THEMEDA. ANDROPOGONEA (AUCT. EDÜARDO HACKEL). = 675 ; 
India or. : Wall. 8774 B (etiam 8772 B, C, nimis incompleti hue - 
pertinere videntur); Khasia (Hook. f. et Thoms. sub Androscepia 
nr. 3). | 
Subsp. c. intermedia; spiculis c? dorso pilis aureo-fulvis basi 
tubereulatis patulis plus minus hirsutis; spieulis 8 mutieis v. arista 
ad subulam brevem redacta; racemis pedunculo quam spatha '/,— 
duplo breviore fultis. — Vaginæ florifere sepius glabre. Ligula 
brevissima. Panieule laxe decomposite nodi ramulique glabri, hi — 
scabri. Spieule 8 in singulo racemo ssepius binze, raro singul. 
&, intermedia ; spiculis g toto dorso excepto apice hirsutis; spiculis 
9 subula brevi armatis. — Spiculæ involuerantes 11—12 mm. long, 
pilis versus apicem decrescentibus evanescentibusque patulis hirsutze, 
fertiles 10—11 mm. long&. Pedunculi spathe 3—4 em. longe medium 
superantes, superne cano-hirsuti, parum curvati, quo fit ut racemi a 
spatha non multo pateant. Interdum inveniuntur spieule 8 nonnullae 
arista perfecta instruetze; racemi tales a var. præcedente, immo a v. 
arundinacea vix discernendi. Nihilominus prseter indumentum spicu- 
larum a var. villosa non distincta. 
In montium Khasia reg. trop. (Hook. f. et Thoms. sub Androscepia - 
nr. 4). | 
1, dubia ; spiculis 5’ presertim versus margines tantum laxe hirsu- 
tis, dorso medio tuberculatis, tuberculis rarius piliferis; spieulis 2 
mutieis. — Spieule g 11—12 mm. long&, apice glabre; fertiles —— 
10 mm. longæ. Pedunculi spatha 2—3,5 em. longa duplo brevior, 
superne cano-puberuli, apice fulvo-hirsuti, subeurvati. Valde affinis dm 
var. villose subvar. mutice. 
Insulze Philippinz (Cuming 1609). 
Subspec. d. villosa; spiculis g glabris, carinis scabris, ceterum 
lævibus scabrisve; spieulis 8 muticis v. imperfecte aristatis, in singulo 
racemo binis ternisve. — Culmi vaginæque glaberrimi. Ligula 
brevissima, glabra v. ciliolata. Panicula maxima (1 m. longa lon- 
giorve), densiuscula, decomposita, nodis ramulisque glaberrimis v. his — 
scaberulis, sæpe nutantibus. Pedunculi racemorum quam spatha 2, en duy 
4 em. longa glabra '/,— plus duplo breviores, apice breviter hirtuli, — 
reetiusculi v. subeurvati, racemus itaque suberectus v. a spatha inb ie 
.. divergens, 2—2,5 cm. longus. Spieule g 10—14 mm. longi, livide | 
- . virescentes v. subviolascentes. Spieule 8 8—10 mm. longs. - 
— ð, villosa; characteribus subspeciei; dividitur in subvarietates 2 
~ . sequentes inter se arctissime conjunctas : 
