500 MONOCOTYLEDONEJAE. ANDROPOGON, 
$1. Lodieule eiliate. Panicule rami primarii verticillati. Spieule 
pedicellat@ 5, 4-glumes, rarius neutra 1—2-glumes. — Sorghum 
Benth. et Hook. Gen. pl. 3, p. 1135 (n. 102—107). 
A. Ovarium glabrum. Racemi saltem ramorum primariorum 3— 8-artieulati 
(n. 102—106). 
a. Panicule rami primarii ramulosi. Vagins nodi minutissime appresseque 
uberuli. Racemorum rhachis, pedicellique et ssepius spiculze 2 breviter 
albo-pilosule (n. 102). 
102. A. Sorghum Brot. Fl. lus. 1, p. 88 ampl.; Koernicke et 
Werner, Handb. d. Getreidebaues 1, p. 294. 
Culmi robusti, 0,6—1,5 m. alti, erecti, teretiusculi, simplices v. 
ramos floriferos v. foliiferos 1—2 breves agentes, superne striatuli, 
ceterum glaberrimi, infra nodos sæpissime cera vegetabili e baeillis 
minutis formata (conf. De Bary in Botan. Zeitung 1871 nr. 9) prui- 
nosi. Vagine culmes teretiuscule, arcte, glabre v. collo pubes- 
centes, internodiis plerumque breviores. Ligula rotundata, 1—3 mm. 
longa, rigide membranacea, sepe rufescens, ciliolata et dorso 
pubescens, raro (in cultis) glabrescens. Lamins e basi plus minus 
angustata rotundata lanceolato-lineares, longe v. setaceo-acumi- 
nate, elongate, medic culmi 20—60 em. longse, 1—7 em. late, 
plane, margine laxe undulatz, apice propendul®, late virides, 
excepta basi intus appresse villosula glabrze, utrinque lzeves, margine 
serrulato-scaberrimze, costa media crassa multinervi medullosa supra 
late albostriata, nervis lateralibus primariis utrinque 5—10, in vivo 
vix prominulis, secundariis inter illos singulis—ternis, tertiariisque 
inter secundarios 3""—35^* ab his vix distinctis non prominentibus. 
Panieula varia, composita v. decomposita, e vagina summa demum 
plus minus exserta, rhachi communi superne angulata angulis scabris 
v. ciliatis v. tota hirtula; rami subregulariter vertieillati, vertieillis 
sepius 4—, rarius 2—6-meris in panicule parte superiore swpe in 
spiras solutis; rami ceterum basi callosi in axilla parce breviterque 
barbati, angulati, angulis scabris v. hispido-eiliatis rarissime lævius- 
culis, repetite ramulosi, ramulis appressis ; rami verticilli infimi sepe 
squamze rudimento ciliato fulti. Racemi terminales ramorum plerum- 
que 5—raro 7-artieulati, laterales smpius 2—3-artieulati, sepe basi 
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