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Culmi erecti, graciles, ramosi, superne plus gr wh Aer 
glabri, leves, multinodi. Foliorum vagine subarctae, gla bre 
vel ad nodos an ilose; ligule ad pilorum M odaad 
laminæ lineares vel lanc eolato- lineares, longe attenuate, basi 
anguste vel eibi iolatz, ad 1 ped. longe, 5 lin. late, pem. 
subglauce, scaberule vel XE. ds nibus exceptis leves. Racem 
longe tenuiterque pedunculati, solitarii vel geminati, e vagin 
superioribus orti, 1—2 poll. longi., rhachi scabrida. Sodditàe saim- 
lin. 1 
bricatae, lanceolato-oblongae, acutae, -14 ngae, seta basali 
circiter vae longa; gluma i. rotundata, hyalina, enervis, }+ lin 
nga, t 1 oblongo-lanceolata, acuta vel acuminata, 
lon. ovata vel o o 
Pe iU minute scaberula spiculam equans vel dimidio 
brevior; cætera ut in P. uniseto. 
eae P egens AFRICA. Shire Highlands, Soche Hill, 
3000 ft., 
568. Andropogon (Sorghum) trichopus, Stapf [Graminew-Andro- 
pogonee] A. bipennato, Hack., affinis, sed paniculae ramulis sub 
EL. ciliatis et arista brevi 4 lin. Tn distincta. 
Culmi 4-5 ped. alti, graciles. Foliorum vaginae superiores 
longissime, glabre, leves; ligule pubescentes ; ; laminæ subse- 
volutæ, glabræ, le teed gcn 4—6 poll. longee. Panicula 
besten, Tineart-obiohg». 6-10 p onga; rami primarii ad 4 poll. 
longi, 6-articulati, a tst, sa ei flexuosi, patuli vel demum 
erecti, filiformes vel capillares ; ramuli ultime ordinis sub 
spiculis ciliati ; articuli eleganter ciliati. Spicule solitarisz, 
lanceolate vel lanceolato-oblonge, 2-21 lin. longs, pallide; 
gluma i. truncata, sub apice hyalino albo-pilosa, tenuiter 5-9. -nervis ; 
ii. glabra, apice hyalino-triangularis, minute ciliata ; quam 
longa ; palea nulla. Antherw 1} lin. longe. Pedicelli steriles 
eleganter ciliati, quam spicule sessiles 1 breviores. 
UPPER GUINEA. Niger Region, Nupe, in open plains, Barter, 
1375. 
569. Anthoxanthum madagascariense, Stapf [Graminez-Phala- 
rideo] proxima A. Zcklonii (Hierochloe Ecklonii, Nees), sed 
spiculis dins mus piu minoribus distine ta. 
Culmi erecti vel sapere: M 1 ped. alti. Folia 3-4 basalia 
et 1 vel 2 a basi remota ; æ glabra, leves vel minutiss sime 
scaberule, striate ; Heule emet 4-1 lin. longe; lamine 
lineares, subcallose acute, riom 1-3 poll. longæ 14-2 lin. 
late, out n — reverse pilose, cxterum 
plerumque laberrime, a sspe sparse minuteque scaberule, 
Drtalteriter striate. Panoias spiciformis, ad 2 poll. longa, 
ramulis Lenses pilosis. Spicule purpurascentes, 25-21 lin, 
longe ; gluma i. 1-nervis quam ii. 3-nervis paulo brevior ; iii. et iv. 
equales, pilosule, 24 lin. longee, vacuæ, illa supra modia breviter, 
h medium longius psg v. obtusissima vel sub- 
rginata, 9-nervis, vix 1 lin. longa ; palea s ub wen hermaphro- 
dito glumae v. squilonga vel prodi. longior, tenuiter l-nervis. 
Stamina 2; antherz 1 lin. lo 
MADAGASCAR. Without oaia Baron, 2050, 4098. 
