ANDROPOGON. ANDROPOGONEZ (AUCT. EDUARDO HACKEL) . 463- 
In collibus siccis totius regionis Mediterrane® europe, africanse, - 
Asiæ minoris, Syriz, Palæstinæ; in Arabia petrza, Yemen ; in Abys- 
sinia ad Debra Eski 2600—3000 m. alt. (Schimper); in Africæ occid. 
montibus Camerun ad 2300 m. (Mann 2078); in insulis Canariensibus. 
Subvar. 2. in Sicilia, 3. in Abyssinia pr. Bellaka (Schimper). 
78. A. pratensis (Hochstett. Ms.); ligula brevissima truncata, 
laminis basi zequilatis, inferioribus 2—4 mm. latis, costa media tenui- 
cula subtus haud carinata supra anguste albo-lineata pereursis ; 
rhacheos articulis linearibus apice non v. obsolete appendieulatis, 
marginibus ad apicem usque rigidule ciliatis; spiculze sessilis 7—8 mm. 
longæ recte lineari-lanceolate gluma I" carinis inzequaliter alatis 
5—7-nervi. 
Culmi 40—60 em. alti, subrobusti. Vagin®, etiam imæ squamse- 
formes, glabre. Ligula ciliata. Laminæ stricte lineares, inferiores 
6—14 em. longs, acuminatz (acumine brevi nee setaceo), rigidulz, 
prope ligulam parce barbatz, ceterum glabrz v. pilis adspers®, 
exeepto margine leves. Racemi 6—9 cm. longi, graciliores, alter 
pedicello 6—10 mm. longo glabro fultus, erecti, violascentes : articuli 
spicula sessili '/, breviores, lineares, crassi, sed sursum non v. vix 
inerassati, oblique disjungentes, dorso facieque glabri, marginibus 
ciliis gilvescentibus accrescentibus, summis articulo subbrevioribus, 
vestiti. Spieulz sessiles violascentes, margine subinvolutze : gluma I” 
haud acuminata, valde inzequaliter bidentieulata, carina altera a 
medio ad apicem latiuscule alata, altera (exteriore) brevius et angus- 
tius alata, dorso glabra v. pilosa, nervis 5—7 manifestissimis extus 
prominentibus scabris pereurrentibus notata, callo brevissimo (1 mm. 
longo) obtuso, pilis ipso duplo brevioribus barbulato ; gluma IV* quam 
Im * brevior, ad ?/, usque fissa, laciniis subulato-lanceolatis ciliatis ; 
ariste gracilis 14—17 mm. longe columna intra glumas occulta 
subulä duplo brevior. Pedicelli apice edentuli. Spieule 9 5—6 mm. 
longs, lineari-oblong& : gluma I™ bidentata, dentibus sæpe divergen- 
tibus, inter dentes aristam gluma duplo breviorem exserens, angus- 
tissime alata ; II“ acutissima, mucronulata. 
Subvar. 1. genuinus; foliis excepta basi spiculisque sessilibus 
glabris; 2. pilosus; foliis sparse pilosis; spiculis sessilibus sæpius 
pilosis. 
Abyssinia : in pratis ad Debra Eski (3100 m. alt.) 1. Schimper (in 
h. berol., subv. 1), et loco speciali ignoto leg. idem. subvar. 2 (nr. 
1001 in herb. Paris.). 
