ARTHRAXON, | ANDROPOGONEJE (AUCT. EDUARDO HACKEL). 353 
Nepalia (Wall. in h. Hornem., Royle 220, 221, 222. Duo ultima 
specimina articulos exhibent parcius breviusque ciliatos v. inferiores 
glabriuseulos, callumque nudum). 
6. A. euspidatus (Hochst. in Flora 1856, p. 188); spieulis 5—7 
mm. longis, gluma I™ integra v. minutissime bidentula. — Andropo- 
gon (Batratherum) cuspidatus Hochst, in Sehimp. Pl. Abyss. un. it. 
1438, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2, p. 456. 
Culmi 30—50 em. alti, superne breviter v. minime nudi, ramis 
floriferis solitariis. Vaginæ inter costas saltem superne pilis basi tuber- 
culatis vestitæ v. dejectis pilis tubereulato-scabrz, summa cum lamina 
brevi angusta. Laminæ tenui-acuminate?, 3—7 em. long, 0,6—1,5 
cm. late, flaceidule, utrinque parce et tenuiter tuberculato-pilosz, 
laxe serrulato-ciliatze. Spice spuriæ a vagina summa parum distantes, 
ad rhacheos communis brevis pilosul& internodia altern&, superiores 
simplices, inferiores basi divise, primaric breviter pedicellatze, omnes 
graciles, 3—5 em. longe, valde sericeo-piloss ; articuli dimidiam 
spiculam sessilem szequantes, dense ciliati. Spieulz sessiles suboblique 
lineari-lanceolatze, 5—7 mm. long&, callo breviter parceque barbato ; 
gluma I": herbaceo-membranacea, a '/, inferiore sensim attenuata, 
acutissima, nervis 6—9 viridibus percursa ; Il“ acuminata, mucronata, 
glabra, 3-nervis ; III* primá duplo brevior, lineari-oblonga, obtusius- 
cula; IV** arista gracillima 10—14 mm. longa, columnä vix e glumis 
exsertä quam subula subduplo breviore. Antherz 0,6 mm. longe. 
a, genuinus; spieulis pedicellatis tabescentibus uniglumibus 2—3 
mm. longis subulato-lanceolatis muticis, gluma 3-nervi scaberrima 
ssepe violascenti. — Folia et spiculæ majora (dimensionum majorum 
in descriptione indicatarum). Articuli pilis ipsos aequantibus ciliati. 
Gluma I"* spiculæ sessilis longe attenuata, 9-nervis, secus nervos 
valide aculeolata ; II“ longiuseule cuspidata. — Huc syn. supra cit. 
Abyssinia in montibus pr. Dscheladscheranne (Schimp. 1438). 
B, micans ; spiculis pedicellatis sæpius nullis v. uniglumibus brevis- 
simis ; pedicello semper przesente articulos zequante, eis simili. — Folia 
et spieule minora. Racemi szpe a vagina summa longius remoti. 
Articuli pilis ipsis '/, brevioribus eiliati. Spieule sessilis gluma I: 
brevius attenuata, 7-nervis, secus nervos punctis acutis exasperata; 
II^ breviter cuspidata. — Batratherum micans Nees! in Ann. and 
Mag. nat. hist. 7, p. 220; Andropogon mieans Steud. Synops. 1, 
p. 382; Arthraxon micans Hochst. in Flora 1856, p. 188; Pleuroplitis 
major Regel in Bull. Ac. Petersb. 5 (1866), p. 750 (excel. syn. Luc. 
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