538 MONOCOTYLEDONEX. ANDROPOGON. 
obtuso, pedicellis iac: minutis v. obsoletis. — Chrysopogon tener 
Nees ! ap. Steud. 1 
Culmi erasittiu a) em. alti, a basi et ex omnibus nodis (öxespte 
summo) florifero-ramosi, teretiuseuli, glaberrimi. Vaginze compress&®, 
subcarinatze, lax&, sepius a culmo solutze, hine inde pilis longis basi 
tuberculatis praesertim superne adsperse, ceterum leves, internodiis 
breviores. Ligula brevissima, rotundata, membranacea, ciliata. Lami- 
næ e basi valde angustata (fere pedunculiformi) lanceolato-lineares, 
mediæ 8—12 em. longze, 5—7 mm. latze, aeutze, plans, virides, flac- 
eidissim&, fere membranaces, inferne (parte pedunculiformi) pilis 
5—6 mm. longis patentibus basi tuberculatis ciliatæ, ceterum glabr& 
v. pilis parcis adsperse, utrinque margineque scabr&, costa media 
basi crassiuscula plurinervi supra albo-lineata, nervis lateralibus 
tenuissimis non prominentibus. Panicula oblonga, 5—6 cm. longa, 
demum longiuscule exserta v. laterales szepius oceult®, erecta, rhachi 
flexuosa; rami 2—4" verticillati, subzequales, inferiores panicula tri- 
plo breviores, subcapillares, patentes, in axillis parce barbati, a basi 
v. superius distiche ramulosi, ramulis brevibus simplicibus, rarissime 
subdivisis, apice elavatis, cum spieulis recte articulatis, post delapsam 
spieulam cicatricem cupulatam rotundam albo-eiliatam exhibentibus. 
Spicule 2 mm. tantum long, lineares v. lineari-lanceolatze, albido- 
viridule; gluma I” chartaceo-membranacea apice anguste truncato 
bimueronulata, margine sübinvoluta, dorso convexulo superne pubes- 
cens, inferne glabra, enervis, callo pilis dimidiam spiculam zequantibus 
barbata; II^ I" zquans, late lanceolata, acuminata, subcarinata, 
tenuissime 1-nervis, ciliata; II 0; IV* quam Iiè '/, brevior, angus- 
tissime linearis, glabra, inferne tenuissime hyalina, apice integro vel 
subbilobulo in aristam abiens 8 mm. longam gracilem, columná 
brunneä rectä subulam fulvam zequante. Palea 0. Lodiculze minutulz. 
Stamina 2, antheris 1 mm. longis. Styli stigmatibus linearibus 0,8 mm. 
longis plus duplo breviores. Pedicelli steriles minuti (0,5 mm. longi) 
v. obsoleti, inter ipsorum callique pilos dimidiam spiculam zequantibus 
didit tenuissimi. 
« Andor » (ubi? quis legit?; in h. Nees). — Species valde pecu- 
liaris 
