458 MONOCOTYLEDONEJE. ANDROPOGON. 
Beechy’s Voy. p. 239. Racemorum pedunculus communis superne 
scabro-puberulus e spatha non exsertus. Rhacheos articuli ciliis ipsos 
subæquantibus. Arista glumæ IV** ciliolatæ 20—22 mm. longa, 
columná indistincte geniculata v. recta, scaberula. Spiculæ pedicella- 
tæ gluma I™ ciliis gluma '/, brevioribus, 7—9-nervis, nervis æquidis- 
tantibus. 
China : Macao et in insulis adjacentibus (Vachell). 
74. A. Schinzii ; spicula pedicellata 5 4-glumi paleata, sessilem 
squante, ejus gluma I" 7—9-nervi aristam ipsä squilongam exse- 
rente. 
“ Innovationes extravaginales, basi squamis firmis einet@. Culmi 
ereeti, graciles, 1—1,2 m. alti, teretes, laeves, e nodis superioribus 
ramos floriferos solitarios simplices elongatos graciles suberectos 
superne subfastigiatos agentes. Vagin® teretes, arctze, glaberrime. 
Ligula 1—1,5 mm. longa, truncata, emarginata, membranacea, colo- 
rata, glabra. Lamins e basi subangustata rotundata sublanceolata- 
lineares, setaceo-acuminat&, 10—15 em. longæ, 4—6 mm. lat, pla- 
næ, rigidule, utrinque glauc® et scaberul®, margine scabrz, praeter 
fimbriz basilares v. omnino glabr&, costa media tenui uninervi, ner- 
vis lateralibus non prominulis. Racemi bini, erecto-patuli, 5—8 cm. 
longi, robusti, a vagina summa non spathiformi laminà subsetaceä 
2—5 em. longá predita plus minus remoti, alter subsessilis, alter 
peduneulo 4—7 mm. longo fultus. Articuli pedicellique spicula sessili 
subduplo breviores, subelavati, crassiuseuli, appendice scarioso obli- 
que cupuliformi inzqualiter dentato coronati, pilis albis rigidulis 
accrescentibus, summis articulum aquantibus, dense eiliati. Spieule 
sessiles lineari-oblongz a latere vise semilanceolat@, 6—7 mm. lon- 
ge, pallidæ : gluma I™ chartacea, linearis, obtusa, minute bidentata, 
marginibus latiuscule inflexa, carinis superne aculeolato-scabris, gla- 
bra, 4—6-nervis (nervis prope carinas confertis), callo brevissimo, 
obtuso, villis gluma 3—4-plo brevioribus barbato ; II** I*» subsupe- 
rans, compressa, membranacea, late lanceolato-navieularis, acute 
carinata, ex apice obtuso emarginato aristam exserens rectam patu- 
lam glum:e :equilongam, 2—3-nervis, carina scabra, margine ciliata ; 
IIT I» zequans, linearis, obtusa, hyalino-membranacea, enervis, mar- 
ginibus implieatis ciliata ; IV* II^» subzequans, submembranacea, in '/, 
superiore acute bifida, dorso non gibba, inferne 3-nervis, ciliolata ; 
arista 20—25 mm. longa, gracilis, columna recta scabra castanea 
subulam paullo pallidiorem rectam subzquante. Palea glumä IV* 
