578 MONOCOTYLEDONEA. ANDROPOGON. 
marginibus superne longiuseule ciliatis; IHJ" primà parum brevior, 
lineari-lanceolata, enervis, marginibus implicatis, ciliatis ; IV** arista 
validiuseula, 18—22 mm. longa, columna brunnea, scaberula, recta v. 
obsoletissime geniculata subulam subdiscolorem basi vix tortam sub- 
zquante. Palea pusilla. Stigmata rufa, e media spicula exserta, stylos 
squantia. Spicule pedieellatze sessiles subsuperantes (5,5—6 mm. 
longs), latioresque, oblique elliptico-oblong&, superne subinvolutz, 
violascentes : gluma I"* inzequilatera, acutiuscula, carinis fere a basi 
ad apicem usque setuloso-eiliatis, manifeste 11—13-nervis, basi bre- 
vissime barbata; IIl? angustior, lanceolata, acuta, 5-nervis, ciliata; 
IIP parum brevior, obovato-oblonga, acutiuscula, l-nervis, ciliata ; 
TV> linearis, I= zequans, 1-nervis, glabra. 
= «Asia» (Hügel 1689 in h. Vind.). Verisimiliter ex India orientali. 
— Species peculiaris, nulli praecedentium sed potius sequenti affinis. 
B. Spieule 8 gluma IV* linearis, membranacea, apice biloba, e fissura aristam 
ipsá tenuiorem emittens (141). 
141. A. polyptychus Steud. Synops. 1, p. 380; Thwait. Enum. 
pl. Zeyl. p. 367. 
Innovationes (omnes?) extravaginales. Culmi erecti v. ascendentes, 
4—5-nodes, graciles, subcompressi, altero internodiorum latere alter- 
natim applanati, glaberrimi, inferne ramos foliiferos, superne floriferos 
solitarios breves agentes v. simplices. Folia undique pilis basi sæpius 
tuberculatis hirsuta: vaginæ compressiuseulze, laxiuscule, internodiis 
breviores; ligula 1,5 mm. longa, rotundata v. truncata, rigidula, 
glabra; laminz e basi subangustata rotundata lineares, acutæ (nec 
acuminata), 20—40 cm. longe, 3—7 mm. latæ, summa brevissima, 
plane, rigidze, virides, erectz, margine scabrz, costa media 1-nervi 
crassiuscula supra latiuscule albo-lineata, nervis lateralibus primariis 
supra prominulis. Racemi 4—6, digitati, secus rhacheos communis 
1—2 cm. longe glabrze nodos 5—9 mm. distantes solitarii, simplices 
v. divisi, pedunculis 5—9 mm. longis glabris v. pilosulis, in axilla 
longiuseule barbatis fulti, 3,5—4 em. longi, crassiusculi, e livide - 
virescenti et subviolaceo variegati, glabrescentes : articuli pedicellique 
spicula sessili duplo breviores, pilis accrescentibus (summis articulo 
2—3-plo brevioribus) dense ciliati. Cujusvis racemi spicularum par 
imum homogamum, c' v. neutrum. Spicule 8 oblong®, 5 mm. 
longe: gluma I” chartacea, apice obtusiusculo angustissime trunca- 
tula, carinis superne rigide ciliolatis, dorso plano v. impressione - ^ 
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