Andropoginea. 281 
pîlls, quorum superiores ipsos longitudine fere aequant. Spicula inferiorste 
silis, lineari-lanceolata, lineas 2 cum dimldia longa. Glumae obtusiusculae; 
inferior brevi-bidentata, 5 -nervis, nervis lateralibus fortioribus, superne bispidu* 
lis; superior 3 -nervis, mucronulo terminata. Periantlnum inversum, hyalinum: 
valvula neutra glumis paulo brevior, fimbriala; hermaphrodita subaequilonga, 
dorso fere a basi emittens aristam pollicarem, fulvo-hirtam, inferne tortam, me¬ 
dio geniculatam, superne llexuosam. Spiculae superioris^ masculae, acuminatae, 
sessili aequilongae, pedicellus articulo similis. Valvulae 2, fimbrlatae. 
Andropogon hirtus L. sp. pi. ed. i. Badlls pl. min. dlsslle alternls, simpllclusculls: 
pedunculis exsertls pubescentlbus (pllosis) ; Spiels patulls; Artlculls pedlcello- 
que spiculae masculae (albo-) vlllosulis; vlllo Ipsls subbreviorl ; Spiculae sessllis 
glumis obtuslusculis, vlllosls, arlsta iisdem fere quadruplo longlori; Culml no- 
dis folilsqne glabrls^ hisve pilis adspersis. 
Andropogon hirius. R. et S. H. p. 818. 
Trachypogon hirius N. ab Es. Agr. bras. p. З46. 
V. spp. Graec. Cors. Sard. Daim. Hlsp. Pyren. Teneriff. Jam. Cp. b. sp, 
Andropogon xanihoblepharis. Radiis allernls, subcompositis : pedunculis tandem la¬ 
tere exsertls, glabrls; Artlculls, pedicello, spiculae masculae, splculisque per- 
brevi (fulvo-) pilosis; Arisla glumis quadruplo longlori; Culml nodls follis- 
que glabrls. 
V. sp. e Congo. 
Culmus videtur 3 — 4 pedalls, J^aginae ghbrae. Ligula membranacea, 11- 
. neam longa , pllls stlpata. Folia llncarla, inferne compressa, superne plana 
ibidemque lineas fere 3 lata, glabra, inferlora ullrapedalia. Fars culml flori- 
fera ultrapedalis, luclda et laxluscula, 6-nodls, e quavis vaglna emlltlt radios 
I—2, Iterum nodosos et vaglnulatos, vaginularum quavis involucrante pedun- 
culum fere capillarem, glabrum, terminatum spicis 2 conjugalls, patulls, pol- 
llce brevioribus, spadicescentibus. .^/7/W/ lineales , utrinque ciliatl pilis fulvis, 
Ipsis brevioribus. Spicula inferior sessllis, billnealis», lineari-lanceolata. Gluma 
