Andropoginca. 
Ischaemum gibbum. l’eduncuio nudo; Spiels geminis (sul. 3 - pollicaribus) ; Arti- 
culls pedicelloque llnearibiis (albo-) villosis; Splcula liiferlori biglbbosula, ari^- 
tata, superiori mutica; Culmi nodls glabns, foliis angusto-lanceolatis 1. lan- 
ceolato-linearibus. 
V. spp. Manill. 
Affine vldctur Isch. barbato Reiz.; cui vero splculae basi bavbatae et glu- 
ma superior margine clllata. 
Culmus ereclus 2 — 1. fere 4-pedalls, a basl subadpresso- et elongato-ra- 
mosus, pro altiludine sua satis tenais, 5— 6 -nodls. glabrae. Li- 
giila membranacea, vaglnavum infei'iorum 3 — 4 llneas longa, decurrens, dorso 
pills brevlsslmls stlpata. Folia lanceolata, acuta, longiora Inferne in petlolum 
longum atlenuata, strlctiuscula, glabra, marglnlbus pl. min. hlsplda, llneas 3 
lata; Inferlora Interdum ultrapedalla, culmea dodrantalla (Inferne non atte- 
nuata), senslm minora. Spîcae In ramls strlctls gemlnae, contractae, 3-pol- 
llcares, e palllde virldi fuscoque variae. Artkuli llneas 2 longl, linearl-trl- 
quetrl, ad angulos pllis erectls albls ipsls brevloi'lbus vlllosl. Spîcula inferior 
oblongo - lanceolata, acutluscula, llnels duabus longlor. Gluma exterlor infer- 
ne corlacea, bitoruloso-gibbosula, glabra et enervls, aplcem versus magls char- 
tacea, 9 -nervis: nervis medlo et marglnalibus (subalatls, hlspldls) fortlorlbus, 
rellquls totldem quasi pllculas longitudinales formanlibus; gluma Inteiior ae- 
qullonga, angustior, acutisslma, carlnato-compressa. Floscull 2 : Inferior mas- 
culus, valvulls oblongo-lanceolatls, acutls, subhyallnls; superior femlneus : 
valvula Inferlorl Inferne chartacea , superne subbyalino - blfida, ad fissuram 
emlttente arlstam 5— 6 -llnealem, tolam tortam, medlo genlculatam. Spicu- 
lae siiperioris ,* inferlorl paulo mlnorls, pedlcellus articulo duplo brevlor elque 
similis. Ciluma Inferior non glbba, flosculls aut ut In splcula inferlorl, aut 
nculrls, mutlcls. 
Ischaemum iriiieeum Br.! Pedunculo nudo; Spiels geminis (5-pollicarlbus); Artl- 
culls dorso cdiatls; Pedlcello nudo; Splculae Inferloris laevls {)eri;mtbio supe- 
Mirn. f'I. Ser. S'r. rnut/i. etc. T. //. 3b 
