 0,6—1 mm. late, depresso-triangulares, rigidulz, extus 
læves, costis 5—7 »qualibus intus parum (mediana non) prominenti- 
bus percurse. Racemi 6—15 cm. longi, crassi, ex dilute olivaceo et 
violascenti sepe variegati. Articuli villis summis '/,—2-plo longiores. 
Spieule sessiles 8—10 mm. longs, lanceolatze; gluma I"* herbaceo- 
chartacea, apice in lacinias 2 setiformes patulas divisa, carinis longe 
albo-eiliatis, dorso nunc toto v. basi tantum hirsuta nune scabra, 
tenuiter 8-nervis; II^ chartaceo-membranacea, dorso pubescens, 
margine ciliata; III: ciliata, basi violascens. Anther& 4 mm. longa. 
Spiculz pedicellatze angustius lanceolatze; gluma I»* acuminata, inte- 
gra v. subintegra, altero margine implieata et ciliata, altero plano 
glabra, 5—7-nervis. 
a, genuinus; culmi infra nodos plus minus barbati ; ER ad 
apicem usque leves; racemi densiflori; articuli spieulam sessilem - 
dimidiam subæquantes. Spiculæ sessiles late laneeolatze. 
Terra Capensis et Caffrorum (Zeyher, Ecklon—Drege 4474, Bur- 
chell 2607), Africa centr. (Serpa Pinto ex Hiern et Ficalho, subdu- 
bius). 
B, e@spitosus ; culmi glabri; lamin® in parte superiore marginis 
scabr&; racemi laxius floriferi; articuli spiculam sessilem dimidiam 
subsuperantes. Spieuls sessiles angustius lanceolate. — Andropogon 
cæspitosus Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2, p. 451. 
Abyssinia pr. Menira (Quartin-Dillon et Petit). 
12. E. thymiodorus (Nees! Fl. Afr. austr. p. 95); culmo infra 
nodos barbato ; laminis setaceis v. filiformibus ipso apice obtusiuseulo 
parce piliferis ceterum glaberrimis v. basi fimbriatis ; spiculze sessilis 
gluma I" lanceolato-ovata acutiuscula breviter obtuseque bidentula, 
carinis saepius verrucosis verrucis penieillato-pilosis. — Andropogon 
thymiodorus Steud. Synops. 1, p. 365. 
Culmi 25—40 em. alti, compressi, 2—3-nodes, superne longiuscule 
nudi, simplices. Vaginz subeompresse, arctæ, summa subaphylla, 
imæ emortuze fuscescentes, basi dilatatze, pubescentes. Laminze 8—12 
em. longze, sectione transversa trigonz, diam. 0,5—0,7 mm., flacei- —— 
