618 Se MONOCOTYLEDONEJAE. ANDROPOGON, 
articuli lineari-tiliformes, oblique disjungentes, disjuncti apice sine 
appendiculo, utrinque ge spicula 8 plerumque duplo bre- 
viores. Spicule sessiles 8 oblongæ v. raro lineari-oblong®; gluma Im 
artacea, apice obtusa v. cos truncata, dorso plana v. sulco levis- 
simo notata; IIda Jam gquans, oblonga, carinata, deltoideo-obtusata v. 
mucronulata, 3-nervis, marginibus hyalinis implicatis ssepius ciliata; I1I* 
am subsequans, lineari-oblonga, obtusa, marginibus implicatis retrorsum 
ciliata, binervis raro subenervis ; IV* quam Ilda '|; — '[s brevior, linearis, 
]-nervis, plus minus acute bidenista. inter dentes aristam exserens jam 
in media gluma concrescentem, columná subulam sequante v. subæquante. 
Palea pusilla v. obsoleta. Stigmata lineari-oblonga, purpurea. Spiculæ 
pedicellatæ sessiles æquantes v. sæpius paullo superantes, lanceolatze, 
acuts, sspius plus minus livide violascentes: gluma Im herbacea, 
manifeste 7—11-nervis, marginibus anguste carinato-implicatis ; Ida 
membranacea, lanceolata, acuta, 3-nervis; III», IV BR lineari- 
oblong& v. lineari-lanceolatze, 1—3-nerves; Iran, Ile, IV* ciliatz, ciliis 
patentibus v. retroflexis. Palea minutula v. nulla. daro; ubi spiculæ 
pedicellat® neutrz, IV* v. jam III* m"— (n. 168—171). 
a. Pedunculus racemorum communis spatham lineari-lanceolatam angustam 
emum zequans v. superans. Spicularum par homogamum in basi racemi 
subsessilis unum, muticum, in racemo pedicellato nullum (n. 163—167). 
X. Spieule pedicellate (C, 4—5-glumes. Rami floriferi et pedunculi communes graciles, 
areuato-patuli, apice sepe deelinati (n. 163—166). 
. 163. A. hirtus (Linn. Spec. ed. 1, p. 1046); laminis linearibus 
1,5—3 mm. latis, glaucis; racemis 6—12-artieulatis, articulis albo- 
eiliatis; spieulis albo-hirtulis. 
Innovationes przesertim intravaginales, adjectis paucis extravagina- 
libus. Culmi 40—120 cm. alti. Folia glaucescentia : vaginze glaberri- 
mæ, emortuz ad culmi basin diu persistentes, confertz. Ligula 
oblonga 3—5 mm. longa, obtusa, rufescenti-membranacea, fimbriata. 
Laminz e basi subangustata lineares, 2—18 em. long&, rigidze, utrin- 
que marginibusque scaberrim&, costa media erassiuscula multinervi 
medullosa supra late albolineata, nervis lateralibus parum prominulis. 
 Panieula elongata, 15—35 cm. longa, laxa, ssepius paupera, ramis 
inferioribus solitariis—ternis, primariis 1—-3-nodibus, secundarios soli- 
tarios—binos plerumque 1-raro 2-nodes gignentibus, omnibus graci- 
libus, elongatis. Spathze propri: 4—7 em. long, glabræ v. parce vil- 
lose. Racemorum alter pedunculo 3—4 Hi Jongo. orun, we. 
2—4 cm. longus, densiusculus ; articuli pedi 
'/5—4-plo brevioribus ciliati. Spieule 8 4-6 mm. long&, pallidi 
