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Spiculae geminae v. altera abortiva solitariae; spi- 

 cula fertilis sessilis, subbiflora; spicula altera nunc 

 pedicellata flore neutro terminata, nunc ad rudi- 

 mentum pedicelliforme reducta, nunc omnino frus- 

 trata. Glumae herbaceae, concavae, flores includentes. 

 Flos inferior unipaleaceus neuter. Flos superior her- 

 maphroditus, sessilis, subbipaleaceus; palea inferiore 

 supra basin aristata, arista saepissime geniculate, parte 

 inferiore torta; palea superiore exigua v. omnino fru- 

 strata. Stamina 2. Styli 2 terminales; stigmata plu- 

 mosa. 



Spiculae alternae, spicatae, rhachi articulata; spi- 

 cae binae v. ternae v. iterato bipartitae fasciculatove 

 subdigitatae. Folia plana , basi saepissime cordata, 

 lanceolata vel ovato-lanceolata. 



S e c 1. 1. Psilopogon Höchst. 



Spiculae geminae altera pedicellata neutra v. ad rudi- 

 mentum pedicelliforme villosum reducta. (Psilopogon 



Höchst. 1. c). 



1) P. Schimperi; spicis fasciculato-subdigitatis; spicula 

 tabescenti biglumi; rhacheos spicularum internodiis 

 villosis; glumis lineari-lanceolatis ; interior e in set am 

 attenuata, arista spicula fertili duplo v. triplo lon- 

 giore. — Psilopogon Schimperi Höchst. 1. c. — Rich. 

 1. c. — Andropogon multicaulis Steud. Gram. pag. 

 383. — Batratherum molle ß tenue Nées ab Esenb. 

 in herb. Trin. — Hab. in Abyssinia in locis umbro- 

 sis ad declivia riparum prope Adoam (Schimper), 

 in montibus Indiae orientalis (Royle). — Radix 

 fibrosa, annua. Culmi caespitosi, ramosi, 2 — 6 

 pollicares, adscendentes v. erecti, glabri. Folio- 



