518 MONOCOTYLEDONEA. ANDROPOGON. 
b. Caryopsis atro-violacea v. fusco-purpurea. 
uu, melanospermus ; panicula compacta, ramis imis ipsa 3-plo bre- 
vioribus ; spiculis omnino muticis. — Panieum Caffrorum Retz Obs. 2, 
p. 7 fide specim. Banksii. — Panicula 15—20 cm. longa, ovalis, rha- 
chi ramisque angulis hirtulis, inferioribus basi ad 1—2 cm. nudis. 
Spicule 4 mm. long&, 3,5 mm. lat, stramine&, parce et interrupte 
pilosulze. Caryopsis nigra. 
In terra Capensi (Bank.). 
yy, miliiformis ; panicula densiuscula, ramis inferioribus ipsa duplo 
brevioribus ; gluma IV* mucrone e glumis exserto terminata. — Pani- 
cula 15—25 cm. longa, ovalis, rhachi ramisque inferne scabris v. 
hirto-ciliolatis, his basi 1—3 cm. nudis. Spieule omnium varietatum 
minimæ, 3,5 mm. longe, 3 mm. late, demum pallide stramineze, 
excepta areola in dorso medio parva strigoso-pilos®. 
Colitur in Bengali: regione trop. (Hook. f. et Thoms.); in Ceylon. 
— A. pr&cedente parum distinctus. 
J. Spicule 8 elliptice, vel ambitu sepius obtuse hexagone, acutiuscule v. obtu- 
siuscule; gluma I"* non nisi in '|s inferiore cartilagineo-coriacea, ibique 
svissima, nitens, ipsa basi constricta, reliquis partibus chartacea, mani- 
feste striata, et proxime supra partem coriaceam depressa et rugulosa, 
in !/s superiore triangularis, acute bicarinata, carinis ciliatis; gluma IV* 
; mutica v. aristata. Caryopsis subglobosa, glumas squans v. plus minus 
excedens. Spicularum neutrarum v. C' pedicelli spiculæ sessilis '/4— '/s 
squantes. — Panicula densa (E5—:). 
a. Caryopsis glumas (demum hiantes) æquans v. subsuperans, plus minus colo- 
rata (saltem flavescens). Panicule rhachis ramique angulis scabris v 
beiliatis. — Panicula oblonga, densa v. densiuscula, 10—20 cm. longa, 
ramis imis panicula 3—4-plo brevioribus, basi ad 1—3 cm. usque nudis. 
Spicule circ. 5 mm. longs, 3 mm. late. — Omnes coluntur in Abyssinia 
terrisque adjacentibus. Conf. etiam var. y. rugulosum, qui spiculis angus- 
tis recedit, ceterum cum varietatibus hujus turmæ naturalis ee; 
Yinénlo arcte jungitur (£5—;). 
i hai, ; Spiculis 8 demum amæne bicoloribus, in parte 
coriacea nigris, in reliqua alutaceis, preter margines glumarum gla- 
bris, muticis, caryopsi atro-violacea. 
Miserunt Quartin-Dillon et Petit s. n. 439. 
oo, Schimperi ; spiculis 8 demum in parte coriacea fulvis, in char- 
tacea violaceis, strigoso-pilosulis, mutieis, caryopsi flavescente. 
