ANDROPOGON.  ANDROPOGONEJE (AUCT. EDUARDO HACKEL). 597 
capillaribus, patulis, scaberrimis, insequalibus, longioribus panicula 
cire. 6-plo brevioribus, basi 3—5 cm. nudis, prope axillam incrassatis 
glabrisque, cum spicula 8 obliquissime articulatis. Rhacheos articuli 
(ubi racemus biartieulatus) pedicelligue spiculá 8 parum—'/, bre- 
viores, dorso facieque glabri, marginibus pilis fulvis v. rufis subzequa- 
libus articulo 3—4-plo brevioribus dense pennatimque eiliati ; articuli 
valde oblique disjungentes. Spiculz sessiles lineari-oblongze, teretius- 
culæ, pallide fulvo-virides, cum callo 4 mm. longo curvulo pungente 
dense sericeo-rufiberbi (barba glumä 4-plo breviore) 12 mm. long, 
ceterum glabr® : gluma I"* coriacea, apice non membranaceo trun- 
cata, propter carinas subapicales eiliatas in mueronulos produetos 
subtrilobulata, marginibus involuta, dorso convexa, infra apicem de- 
pressa ibique elevato-striata, 7-nervis, nervis anastomosantibus, nitido- 
glaberrima; gluma II^ F^ æquans, oblonga, obtusa sed cum mucro- 
nulo triangulari, praeter margines involutos hyalinos ciliatos coriacea, 
dorso convexa, infra apicem brevissime carinata, 5-nervis; III* II?» 
æquans, oblonga, obtusa, hyalina, binervis, ciliata; IV? illis '/, bre- 
vior, ovata, basi dilatata hyalina, apice breviter bilobo eiliolata, 3-ner- 
vis, aristam emittens validissimam 7—9 em. longam aureo-fulvo-niti- 
dam, columná medio arcuata secus spiras eleganter ciliata subulam 
flavidam zequante. Totius panieulz aristze inter se plus minus eontortze. 
Palea minuta. Antherz 6 mm. longs. Stigmata linearia, purpurea, 
stylis duplo longiora. Spieulae pedicellatz lineares, acuminatee, 12— 
13 mm. longi, basi breviter barbat® ; gluma I" herbacea, cuspidata, 
elevato—7-nervis, in '/, inferiore ciliata; II? ei similis, 5-nervis, III: 
lanceolata, binervis, cum IV* breviore enervi ciliata; palea parvula: 
anther® 8 mm. long. 
Australia borealis : Arnhem's Land (Muell.) ; Port Darwin (Schultz 
31); Lagrange Bay (Hughan ex Benth. ). 
8 2. Lodiculæ glabri. Panicule rami primarii plerumque solitarii sed 
a basi ramosi, rami itaque specie semiverticillati. Spiculæ pedicel- 
late nulle, relicto solo pedicello et ipso interdum brevissimo vel 
obsoleto. — Andropog. sect. Sorghastrum Fourn. pl. mex. 2, 
p. 55; Chrysopogon sect. Stipoides Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 19, 
p. 73. (n. 108—114). 
A. Perennes ', culmis simplicibus subrobustis. — Culmi erecti, teretes, glaber- 
! Interdum annui induunt speciem, cum primo jam anno floreant. 
