486 MONOCOTYLEDONEJE. ANDROPOGON. 
plus minus discolorem basi laxe tortam æquante v. superante. Palea 0. 
Anther& 1,5 mm. longz; stigmata late linearia, purpurea, stylis duplo 
longiora. Spieule pedicellat® sessiles zequantes, neutre (raro c ?), 
lineari-lanceolatz v. lineari-oblong& : gluma I^* obtusiuscula, carinis 
rigide scabro-ciliolatis, ceterum glabra, 5—9-nervis, nervis inzequali- 
bus; I^ parum brevior, 3-nervis, lanceolata, marginibus implicatis 
ciliolatis; I ut in spieulis sessilibus, IV“ et stamina nunquam inveni 
(neque in spiculis a specim. authentico desumptis), ex Benthamio 
vero sæpe occurrunt. 
a. Varietates spiculse sessilis gluma I** in !5—'/» inferiore pr&sertim versus 
: margines breviter appresseque pilosula, carinis rigide ciliolatis («— 9). 
a, genuinus; panicula 10—-12 em. longa subsimplici, ramis omnibus 
racemum unum 3—5 cm. longum v. imis duos— tres ferentibus; 
spieulis sessilibus 4 mm. longis gluma I»: efoveolata, secus nervum 
medium levissime depressa, IIT* primá parum breviore. — A. Vachellii 
Nees! in W. Hook. et Arn. Beechy's. Voy. p. 243. 
Australia (Keppel Bay, Brown!); per totam fere Australiam sec. 
ntham, qui vero etiam varietates 9 et s et fortasse A. mieranthum 
var. Muelleri in A. intermedio suo — China pr. Macao 
(Vachell), Canton (Sampson); Ind. or. : Kamaon (Duthie in h. m.). 
— Ins. Aneitum (ex Seemann). 
ß, Haenkei ; panicula 12—16 cm. longa composita, ramis primariis 
racemos secundarios 4—8 ferentibus; spiculis sessilibus 3 mm. longis 
gluma I" efoveolata, secus nervum medium levissime depressa; 
racemis 2—3 cm. longis. — A. Haenkei J. S. Presl ! in C. B. Presl, 
Reliqu. Haenk. 1,.p. 340; A. Vachellii 8. perfectior W. Hook. et Arn. 
Beechy's. Voy. p. 243; A. leptanthus Steud. Synops. 1, p. 391; Rha- 
phis stricta Nees! in Hook. Kew. Journ. 2, p. 95. — Panicula race- 
mos usque ad 100 continens. Occurrunt in eadem panicula interdum 
spiculæ gluma I? leviter foveolata. 
China pr. Macao (Vachell), pr. Canton (Sampson); Luzon (Haenke, 
Cuming 1400), Ceylon (Thwait. 411 ex p.). 
y, caucasicus; panicula 8—10 cm. longa subsimpliei, ramis unirace- 
mosis vel subdivisis; spiculis sessilibus 3,5 mm. longis gluma I"* 
efoveolata, in !/, inferiore parce hispidula, II- quam I^* duplo bre- 
viore; arista 15 mm. longa. — A. caucasicus Trin.! in Mém. Ac. 
Petersb. ser. 6, vol. 2, p. 286; Sorghum (sic!) caucasicum Griseb. in 
Ledeb. Fl. Ross. 4, p. 476. — Reliquis varietatibus humilior. 
Caucasus orientalis (ex Trin.). 
