ANDROPOGON.  ANDROPOGONEJE (AUCT. EDUARDO HACKEL). 639 
uninervi non medullosa supra haud albolineata, nervis lateralibus 
tenuissimis erebris non prominulis. Paniéula paupera, laxa, ad 20 em. 
longa, ramis erecto-patulis 3"* —4"* brevibus uninodibus simplicibus, 
ad nodos apogeotropieos puberulis. Spathz proprie lineari-lanceo- 
late, acuminatze, 4—6 cm. longs, glabrze, pedunculum communem 
superne hirtulum et insuper setigerum demum '/, superantes. Racemi 
2—2,5 em. longi, subrobusti, singuli spieulas 8 3—5 continentes, 
alter peduneulo speciali 5—6 mm. longo puberulo fultus, uterque 
spicularum paribus homogamis duobus masculis. Articuli pedicellique 
spicula 8 '/, breviores, filiformes, oblique disjungentes, utrinque 
pilis albis articulo 3—4-plo brevioribus pennato-ciliati. Spieule 8 
cum callo 1,5 mm. longo antice glabro et nigrescente, lateribus et 
postice dense albo-barbato 6 mm. long&, lineari-oblongze, flavo-viri- 
dul: gluma I™ herbaceo-membranacea, truncata, 7-nervis, nervis 
pereurrentibus, toto dorso pilis rigidulis ferrugineis ipså paullo— 
dimidio brevioribus hirsuta ; II^ I” equans, membranacea, oblonga, 
obtusa, mutica v. mucronulata, 3-nervis, carina superne ferrugineo- 
pilosa, margine hyalino albo-eiliata; III‘ paullo brevior, lineari- 
oblonga, obtusa, enervis, cum IV* ciliata; hse '/, brevior, acute 
bidentata, arista validiuscula 4 em. longa, columná ferrugineo- 
dus medio geniculatä subulam concolorem zequante. Anthere 
. longs. Spicule pedicellatze et ille parium. homogamorum 
rro 6 mm. longe, flavide: gluma I™ acuta, mutica, 
manifeste 7—9-nervis, toto dorso marginibusque molliter //avo-pilosa ; 
I“ P= gquans, acutissima, 3-nervis, ciliata; HI, IV*, iae gain 
lineari-oblonga et linearis, ciliatte, muticæ. 
Africa tropica: in campis prope Humpata ad fl. Nene in territ. 
Angola (Newton in h. m.). 
xx Spieule d . Jl“ ex apice bidentulo aristam patulam v. reflexam, ipsa duplo breviorem emittens, — 
n. 184 incerte affinitatis, characteribus technicis tantum hoc loco inserta. 
184. A. lithophilus Trin. in Mém. Ac. Petersb. sér. 6, vol. 2, 
n 271; Hack. in Mart. et Eichl. Fl. brasil. vol. 2, pars 3, p. 282, 
t. 65. 
plices v. parce ramosi. Vaginz teretes, glaberrim&. Ligula ovata, 
1—2 mm. longa, obtusa, glabrà. Laminæ innovationum ad 30 em. 
longs, siccando convolutz, explanatz 1,5 mm. late, culmeæ supe- 
riores breviores, 2—2,5 mm. latze, plans, omnes e basi subangustata 
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Culmi 40—60 cm. alti, graciles, 3—5-nodes, glaberrimi, subeim- E 
