548 MONOCOTYLEDONEJE. ANDROPOGON. 
p. 396) ; humilis, perennis; panicula pauperrima e ramis 2—4 soli- 
tariis alternis ssepius simplicibus constante, 2—3 cm. longa. — 
SrO ROE: subtilis Miqu. Fl. Ind. bat. 3, p. 492. 
les. Culmi erecti v. ascendentes, 15—30 em. 
alti, c coitiprossi, e nodis superioribus ramos floriferos solitarios v. binos 
subfastigiatos simplices v. ramulo auetos agentes, glaberrimi. Vaginae 
 aretsie vel a culmo solute, excepta carina scabra glaberrim:e. Ligula 
brevissima, truncata, ciliolata. Lamine e basi z»quilata lineares, 
obtusse, 3—5em.longz, 1,5—2mm.latze, glaucescentes, margine longe 
tubereulato-fimbriate et (cum costa media) scaberrimæ, ceterum 
glabrze v. pilis hirsutze, rigidul®, costa media tenui 1-nervi acuta supra 
vix albo-lineata, nervis lateralibus non prominulis. Panicula basi 
vaginá summä brevissime laminatä involucrata v. demum subexserta, 
3—6 spieulas fertiles continens, rhachi scaberrima, ramis brevibus 
filiformibus suberectis scabris, cum spicula fertili unica obliquissime 
artieulatis, post delapsam spiculam cicatricem lineari-oblongam eilia- 
tam exhibentibus. Spieule 8 lineares, cum callo stipitiformi pungenti 
apice eurvulo 2 mm. longo antice glabro lateribus et postice pilis 
glauco-rufis mediam glumam H= attingentibus barbato 6 mm. longze, 
pallid& : gluma I™ coriacea, apice anguste truncata, marginibus late 
involuta, dorso convexa, in '/, superiore dense muricata ceterum 
(preter callum) glaberrima, 4-nervis, I^^ vix basi amplectens; II^ 
late oblonga, truncata, dorso convexo obtuse carinato eoriacea, mar- 
ginibus membranaeeis glabra, binervis, ex apice aristam ea duplo 
longiorem patulam scabram exserens, superne muriculata; IH '/, 
brevior, lineari-oblonga, obtusa, 2-nervis, glabra ; IV* secundá duplo 
brevior, e basi hyalina mox in aristam 35—40 mm. longam abiens, 
columná subgeniculatä. Palea 0. Pedicelli spicula sessili '/, breviores; 
spicule pedicellatee neutrze, 5 mm. longs, subulato-lanceolatze, viri- 
dule, glabrze: gluma I™ acutissima, superne scabra, 5-nervis, II^ !/, 
brevior, 3-nervis; reliqua 0. 
Java (Zollinger 2815). 
121. A. pauciflorus's elatus, annuus ; panicula pauciflora 14— 
20 em. longa ramis vertieillatis 2—4"'* simplicibus; spieule 8 15—17 
mm. longe piima e mueronulata, IV* in aristam 12—15 em. longam 
abeunte, spi is neutris. — Sorghum paueiflorum A. 
in Bot. Gazette 1878, p. 20, Fl. South. Un. St. Supplem., p. 668. 
1 Homonymon in herbario Salzmanni, raue a Steudelio tamquam A. vir- 
ginici synonymon allatum, negligendum put 
