ANDROPOGON,  ANDROPOGONEJE (AUCT. EDUARDO HACKEL). 631 
minute bidentulum aristam ei æquilongam v. ea duplo breviorem emit- 
tens; spicula inferior paris homogami 10 mm. longa mutica, superior 
mucronulata. 
Abyssinia in planitie montana Schire (Schimp. nn. ce.), ad Debra 
Sina (Quartin-Dillon et Petit, 68); in Africa centrali (Serpa ME ex 
Hiern). 
it Utriusque racemi spicularum par imum v v. sepius paria 2 i Jape ibi arcte approximata, e spieulä 
sessili neutra t t iculas 8 superantia, involucrantia. — 
Culmus simplex, racemorum- par in apice culmi solitarium um. 
175. A. multiplex. Anthistiria multiplex Hochstett. in Schimp. 
pl. Abyss. n. 1637 ; A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2, p. 449; Hyparrhenia 
multiplex Anderss. in Schweinf. Beitr. z. Fl. Aeth. p. 310. 
Culmi 20—35 cm. alti, foliosi. Vagin® teretes, elevato-costatz ; 
laminze 5—15 em. long, 1,5—2 mm. lat, setaceo-acuminatze, costa 
media crassiuscula, nervis lateralibus obsoletis. Spatha propria unica 
8—10 em. longa, lanceolato-navicularis, laminam brevem lineari- 
setaceam ferens, pedunculum communem filiformem apice curvatum 
et pilis albis fulvisve basi papillosis barbatum ssepius duplo v. plus 
superans, raro eum zequans. Racemi 1—1,5 em. longi, ovato-oblongi, 
densissimi, alter spiculas 8 2—4, alter 3—6 continens; articuli pedi- 
cellique spicula 3—4-plo breviores, fulvo-eiliati. Spicule 8 cum callo 
2 mm. longo rufo-sericeo-piloso 8 mm. longe, demum castane®: 
gluma I™ acute bidentata, dorso plano bisulea, hispidula v. hispida, 
obscure 5-nervis; II** dorso hispidula, marginibus basi involutis ; IV* 
If” zquans, inter apicis dentes breves acutos aristam edens validis- - 
simam 6—7,5 em. longam. Antherze 2 mm. longe. Spicule pedicel- 
latze neutrze 6 mm. long&, biglumes, lanceolatz : gluma I?* 7-nervis, 
nervis 3 intermediis sibi approximatis, carinis longe spinuloso-ciliatis 
(spinis basi papillosis), in mucronem brevem sensim attenuata. Spiculæ 
involuerantes (parium homogamorum) 10 mm. longs, altera ut 
neutre supra descriptz, altera cum gluma III: et IV* minuta, ciliata, 
antherisque 2,5 mm. longis. 
Abyssinia: in montibus districtus Bahara provine. Sana (Schimp. 
n. €.). — Habitus omnino Themed: (Anthistirie), sed racemi bini, 
Spieulis 8 in singulo racemo 3^i»—67i*, 
