ELIONURUS, ANDROPOGONEJE (AUCT. EDUARDO HACKEL). 341 
dulze, costis paucis angulatæ. Racemus 3—4 em. longus, erassiusculus, 
densiflorus, obseure violascens; rhacheos subtenacis articuli spieula 
sessili subtriplo breviores, subgraciles, pilis rigidulis albidis patentibus 
articulum zquantibus hirsuti. Spicule sessiles 6 mm. longe; gluma 
I" chartacea, dorso toto patule albo-hirsuta, obsolete plurinervis ; 
II® carina superne pilosula, 1-nervis; IH: glabra, violascens. Spiculæ 
pedieellatze gluma P™ altero margine laxe implicata vix ciliata. 
Africa austr. in terra Caffrorum in montibus trans silvarum termi- 
nos (Ecklon). 
Obs. Verruez ad glumæ I» carinas interdum obsolete et gluma 
manifestius bidentata. Ita in specimine Zeyheri nr. 4475 e terra 
Capensi ; ejusmodi specimina ab E. argenteo »gre distinguenda tran- 
situm in hunc indigitant. 
82. Spiculæ pedicellatæ gluma I et II“ rostratæ v. aristatze, carinis 
non tuberculatis ; spiculæ sessilis gluma I™ carinis serie tuberculo- 
rum elevatorum penicillo pilorum coronatorum munita, sine striis 
balsamiferis. — Habrurus Hochst. in. pl. un. it. 1837 nr. 831 in 
nota. — Culmi graciles, plerumque 4-nodes, subcompressi, latere 
ramigero sæpius canaliculati. Ligula brevis, truncata, membra- 
nacea, ciliata. Racemus densiflorus, sericeo-pilosus. Spiculæ sessilis 
gluma I^ chartacea, bifida, biaristata, dorso subconvexa. Pedicelli 
articulos æquantes. Spiculæ leviter aromaticæ. , 
13. E. hirtifolius ; perennis; racemo a vagina summa remoto ; 
spicule sessilis gluma I"* breviter biaristata ; laminis obtusiusculis 
utrinque totaque longitudine hirsutis, rhacheos articulis exappendieu- 
latis. 
Innovationes intravaginales. Culmi erecti, 40—50 em. alti, infra 
nodos sericeo-barbati, superne longiuscule nudi, ecostati, simplices v. 
ramum floriferum brevem procreantes. Vaginze culmesze teretiusculz, 
arcte, superne pilosæ, internodiis longiores, innovationum compres- 
se, laxiuscule, hirsutz, imæ emortuæ stramineo-fucescentes, basi 
sericeo-villosze, summa culmea aphylla. Laminze superne haud angus- 
tats, ipso apice obtusiuscule, culmeæ 4—8 cm. longæ, 2—3,5 mm. 
late, innovationum multo longiores, omnes planz v. leviter canalicu- 
.  latz, rigide, patule, laete virides, inferne densius, superne laxius 
hirsutze, pilis basi tubereulatis, margine scaberrim&, nervis laterali- 
bus utrinque 3—4 subtus prominulis. Racemus 5—7 em. longus, 
