ANDROPOGON.  ANDROPOGONEJE (AUCT. EDUARDO HACKEL). 611 
A. exsius Nees! in W. Hook. et Arn. Beechy's voy. p. 244; PI. 
Meyen. p. 189; A. Martini Benth. Fl. Hongk. 494; A. Iwaraneusa 
Boiss. Fl. or. 5, p. 466. — Culmi 30—60 em. alti, graciles ; laminze 
8—20 em. long&, 1,5—4 mm. late, margine scabr&. Panicula 10—14 
cm. longa, ramis secundariis simplicibus. Spathæ et spicule pallidze 
v. sæpius rufescentes et subvariegat®. Racemi 1—1,5 cm. longi; 
gluma I": angustius alata. 
China pr. Macao (Meyen); Penins. Ind. or. (Wight 1700, 17008) ; 
Maisur et Carnatic (Hook. f. et Thoms.); Nepal (Royle) ; Afghanistan 
in valle Kurram (Aitchison 443) ; Arabia, Yemen (Botta in h. Boiss.). 
Subspec. b. densiflorus. Panicula oblonga v. ovato-oblonga com- 
pacta, ramis secundariis sepius 3—4-nodibus, tertianos, his iterum 
quartanos gignentibus; racemi 0,9—1 cm. longi; spiculæ 7 3 mm. 
longæ gluma P= prater carinas enervis, in '/, inferiore sulcata; IV* 
integra v. in '/, superiore biloba, arista imperfecta, tenerrima, leviter 
torta v. basi subgeniculata, spicula vix duplo longior. Spieule c gla- 
bri. — A. densiflorus Steud.! Synops. 1, p. 386. — Culmi robusti, 
ultra 1,5 m. alti; laminze 30—-50 em. long&, 1,5—-2 em. late, glauco- 
pruinosze; ligula subobsoleta. Panieula 25—30 em. longa, racemis 
permultis onusta, tota viridis. Spathæ propri: 1,2—1,5 cm. longs. 
Senegalia (Jardin, Lelièvre); ad fl. Gabun (leg.?; vid. in h. Boiss.) ; 
Angola pr. Huilla spontaneus et in usum medicum eultus (Newton). 
In Brasilia (Glaziou 1241, Weddell 264) verisimiliter non spontaneus - 
sed cultus v. subspontaneus (conf. Hack. in Mart. et Eichl. Fl. bras. 
vol. 2, pars 3, p. 281). 
Subspec. c. nervatus; panicula linearis, densa, ramis secundariis 
pl 1 ope ‚simplieil ‚superioril fertissimis. Racemi 
1,3—1,6 em. longi. Spicule 8 4 mm. longz gluma I^ preter carinas 
nervis 2 manifestis ad latera sulei a basi ad '/, superiorem usque 
produeti per totam glumam decurrentibus notata; gluma IV* ad 
medium usque fissa, arista perfecta, spicula 4-plo longiore. Spieule 
c glabrz. — A. nervatus Hochst. in Kotschy pl. nub. n. 374 (ex p.); 
Steud. Synops. 1, p. 387; Gymnanthelia nervata Aschers. et 
‚Schweinf. in Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. p. 310. — Culmi 50—70 
cm. alti. Laminæ glauco-virides nec pruinosz, tlaccidæ, 6—10 mm. 
late. Ligula 2 mm. longa. Panicula 15—20 em. longa, tota viridis v. 
flavo-viridula. Spathæ 1,8 cm. longze. Spicule 8 gluma I" late albo- 
lata; IV** laciniæ filiformes, glabrze. — Fortissime aromaticus. 
Cordofan ad montem Arasch-Cool (Kotschy 374) ; ad Nilum album 
