Andropogima. 
maei, cum radioHs suis singulis iterum vaginali, singulis ferentibus spicam va- 
ginae involucratam, in extremis radiolis tarnen liberam, valde tenuem, vix li- 
neas quatuor excedentem, paucifloram. Ariiculi linea paulo longiores, lenuis- 
simi, lineares, margine, praesertim altcro latere, hirto-ciliatuli. Spicula infe¬ 
rior sessilis; bilinealis, lanccolata. Gluraa inferior 7 -nervis, acuminato-bi- 
dentata, glabra; superior aequilonga, compresse-carinata, 3-nervis, apice acu- 
minato excunens in setam paulo reflexam, dimidia ipsius longitudine. Peri- 
anthium inversum, hyalinum: valvula neutra glumis paulo brevior, elliptico- 
linearis; hermaphrodita angustior, vix brevior, bifida, e medio dorso €xserens 
aristam circiler 4 -linealem, spadiceam, inferne torlam, medio geniculatam. 
Spiculae superioris, masculae, lineas duas paulo excedentis, angustae, pedicel- 
lus articule similis, sed paulo brevior, clliis parum longioribus. Glumaeaequl- 
longae, acuminatae. Valvula i, lanceolala. 
Andropogon florîdus. Spiels (plurlmls) solltarlis (polllce brevloribus, tenerls); Ar- 
llculls pedlcelloque spiculae neulrius setlgerae inferne (saepe obsolete) pilosulis; 
Arlsta splcula sua glabra bis longlorl; Folils linearibus, obtusis; (Culmo ra- 
mosisslmo decumbente). 
conf. Andropogon teneUiis Presl rel. Ilaenk. I. p. 335. 
et. Andropogon obiusifolius Poir, R. et S, II. p. 817 . 
V, spp. Brasil. 
Culmus (saltem majoris graminls) decumbens, digltalis — subblpedalls, 
fere ab ima basi florifero-ramosissimus: ramis tenuissimls, secundis, compo- 
sitis, sicut radioli vaglnatis. Folia vaglnls non multum longlora (in majori 
planta non prorsus blpollicarla, sesquilineam lata), fusco-rubentla, obtusa, 
glabra. Lîgula membranacea, brevisslma. In quovls radiolo, saepe genlcu- 
lato, spîca bas! vaglna Involucrata, tennis, semlpolllcarls vel paulo longlor, 
Ariiculi linea paulo longiores, subcuiieato- lineares, bine canaliculatl, bas! bar¬ 
ba adpressa brevl, margine inferne pilosull. Spicula inferior sessilis, fere bi¬ 
linealis, angusta, glabra. Gluma inferior lanceolato- linearis, acuta, bldentalo, 
