576 MONOCOTYLEDONEE. ANDROPOGON. 
truncata, ciliolata, pilis stipata. Laminse 10—25 cm. long, 2—4 mm. 
latæ, plane v. siccando revolutz, rigidule, excepta basi fimbriata 
glabrae v. utrinque hirtule, subtus leeviuseule, supra marginibusque 
scabr;. Racemi bini—7*:, 2,5—5 em. longi, sericeo-villosi, e sordide 
virescenti et violaceo variegati. Rhacheos fragilis articuli villis ipsos 
æquantibus ciliati. Spieule 8 oblongz v. ovali-oblonge : gluma I^ 
subcoriaceo-chartacea, obtusa, 7-nervis, secus arcum infraapicalem 
ciliis glumam zequantibus v. superantibus basi subpapillosis obsita; 
III* primá duplo v. plus duplo brevior, lineari-oblonga, acuta, enervis, 
glabra; IV* arista 20—24 mm. longa. Spiculee pedicellatz sessiles 
sequantes, inferne subangustatz, ovali-oblongze; gluma I" herbacea, 
dorso glabra, juxta margines a basi ad apicem usque ciliata, ciliis 
mollibus; II“ '/, —2-plo brevior, 3-nervis ; III parvula v. cum reliquis 
partibus deficiens, raro III, IV* et stamina evoluta. 
Per omnes partes Nove Hollandiz (ex Benth. ; vidi ex Austral. occ. 
l. Drummond 986, Keppel Bay 1l. R. Brown, Port Jackson 1l. Gau- 
dich., alii) ; Ins. Philippinz (Cuming 1398) ; Nova Guinea (Macfarlane 
ex Mueller); Nova Caledonia (Balansa 708, 708°). — A. Balansa A. 
jubato suo stamina 2, spieulas pedicellatas c attribuit. In specim. 
authent. a me viso stamina jam delapsa fuerunt; cetera omnia cum 
À. sericeo convenerunt. 
139. A. superciliatus (Hack. in Engler's Jahrb. 6, p. 239); 
culmo superne glabro; vaginis ad lamine insertionem extus circum- 
circa barbatis; rhacheos articulis altero tantum margine (eoque qui 
pedicellum respicit) ciliatis; spieulis pedicellatis obovato-elliptieis 
obtusissimis. — A. sericeus var. polystachyus Benth. Fl. Austral. 7, 
p. 530. — Ic.: Reise d. Gazelle, 4, Botan. tab. 3. 
Innovationes (omnes?) extravaginales. Culmi circ. 80 em. alti, 
robusti, simplices, teretes. Vaginæ teretes, lævissimæ, striatze, altero 
margine a basi ad os usque ciliatze, summa subinflata, ab inflores- 
centia subremota. Ligula brevissima, truncato-rotundata, breviter 
ciliolata sed e laminz basi pilis longis densisque stipata. Laminz 
20—30 em. longz, 5—6 mm. latz, rigidule, excepta basi glabre, 
utrinque marginibusque scaberule. Racemi 10—20, 5—5,5 em. 
longi, pallide virescentes, pilosi; rhacheos subtenacis articuli pedi- 
cellique marginibus sese respicientibus ciliati, ciliis brevibus, summis 
articulo duplo brevioribus. Spieule 8 elliptico-oblongz, concavæ : 
gluma I™ obtusissima, integra, ciliis marginalibus inferioribus brevi- 
bus laxis, superioribus atque iis lineze areuatze, supercilia emulanti- 
