Andropogima . о б i 
neutra longiludine glumae superioris, dissitissime Ыпегѵіь ; hermaphrodila paulo 
brevior, 3-nervis: utraque marginibus fimbriata. Spiailae superioris, siibul- 
trabilinalis, lanceolatae, neutrius ? pedicellus articuio brevior, margiiie brevius 
et minus dense ciliatus; glumae ut in sessili, inferior tarnen 5 -nervis tantum 
et brevius ciliata, Valvulae 2. 
Andropogon platypus. Spicis solitariis (2-pollicai’ibus) ; Articulis pedicelioque spi- 
culae masculae acutae altero latere villosis; Spiculae fertilis brevipedicellatae 
gluma inferiori bidentata, bine brevissime ciliatula; Foliis linear! -compressis, 
V. spp. e Sierra Leone. 
Culmus 2 — 3 -pedalis, erecto-ramosus, 4 -iindis, nodis glabris, cum re- 
liquis partibus pallide viridis. Vaginae compresso-carinatae, glabrae. Ligula 
brevissima, membranacea, fimbriatula. Folia linearia, compressa et in hoc 
statu sesquilineam lata, glabra, bas! pilis aliquot adspersa, inferiora sesquipe- 
dalia. ’E vaginis superioribus emergunt, praeter culmum ipsum, pedunculi 
2 — 3 , iterum vaginati, spicigeri. Spica circiter 2 - pollicaris, pallida. Rha- 
chis minus facile solubllls. Articuli llnea vlx longlores, teretlusculi, oblique 
inter se juncli, altero latere albo-villosull, vlllis patentlbus, ipsorum longltu- 
dlne Spicula inferior feminea cum filamentis abortlvls, insidens pedlcello bre- 
vlsslmo, complanato, pllosulo, linearl-lanceolata, acuta, Ilneas 2 cum dlmidia 
longa. Gluma inferior 7—9-nervis, bidentata, altero marglne paulo longius 
ciliatula, clllis tarnen perbrevlbus. Gluma superlor 3 -nervis, glabra. Valvu¬ 
lae 2, subhyallnae, llneari - lanceolatae, glumis paulo breviores, glabrae. Spi¬ 
culae superioris masculae, blllnealis, pedicellus articule similis et aequllongns. 
Gluma inferior 5 -nervis, marginibus minus manifesta ciliatnla. Valvulae 2. 
Stamlna 3 . 
Andropogon rostraius. Spicis solitariis (4 — 3 - polllcaribus) ; Articulis (bine) pe¬ 
dicelioque spiculae masculae blrostratae (vlrescendo albo-) hlrsutls; Glumis 
longe blrostratis marglne ciüatis; Foliis (longlsslmls) angusto - linearlbus, 1. 
involntls. 
