ANDROPOGON. ANDROPOGONEJE (AUCT. EDUARDO HACKEL). 573 
Hance). — A var. genuino, in quam per formas intermedias abit, 
parum diversus. Non prorsus liquet utrum planta Retzii huic varie- 
tati an genuino adnumeranda. Synonymia ceterum satis confusa. 
Trinius in Mém. Ac. St. Petersb. ser. 6, vol. 2, p. 272 et 273 A. 
Bladhii et annulatum seorsim describit, nullum characterem distinc- 
tivum afferens. Equidem inter plantam ægyptiacam et indicam diffe- 
rentias inveni nullas. 
e, humilis Benth. Fl. Austral. 7, p. 531. «Planta humilis, racemis 
4—6, brevioribus quam in typo.» Charlotte Waters, Central-Aus- 
tralia, 1. Giles. (N. v.) 
Obs. Quid: A. annulatus var... Balansa in Bull. Soc. bot. France 
19, p. 321 e Nova Caledonia ? (Bal. 717, n. v.). 
135. A. papillosus (Hochstett. in Schimp. pl. Abyss. un. it. n. 
526 ; A. Rich. Tent. fl. Abyss. 2, p. 457) ; spieule 8 gluma I"* infra 
apicem scariosum serie transversali semilunari tuberculorum pilifero- 
rum, juxtaque carinas ejusmodi tubereulis longe piliferis obsita. — 
Culmi genieulato-ascendentes v. erecti, cire. 1 m. alti, subrobusti, 
teretes, leves, simplices v. e medio v. inferius parce ramosi, ramis 
elongatis, inferioribus sæpius foliiferis. Vaginze teretiusculz, carinatz, 
arcte, elevato-nervoss, nodis patule v. reflexo-barbatis raro demum 
glabratis, ceterum secus margines oreque pilis mollibus basi minute 
tuberculatis eiliate. Ligula 1,5—2 mm. longa, rotundata v..truncata, 
membranacea, glabra sed pilis longis stipata. Lamine 8—16 em. 
longe, 3—5 mm. late, siccando revolutz, coriaceo-rigidissims, 
glauez, margine inerassato leves, subtus scaberul®, supra remote 
tubereulato-setuloss v. pilis delapsis papillos®, costa media nervisque 
utin A. annulato. Racemi 3—7 secus rhachin communem glaberri- 
mam alterni v. oppositi, axillis pilosi, 3,5—5 em. longi, crassiusculi, 
pilosi, subeurvati, lividi. Articuli pedicellique spicula sessili dimidia 
subbreviores, laxe ciliati, ciliis summis articulum :equantibus. Spicule 
sessiles 5 mm. longz, elliptico-oblongz, subconcavs: gluma Ir 
chartacea, truncatula, 6—7-nervis, inter nervos (infra apicem desi- 
nentes) papillis parvulis notata, inferne appresse pilosa, callo breviter 
bato; II^ P^ zquans, membranacea, ovali-oblonga, obtusiuseula, 
mucronulata, glabra, carina scaberula ; III* illis paullo brevior, 
oblonga, enervis, ciliolata ; IV** arista 20 mm. longa, ceterum ut in 
A. annulato. Spicule pedicellate neutre, sessilibus æquilongæ ae 
simillimæ; gluma I"* herbaceo-chartacea, obtusa, 7-nervis, simili 
modo ac in spicula 2 pilosa; II“ multo brevior, 3-nervis ; reliqua 0, 
