634 RR . MONOCOTYLEDONEE.  - ANDROPOGON. 
Pedicelli utrinque dense fulvo-sericeo-ciliati. Spiculæ c? glabr& : 
gluma I^^ in sessilibus mutica, in pedicellatis setula brevi terminata, 
II? acuta. 
Abyssinia: in montosis provinc. Schire (Quartin-Dillon. N. v.). 
o0 Ligula brevis, 1—3 mm. longa 178—484). 
xx Spicule 8 gluma II“ mutica v. brevissime mucronata (478—183). 
D haa teretiusculæ, superne subcarinatæ. Laminæ vernatione convoluta, -— pes longe — 
cuminatze. Rhacheos articuli, pedicelli, calles et interdum spiculz, pilis albis vestiti, — Vagina: 
t cta v. laxiuscul®, costat®, in ernodiis brevior v. inferiores iis near Ligula | Ffescenti-meim 
bra abra, ciliata v imb ine (etia — ongatze, glaucescentes, glabrz v. 
(presertim versus basin) pi inen costa media v. basi erassiuscula subtus obtuse cari- 
Mu nervis cep orina Segen AN ramis gracilibus, | gom culis communis rectus 
. apice T1 Meg e barbat s. Utriusque ra mi par spicularum imum v, paria 2 ima homo- 
ee Es E el pallide viridulz , apice r demens v. Vioc Gluma Im herbaceo- 
mem Ag en. callo recto stipitifor mi dense bre albo-barbato; Il’ P™ æquans, 
eite ax deltoideo-obtusa, € carinata, 3-nervis; IH parum brevior e net blonga, o obtusa, subenervis, 
cbe er run ee cilia iatis; IV* mm I Ran! nici breviter acuteque bidentata, 
glabra, in ter dentes a m iculæ pedicellatz pedicel . longo distiche albo-ciliato 
fulte, Innen, go dun pex x ne erden seluloso-ciliata, 
; He ut in spicula 8 ; UP, IV*, parum breviores, lineari- esi Ber ciliate; Taro 
et ipse et idi desunt ; lodicule ae Anther& ubi adsunt, dy cree — A gem 
homogamorum sem n muticz, altera sessihs, altera irernpetctiau — ades 
se maxime affines, fortasse melius unius subspecies habenda. 
178. A. filipendulus (Hochstett. in Flora, 1846, p. 115); pani- 
cule ramis erectis; racemis spiculas 8 1—2 continentibus; aristæ 
columna pilis brevibus ejus diametrum duplo summum superantibus 
hirtula. 
Perennis ? Culmi graciles 60—100 em. (ex Schweinf. 2—4 m.) alti, 
a basi v. a '/, inferiore ramosi, ramis floriferis v. inferioribus foliiferis. 
Vaginæ glaberrimæ. Laminæ 10—100 cm. longæ, 1,5—6 mm. latæ, 
utrinque scaberulæ v. læviusculæ, margine scabræ. Panicula 25—40 
cm. longa, angusta, laxiuscula, ramis filiformibus strictis scabris, 
nodulis glabris v. parce pilosis, superioribus binis—5=, primariis 
plerumque 2—3-nodibus, seeundariis (v. omnibus) uninodibus, sub- 
fastigiatis. Spathz proprie lineares, 5—8 cm. longs, longissime 
setaceo-acuminatse, glabr& v. margine laxe ciliatze ; pedunculus com- 
munis apice pilis parcis albis longis non papillosis barbatus; pedun- 
culus specialis alter 5—10 mm. longus, glaber v. pubescens. Racemi — 
1 5 em. longi, aristis nope inter se contortis specie in unum conjuncti; 
unum, pedunculato sæpissime 2; 
articuli brevissimi (1—1,5 mim. longi), obliquissime disjungentes, _ 
parce eiliati v. glabrescentes; pedicelli 2 mm. longi, distiche ciliati. 
Spieule 8 cum callo 1,5—3 mm. longo 6,5—8 mm. longz: gluma- 
p 9— T-nervis, nervis infra medium evanescentibus, sulco medio levi = 
