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Steud. Synops. 1, p. 383; Lucaea plumbea, violacea, eiliata Steud. 1. 
€. p. 414; L. major Hochst. in Schimp. Pl. abyss. n. 1829; Arthraxon 
major Hochst. in Flora 1856, p. 188; A. Sehmidtii et A. Schimperi 
Hochst. 1. c.; Psilopogon Schimperi Hochst. in Schimp. Pl. abyss. n. 
96^ ex ipso Hochst. in Flora l. c.; equidem nunquam alium sub hoc . 
nomine divulgatum vidi quam A. microphyllum Hochst.— Culmi 20— 
50 em. alti; laminæ 2—4 em. longe, 7—12 mm. late, flaceidule. _ 
Spies; 2—3 em. longs, graciles; articuli omnes pilis acerescentibus 
(summis articulo circ. 3-plo brevioribus) eiliati. Gluma I” in '/, supe- 
riore aculeolata, in '/, inferiore punctato-scabra, 9-nervis ; ariste 9— 
10 mm. long& genu vix e glumis exsertum. 
India or. (Peninsula, Wight 1683), Wall. 8833 A (violaceus Nees), 
Nepal (?, in h. Nees); Abyssinia (Quartin-Dillon et Petit; Schimp. 
1829); ins. Promont. Virid. (ex Sehmidt). 
n, coloratus ; laminis tuberculato-pubescentibus; spieulis 2,5—3 
mm. longis, pedicello sterili nullo. — Arthraxon coloratus Hochst. in 
Flora 1856, p. 188; Pleuropl. Quartin 2, tenella Regel l. e. p. 759 
(Pl. tenella Desv. in h. Paris.). Pusillus, 15—25 cm. altus; laminæ 
1,5—2,5 longs, 5—7 mm. late. Spies -1,5 em. longe, gracillimz, 
pedunculo communi longo insidentes. Articuli omnes parce breviterque 
ciliati. Spicule ssepius atro-violacez.. Gluma I: 7-nervis, aculeolato- 
scabra, arista 6—8 mm. longe (spicula subtriplo longioris) genu 
exsertum. 
Abyssinia (Schimp. in h. Mus. Par. 202 et 1532). 
$9. Hookeri; laminis ut in var. æ; articulis spieule dimidium 
sequantibus; spiculis 6 mm. longis; pedicello sterili 1 mm. longo. — 
Culmi ultra 70 em. longi. Spieze 3 em. longs, subrobusts. Articuli 
omnes parce breviterque ciliati. Spiculæ latiuscule laneeolatz ; gluma 
I^ 11-nervis, ad nervos dense spinulosa, inferne punctata. 
Sikhim in reg. trop. (Hook. f. et Thoms. sub Batrath. echinato 
ex p.). | 
t, glabrescens; laminis pr&ter marginem glabris ; articulis */, spicu- 
lg »quantibus, inferioribus glabris; spiculis ut in var. a; pedicello 
sterili spicula 3-plo breviori. — Arthrax. glabrescens Anderss. in h. 
Berol. — Culmi 25—30 em. alti. Vaginz præter margines glabræ. 
Laminæ 2,5—4 em. longe, 9—14 mm. late; spicæ pedunculo com- 
muni breviter exserto fulte, graciles, 3—4 em. long: ; articuli supe- 
riores parce breviterque ciliati. Pedicellus sterilis breviter ciliatus v. 
glaber. | 
Nepal (Wall. 8833 C); Himalaya bor. occ. (Hook. f. et Thoms. sub 
