MITTEILUNGEN AUS DEM BOT. MUSEUM DER UNIVERSITÄT ZURICH. XXXII. 703 



subreliculatis, hyalinis; secidiosporis subgloboso- vel ellipsoideo-angu- 

 latis, lsevibus, hyalino-flavidulis, 12—18 X 10 — 14 p. 



Sambesigebiet : Boroma, Menyharth. In Blättern von Lonchocarpus ? 

 Januar 1894. 



GRAMM. 



E. IIACKEL (Graz). 



Andropogon (Sect. Hypogynium) Schlechten Hackel spec. nov. 

 — Typus in herb. bot. Mus. Univ. Zürich. 



Perennis. innovationibus intravaginalibus. Culrni erecti, graciles, cire. 

 30 cm. alti, subcompressi, 3-4-nodes, e nodis 2 — 3 superioribus ramosi, 

 ramis solitariis binisve tenuissimis, inferioribus elongatis, superioribus 

 brevibus, omnibus floriferis. Vaginee eulmese internodiis mullo breviores. 

 subcom pressée, laxiusculse, nodisque glaberrimse, summa vel 2superiores 

 spalhiformes 2 — 3 cm longse aphyllse rufescenles, inferiores 6 — 8inculmi 

 basi dense confertae, inferne equitantes, superne subflabellata3, subcom- 

 pressae, glaberrimee, rigidse, emorlua3 fuscescenles. Ligula brevissima. 

 membranacea, arcuala. Làminee e basi sequilata lineares, acutse, planse v. 

 innova tionum subconvolutœ, infimse elongalse (ad 20 cm lg. 2 mm lt.). 

 superiores cito decrescentes, omnes erectœ, rigidulœ, virides v. livide 

 purpurascentes. basi supra pilosse ceterum glaberrimœ, tenuinerves. 

 Racemi in apice eulmi ramorumque solitarii peduneulo gracili glaberrimo 

 basi vaginalo vaginam (spatham) fulcientem seepius subsuperante (rarius 

 ea breviore) fulti, erecti, 1,5—2 cmlongi, 3—4 mm lt., densiflori; rhacheos 

 reetae articuli spicula plus duplo breviores, tenues, glaberrimi, disjuneti 

 apice subcupulati. Spiculee sessiles lineari-lanceolatae, 4 — 4,5 mm longse. 

 livide violascentes, glabree. Gluma I. chartaeeo-membranacea, lineari- 

 lanceolata acuta subintegra v. minute bidenticulata, marginibus inflexa. 

 binervis, bicarinata, laevis, plana, callo brevissimo obtuso glabro; II. I am 

 subsequens, lanceolata, acuminata, mucronulata, 1-nervis, carinata, glaber- 

 rima ; III quam I. parum brevior, lineari-oblonga, obtusa vel acuta, hyalina. 

 enervis, glabra; IV. quam II. 7< brevior, lineari-lanceolata, acuta, mutica, 

 hyalina enervis glabra. Palea nulla. Lodiculee eunealae. Anlherse minutis- 

 simse, sine polline. Stigmata breviter plumosa. Spiculœ pedicellalae cf. 

 pedicello quam articulus breviore fultee, lanceolata3, 4—4,5 mm lg. glaber- 

 rimse; gluma I. lanceolata, acuta, 9-nervis, marginibus vix implicata, II. 

 I am sequans, acuminata, 5-nervis. III. et IY. I am subac-quans, lanceolata. 

 acuta, 1-nervis, hyalina. Antherae 2,5 mm Ig. 



