ANDROPOGON. ANDROPOGONEÆ (AUCT. EDUARDO HACKEL). 509 
p. 20, Handb. 1, p. 308'; Panicula corymbiformis, basi contracta; 
rami plurimi in ejus basi spiraliter fasciculatimque enascentes, 
elongati, fastigiati, 30—50 cm. longi, patentissimi v. nutantes, fili- 
formes, læves v. superne scaberuli, compressi, inferne ad 15—25 cm. 
nudi. Spiculæ sessiles ellipticæ, 5,5—6 mm. longæ, 2,5—3 mm. 
late, stramineæ, maturæ rufescentes : gluma P" toto dorso vil- 
losula v. areola media glabra. Aristæ 6—10 mm. longæ genu exser- 
tum. 
Colitur in Italia, Hungaria, America boreali, præsertim ad confi- 
ciendas scopas. Similem formam, paniculæ ramis subfastigiatis, 
spiculis muticis, a Cuming in ins. Philippinis lectam, alteram, spiculis 
aristatis ex Africa austro-occidentali a Schinz allatam vidi. 
** Paniculæ rhachis communis elongata, sensim attenuata, ramis inferioribus longior (x—7:). 
t Spicule C ellipticz, aristate (%,%). 
x, saccharatus (Kern. Handb. 1, p. 310' ex p.); panicula obovata, 
ramis inferioribus paniculz ?/, equantibus apice nutantibus. — Holcus 
saccharatus Linn. spec. ed. 1, p. 1047; H. Dochna Forsk. Fl. æg. 
arab. p. 174; Sorghum saccharatum Pers. Synops. p. 101; Nees Fl. 
Afr. austr. (var. x) p. 86; Host. Gram. austr. 4, t. 4. Andropogon 
saccharatus Kunth Enum. 1, p. 502, non Roxb. — Panicule rami 
inferne leviusculi, ad 6—8 cm. usque nudi. Spieule 8 5,5 mm. 
longi, 3 mm. late, straminezg v. demum rufescentes, interrupte 
pilosulze. Caryopsis dilute rufescens. Arista circ. 10 mm. longa, genu 
xserto. 
Colitur in Africa fere tota, rarius autem quam var. vulgaris, magis- 
que ad mastucandos culmos et suceum dulcem exsugendum adhibetur 
quam fructuum causa, qui minoris sstimantur quam aliarum varie- 
tatum. In America bor. colitur etiam ad extrahendum saccharum, in 
Gallia meridionali (ubi prope S. Jean Pied de Port etiam subsponta- 
neus) et in Italia ad conficiendas scopas. 
Obs. 1. Hue probabiliter ducendi: Andropogon verticilliflorus 
Steud. Synops. 1, p. 393 ex ins. Bourbon, et Holcus caffrorum Thunb. 
Prodr. cap. p. 20; Sorghum caffrorum Beauv. ap. Rem. et Schult. 
Syst. 2, p. 838; Andropogon caffrorum Kunth, Enum. 1, p. 502 excl. 
syn. Jaequ., nimis breviter deseripti. 
! Kern. Handb. abbreviatum est ex : Kornicke in Koernicke et Werner, 
Handbuch des Getreidebaues. : : 
