ANDROPOGON.  ANDROPOGONEJE (AUCT. EDUARDO HÁCKEL). 401 
Ligula exauriculata. Laminæ sensim acuminatæ, 8—15 cm. longæ, 
3—5 mm. latæ, flaceidule, patulæ, virides, costa media uninervi 
supra albolineata, nervis primariis utrinque 3—4, secundäriis inter 
illos crebris percursæ. Panicula foliosa densiuscula lineari-oblonga 
20—30 em. longa, ramis 2—5" glabris scaberulis, primariis inferiori- 
bus 3—4-nodibus, secundariis 1—2-nodibus, utrisque ramulos glome- 
ratos 4—5"** gignentibus. Spathe proprie 7—10 mm. long&, versus 
margines setis longis e tuberculis crassis ortis obsitze. Racemus spatha 
subbrevior, 6—8 mm. longus, racheos articulo altero tantum margine . 
breviter ciliato. Spiculze sessiles 3,5 mm. longs, lineari-oblongs : 
gluma I^* medio exsulea ; IV** arista 18—24 mm. longa, tenuis. Spi- 
culæ pedicellatze lanceolatze, gluma I^* carinis setis aliquot basi tuber- 
culatis inspersa. 
India or. : Caleutta (ex Roxb.); in Peninsula (Wright 1706) ; pr. 
Mangalur (Hohenack. Pl. Ind. or. ed. 1847 nr. 401); China (ex Hance); 
in Africa australi (ubi in feeno tantum inventa est) vix indigena (efr. 
Nees 1. c.). 
31. A. umbellatus; laminis e basi rotundata fere in pedunculum 
brevissimum constricta lineari-lanceolatis haud ultra 4 em. longis 
glabris, nervis lateralibus omnibus inter se equalibus. — Anthistiria 
heteroclita Thwaites Enum Pl. Zeyl. p. 366 non Roxb. 
Culmi subfiliformes, 30—60 em. longi, compressi. Vagin® superne 
ssepius tubereulato-hirtule rarius glabrae. Ligula ad latera in vagine 
auriculos 2 breves herbaceas fimbriatas abiens. Laminæ brevius acu- 
minatæ, 2—4 cm. longæ,4—6 mm. latze, iis Bambusearum mierophyl- 
larum haud absimiles, rigidæ, patentes, margine scaberrimze, ezete- 
rum læves v. subtus scaberuls, costa media tenuissima 1-nervi supra 
haud albolineata, nervis lateralibus arcte approximatis ereberrimis. 
Panieula foliosa laxissima, interrupta, 12—20 em. longa, ramis soli- 
tariis v. binis, glaberrimis, primariis 2—3-nodibus ramulosis. Spathae 
proprie 10—12 mm. longs, versus margines pilis szepe tuberculatis 
adspers®. Racemi breviter pedicellati, spatham æquantes, 7—9 mm. 
longi, articulo utroque margine (altero densius) ciliato, ciliis articulo 
duplo brevioribus. Spiculz sessiles 4,5 mm. long, lineares : gluma 
I» loco nervi medii sulco latiusculo haud profundo exarata ; IV» 
arista 12—14 mm. longa, tenuissima. Spicule pedicellatz lineari- 
lanceolatze, gluma I"* carinis scabro-ciliolatis nec setigeris. 
Ceylon : communis in regione altiore provincie centralis (Thwait. 
963). 
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