Andropoginea. 
Culmus videtur 3 -pedaIis et altior, ad paniculam usque vaglnatus. T^agi- 
glabrae. Lîgula brevissima, ciliaris. Folia lincaria, pagina supcriorl in- 
- ferne et marginem versus pilis adspersa; inferiora pedalia. Panicula dodranta- 
lis, in sicco gramine flavescens. Radii m verticillo pluies, tenulssimi, inae- 
quales (longioribus circiter S-pollicaribus), cum axi commun! bispldissimi (ce- 
terum absque pilis), radiolos 2 — 3 , alternos, distantes, appresso-erectos, sa- 
tls longos et slmpllclsslmos emittentes. Fasclculus splcularum in aplce radlolo- 
rum pilis spadlcels brevlsslmis clnctus. Spiculae lanceolatae: media subsessilis, 
llneas 3 longa, hermaphrodlta. Gluma Inferior obsolete 5 -nervis, acutiuscula, 
margine sursum serrulata; superlor 3 - nervis, aplce brevisslme aciculata. Pe- 
rlantblum inversum: valvula neutra glumls paulo brevlor, hyalina, llnearl- 
lanceolata; hermaphrodlta brevissima et angustlsslma, mox ablens in ai’istam 
fuscescentem, Inferne tortam, superne genlculatam, circiter lo-llnealem. Spi- 
cularum lateralium pedicelli inaequales, sub-clavato - lineares , hinc convexl 
inde planl, glabrl: alter splculam hermaphrodltam fere aequans. Splcula fere 
5 -linealis; glumae 3 -nerves, acumlnatae. Valvulae hyallnae, lanceolatae. Sta- 
mlna 3 . — Pedicellus longior interdum iterum fert splculam hermaphrodltam, 
adstante splcula mascula pedlcellata. 
Chrysopogon violascens. Panlculae radils compositls, nudls ; Glumis omnibus sim¬ 
pliciter acutls; Pedlcellls pilosulls; Culmi nodls barbatls. 
Holcus parnflorus Br. ß. Pi. et S. II. p. 84 o. 
Andropogon riolascens N. ab Es. in Sieb. Agrostoth. n° 65 . 
V. spp. nov. Holl. 
Obs. Allae hujus generls specles sunt : Pollinia pallida Sprgl. ; Pollinia depaupe- 
raia Sprgl. R. et S. II. p. 829. 8З0., Andropogon verticillaius Roxb, 
Schult. Mant. JL p, 447 * Androp, subulatus Presl rel. Haenk. i, p. 34 1>, 
Androp, alternans Presl 4 4 p. З42., Androp, fuscus Presl ibid. 
Mèm. FI. Se'r. Se. malh. etc. T. II, 
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