ANDROPOGON.  ANDROPOGONEJE (AUCT. EDUARDO HACKEL). 465 
in h. Vindob.). Fere species distincta; sed specimen parcissimum 
tantum vidi. 
B. Annui. — Culmi compressi, "ers plurinodes, altero latere alternatim applanati, glaber- 
rimi, striatuli. Vagin:e subcompress®, carinate, laxæ, glaberrimze, striate, Spieule 
sessilis gluma Ild? ovato ae carina superne sinuata (n. 80—83). 
* Racemorum alter sessilis, alter pedicello 3—6 mm. longo fultus. Lamins (etiam in sicco) 
plane, flaceidule, virides. Arista glumæ Ide (in spicula 8) erecta (n. 80—82). 
80. A. abyssinicus (R. Brown apud Fresen.in Mus. Senkenberg. 
vol. 2 [1837], p. 146); vaginis quam internodia brevioribus ; ligula 
ovato-rotundata 3—4 mm. longa; racemis 7—10 cm. longis dense 
albo-villosis, articulis dorso marginibusque villis rigidulis densis, sum- 
mis articulum sequantibus, vestitis. 
Culmi ascendentes, 40—60 cm. alti, simplices v. rarissime ramum 
floriferum edentes. Ligula pilis stipata. Lamine e basi squilata 
anguste lineares, 8—12 cm. longi, 2—3 mm. latze, acuminata, gla- 
berrimze v. pilis rarissimis adspers®, costa media erassiuscula subtus 
non carinata, supra latiuscule albolineata pereurs&, nervis lateralibus 
vix prominulis. Racemi crassiusculi; articuli spicula sessili 2-plo bre- 
viores, lineari-clavati, disjuncti apice cupula obliqua in dentem sublin- 
guiformem protracta coronati. Spicule sessiles 6—8 mm. longe, 
ovatz v. ovato-oblong&, pallide : gluma I=» obsolete bidentula, 
mutica, nunc carinis late alata nune vix marginata, subdistincte 5— 
7-nervis, toto dorso villis gluma paullo brevioribus rigidulis obtecta, 
callo 1,5—2 mm. longo sque barbato; IV* brevior, ad */, v. vix ad 
medium usque fissa, lobis longe ciliatis, gibba; ariste 17—24 mm. 
longs columna fusca glabra subulá duplo brevior; antherze hebetatze, 
vix 1 mm. longs, sine polline. Pedicelli articulos subsuperantes, com- 
planati, elavati, dorso et praitipue marginibus iiam villis ipsis '/,— 
duplo brevioribus. Spiculz p tes, oblongz v. - 
ovato-oblongz: gluma I^* nervis quam 20 pluribus, dorso longe villosa, 
inter apicis dentes aristam ipsa breviorem exserens ; II lanceolata, 
acuta, aristam brevem edens, dorso parce villosa ; IT" paullo brevior, 
hyalina, obtusa, longe ciliata ; IV* apice plus minus bidentata, mutica 
v. inter dentes mucronota, longe ciliata; antherze 3 mm. longze; ova- 
rium modo nullum, modo plus minus evolutum et stigmatiferum. 
Abyssinia in monte Scholada (Schimp. pl. Abyss. 223^ ; in h. Paris. 
922). 
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