622 MONOCOTYLEDONEAE. ANDROPOGON. 
basi tuberculatis; spieulis 4—5 mm. longis, fulvo-hirtulis. — A. fulvi- 
comus Hochstett. in Schimp. pl. Abyss. nrr. 928, 935, 1114, 1118; A. 
Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2, p. 463; A. hirtus Baker Fl. Maurit. p. 446 ; 
Hyparrhenia fulvicoma Anderss. in Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. /Eth. p. 310; 
— Pedunculi racemorum speciales modo connati modo (A. fulvicomus 
v. approximatus Hochstett. 1. c. nr. 935, 1118) liberi. 
Abyssinia pr. Adoa (Schimp. nn. cc.). 
166. A. Smithianus (Hook. fil. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 7, p. 232); 
laminis eulmeis linearibus 3—4 mm. latis glaucescentibus ; racemis 
4—96-articulatis, articulis pilis aureo-ferrugineis articulum subzequan- 
tibus dense ciliatis ; spiculis 8 pilis densis aureo-ferrugineis gluma 
parum v. duplo brevioribus tectis, demtis pilis albescentibus, gluma 
T™ aeutiuscula. 
Vagin® superne pilose. Laminz basi. subangustate, 15—25 cm. 
longe, utrinque margineque scaberule, costa media crassiuseula. 
Panieula 15—20 em. longa, laxa, paupera, ramis binis—ternis, unino- 
dibus, simplicibus, gracilibus, apice subeurvatis v. declinatis. Spathze 
propri: 4—5 em. longze, glabrze. Pedunculus communis superne longe 
villosus, pilis basi tuberculatis. Racemi ob villos longos splendentes 
spieulas fere obtegentes crassi, haud raro terni, 1,5—2 cm. longi, 
alter pedunculo speciali vix 1 mm. longo fultus. Spicule 8 5,5 mm. 
longs ; gluma I"* distincte 7—9-nervis, nervis in '/, inferiore evanes- 
centibus, dorso toto ealloque pilis aureo-ferrugineis rigidulis vestita, 
exsulca; II“ earinà longe strigoso-pilosa, IV:* arista 15—18 mm 
longa, eDim nk fulvo-hirtula. Spiculæ pedicellatze sordide viren 
v. violascentes, aureo-hirtze, gluma I» 7-nervi. : 
Tonga trop. occid. in montibus Camerun alt. 2400 m. s. m. > 
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B. Spieule pedicellate neutre, 2>—3-glumes, (tertia, si adest, parvula); rami floriferi et 
pedunculi communes stricte erecti, subrobusti (167). 
.. 167. A. dichrous Steud. Synops. 1. p. 389; A. bicolor Nees ! Fl. 
Afr. austr. p. 113, non Roxb. 
Culmi subgraeiles. Folia viridia, demum rubescentia; ligula ovato- 
rotundata 1,5 mm. longa, ciliolata ; laminz e basi subzequilata linea- 
res, 15 em. long: longioresve, 5 mm. late, subtus margineque seabra, —— 
supra lzeviusculze, preter basin longe et sparse eiliatam glabrie, costa n 
media crassiuscula subtus earinata, nervis lateralibus vix prominu' | 
