668 MONOCOTYLEDONEE. THEMEDA , 
circumcirca rufo-barbato (barba spicula triplo breviore) 4 mm. longs, 
lineari-oblongz,, demum castaneo-brunnex : gluma I”® apice scarioso 
angustius truncata, dorso convexo strigulosa, enervis ; II® chartacea, 
deltoideo-obtusa, carina hispidula; glumse IV“ arista gracilis, 13—26 
mm. longa, columnä atro-v. rufo-fuscá hispidulä flexuosá quam subula 
longiore. Antherz 1,5 mm. longs. — Variat spiculis involucrantibus 
mollius v. rigidius pilosis (haee est var. hispidissima Anderss. l. c. 
p. 247), pilis tubereulis albis v. nigrieantibus insidentibus, spathis 
glabris v. pilosis. 
Ceylon (Macr&, Thwait. 961); Malabar, Concan, Maisur et Carna- 
tic (Hook. f. et Thoms.); Ind. or. sine loco spec. (Wall. 8765). 
b. Spicule 8 gluma Im: exsulca ; sp. G' quadriglumes, involucrantium utriusque 
paris altera sessilis, altera pedicellulo 0,5—0,8 mm. longo fulta. — Perennes. 
6. Th. cymbaria; panicula supradecomposita, spicula 8 aris- 
tata, in singulo racemo ssepius singula. — Anthistiria cymbaria Roxb. 
Fl. Ind. ed. Carey 1, p. 251 excl. syn. 
Culmi 1—2 m. alti, fere arundinacei, multinodes, teretiusculi v. 
infra nodos appresse puberuli ibique sæpe pruinosi, striatuli, inferne 
simplices. Vagin® subcompress&, carinatze, arctz, glabree v. versus 
margines pubescentes, ad os sæpe barbatæ, imæ flabellato-aggregatze, 
summ: florifere subdilatatze, laminam panieulam non excedentem 
ferentes. Ligula brevissima, rotundato-truneata, rufo-membranacea, 
glabra, pilis stipata. Lamine 50—100 em. longs, 6—8 mm. late, 
subtus glauez, supra virides, glabr& v. basi fimbriatse, subtus leves, 
supra scabr&, marginibus scaberrim&. Panicula dimidium culmum 
occupans, 0,5—1 m. longa, ampla, myriostachya, tamen angustior, 
zqualis, subnutans ; éjus rami 3"'—5", inferiores elongati, primarii 
multinodes, secundarios 325—5^*, hi tertianos vel etiam quartanos 
gignentes, omnes glaberrimi v. scaberuli, racemiferi demum capillares, 
squidistantes, nunquam capitulato-congesti. Spathz proprie 1—1,5 
em. longs, lineari-lanceolat®, navieulares, obsolete carinatz, subu- 
lato-acuminatz, herbaceo-seariose, rufescentes, glabræ v. raro ver- 
sus margines pilosule. Racemus pedunculo 3—6 mm. longo recto 
Em '/—'[, quante fultus, 6—9 mm. longus, spathse parallelus 
v. parum ab illa patulus', spieulam fertilem unam, raro 2 continens. 
‘ Qua nota primo intuitu ab Andropogone cymbario L., quocum Roxburgh 
alique confuderunt, distinguitur, cujus racemos respectu spathz « transverse ——— : 
