352 MONOCOTYLEDONER. ARTHRAXON, 
latere subeompresse, callo parce piloso. Gluma I”* membranacea, a 
1/, inferiore angustata, acutissima, distinctius v. obsoletius 5—7-nervis, 
nervis superne scaberrimis; II“ acuta, in setulam 0,5—0,8 mm. lon- 
gam ssepius patulam abiens, 1-nervis ; II: quam I" 2—3-plo brevior, 
lanceolata, acuta; IV* minute obtuseque bidentula aristam exserens 
tenuissimam 5—10 mm. longam, columna intra glumas latente v. 
subexerta brunnea subulä violascente subduplo breviore. Antherz 
0,4 mm. longa. 
a, genuinus. Spieule ad quemvis rhacheos nodum bins, altera 
pedicellata, pedicello spicula sessili 3-plo breviori ciliato, tabescens, 
1,5 mm. longa, elliptico-lanceolata, biglumis, glumis acutis muticis 
scabris, I»* 5-nervi. — Andropogon microphyllus Trin in Mém. Ac. 
Petersb. ser. 6, vol. 2, p. 275 (forma macra, paucispicata, microphylla; 
auctoris errorem quod ad glumam IV*^» « supra basin usque bifidam 
et ex fissura aristatam » attinet jam correxit ad specimina authentica 
el. Regel loco infra eit.); Psilopogon Schimperi Hochst. in Schimp. Pl. 
Abyss. n. 96 ex p., et in A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2, p. 447 ; Ps. 
Figarei Notar. Ind. sem. hort. Genuens. 1852, Ann. sc. nat. ser. 3, 
19, p. 370 ; Batratherum Schimperi Nees ! ap. Hochst. in Flora 1856, 
p. 177; Arthraxon microphyllus et A. minor Hochst. in Flora 1856, 
p. 188; Andropogon multicaulis Steud. Synops. 1, p. 383; Pleuroplitis 
microphylla Regel in Bull. Ac. Petersb. 5 (1866), p. 749 et Pl. Schim- 
peri id. 1. e. p. 747, Lucaea Schimperi Steud. 1. c. p. 414 ex ipso. 
. Nepal (Wall. 8828 B, Hook. f. et Thoms.), planities Ganget. sup. 
(iidem), Khasia montes (iidem), Peninsula Ind. or. (Wight 1686), 
Ceylon (Thwait. 3136); Abyssinia (Schimp. 96 ex p.), Kordofan (Figari 
ex Notar.). 
Obs. 1. A. minor Hochst. (Psilopogon Sehimperi Hochst.) nullo 
modo differt a typo indico nisi spiculis paullulum majoribus longiusque 
aristatis. 
2. In Wallichii speciminibus 8828 B signatis inveniuntur interdum 
in eodem racemo spicule gemin® in ejus parte superiore, solitariee in 
nferiore ; etiam el. Thwaites in Enum. Pl. Zeyl. p. 368 dicit : « Basin 
versus spicarum spiculæ pedicellatze szepissime desunt. » Quod demon- 
strat, spieulis geminis solitariisve species non distinguere posse, 
omnibus reliquis congruentibus. 
B, laneifolius. Spieule ad quemvis rhacheos nodum solitariz sine 
rudimento pedicelli alterius spieule. — Andropogon lancifolius Trin. 
in Mém. Ac. Petersb. ser. 6, vol. 2, p. 271; Batratherum molle Nees! 
ap. Steud. Synops. 1, p. 382; Arthraxon laneifolius Hochst. in Flora 
1856, p. 188 ; Pleuroplitis lancifolia Regel 1. e. p. 756. 
