376 MONOCOTYLEDONEZR. ANDROPOGON. 
rigide, glauco-virides, subtus glaberrim®, supra scabra v. basi scabro- 
puberulz et insuper hinc inde pilis adspersz, margine scabrze, struc- 
tura ut in speciebus przacedentibus sed nervi laterales prominuli. 
Spathe proprie 5—6 cm. long&, angustz, laminz rudimento termi- 
nate, glabr&, livide virescentes, pedunculo glabro plus minus bre- 
viores. Racemi 4 em. longi, subgraciles, livide violascentes, extus 
glabrescentes; articuli clavati apice 1 mm. lati (spicula angustiores), 
appendice cupulato profunde et inzequaliter bifido (lobo altero acuto) 
coronati, margine exteriore ciliis parcis acerescentibus, summis arti- 
culo brevioribus, vestiti. Spieule sessiles lanceolate, 6 mm. longe: 
gluma I^^ coriaceo-herbacea, integra, marginibus angustissime impli- 
cata, carinis submarginatis scabris, preter nervos carinales obsolete 
5-nervis, dorso convexo glabra, callo brevi pilis ipso brevioribus 
stipato ; II^ I^ zequans, late lanceolata, membranacea, carina infra 
apicem sinuata ciliolata, dorso scabra, 1-nervis, in setam ipsa 2-plo v. 
plus duplo breviorem abiens; III* primá '/, brevior, lineari-oblonga, 
obtusiuscula, marginibus implicatis ciliolata, obsolete binervis ; IV* 
M= zequans, ovali-oblonga, ad medium usque fissa, ciliolata, inferne 
3-nervis; ariste 20 mm. longe columna subulam basi undulatam 
sequans. Palea parvula. Pedicelli articulis paullo longiores, tenuiores, 
vix elavati, obsoletius cupulati, cupula unidentata, margine articulum 
spectante ciliati. Spicula tabescens lineari-lanceolata 5 mm. longa; 
uma I"* acuta, herbacea, in setulam 1,5 mm. longam abiens, carinis 
marginatis scabra, obsolete 5-nervis, Hè I” æquans, acuta, 1-nervis ; 
TIP ut in spicula sessili, reliqua 0. 
Africa centr. in terra Djur ad fl. Tokulo (Sehweinf. Pl. Afr. centr. 
4271). 
** Spicule sessilis arista column& e glumis vix exsertä. Spicule pedicellats maseulz, 
4-glumes, muticæ, sessilibus parum breviores. 
15, A. cirratus Hack. in Flora 1885, p. 119. 
Innovationes extravaginales. Culmi 50 cm. alti, graciles, teretius- 
culi, e nodo penultimo ramum floriferum brevem procreantes v. sim- 
plices, Vagin® teretiuscule, glaberrimz, elevato-costat®. Ligula 
oblonga, 2 mm. longa, rotundato-truncata, glabra. Lamin® e basi 
angulata sublanceolato-lineares, longissime setaceo-acuminatze, 8—12 
cm. long, 3—4 mm. latz, læte virides, rigidulze, glabræ v. innova- 
tionum basi laxe fimbriate, margine remote spinuloso-eiliat®, cete- 
rum leves, costa media subtus non carinata, intus parenchymate 
