TAB. 196. ANDROPOGON imEvii-oLios.
C u l m i s decumbentibus, ramosis, cunipressis5 folüs Uiiearibus, oblusis, comp
l i c a t i s , margine scabris; vaginis compresso-carinalis, glabrisj spicis solitarüs, grac
i l i b u s ; articulis rbachis pedicellisqiie spiculiE slerilis aristatje glabris, basi barb
a t i s ; spiculte fertilis gluma inferiore apice bidentata, dorso convexiuscula, strigulosa;
superiore naviculari-carinataj flore hermaphrodito uaipaleaceo; paiea prof
u n d e bifida} arist a imberbi.
A n d r o p o g o n brevifolium Swartz, Prod. pag. 26., Ejusd. Flora Ind. Occid. 7.
p. 20g., fViüd. Spec. PL 4. p. gi2.
P o l l i n i a brevifolia Spreng. Syst. i.p. 288.
S c h i z a c h y r i um brevifolium Nees ab Esenh. yigroslogr. Brasil, p. 332.
A n d r o p o g o n obtusifolius Poiret, Encyd. Suppl. 1. p. S83. (teste Herb.
Desfont.)
P o l l i n i a vaginata Spreng. Pug. 2. p. 10. (teste ipso auct.J
Crescit in Jamaica, Portorico, Guiana, Senegambia et ? Bengal ia. o.
Radix fibrosa; f ibrb flliformibus, glabris. Culmi elongati, i6-i8-pollicares, debiles, decumbentes,
ramosi, compressi, glabri; rami subquinquepollicares ramulique solitarii, teouissimi ;
nodis imberbibus, subgeniculatis. Folia late linearia, obtusa, basi retúndala, complicata, membranacea,
striata, nervo medio subtuspromiuente, utrin^e glabra, margine scabra, purpurascenti
viridia, i5-i8 lineas longa, 1 ^-a í lineas Lita. Vaginaj usque ad basim fissíe, compresso
carinata», striata, glabra, 10-11 lineas long®, internodiis breviores, purpurascentes;
in ramisaphyllffi, spathffiformes, acuta, pm-purascenfes. Ligula membranacea, brevis, rotundata,
glabra, margine lacinulato-ciliolata. Spie® in apice ramulorum solitaria, ad basim vaginis
spatliajformibus magia minus ve involuta, gráciles, articolata, ;-i-pollicares; arliculis subinflalis,
esterne convexis, interne canalicnlato-conca vis, basi attenuatis pilisque sericeis albidis barbatis,
apice oblicjue sinuato-bidentatis, albidis, glabris. Spicida gemina; altera sessilis, completa;
altera pediceUata, effeta, sterilis; terminales cujuslibet spica tema; dua laterales pediceliata,
steriles; intermedia sessilis, completa. Spicnla sessilis : biflora, articulo ; longior, oblique
ovato-lanceolata, attenua to-acutata, externe convexiuscula, interne carinato-convexa,
sesquilineam longa; flore inferiore neutro, superiore hermaphrodito, utroque unipalcaceo.
Gluma longitudine aquales; inferior obUque ovato-lanceolata, apice bidentata, dentibus acutatis,
binecvia, dorso convexiuscula, coriacea, strigulosa, fuscescens, utroque latere argute angulata
et serrulato-scabra, ad basim foveola nigro-fusca notata; marginibus membranaceis, inflexis;
gluma superior oblonga, acutato-submucronata, naviculari-carinata, membranacea,
subhyahna, glabra, carina superne scabra. Flos neuter : palea oblongo-lanceolata, acuta, hyalino
membranacea, encrvia, glabra, glumis paulo brevior, genitalia floris hermapbroditi et tardius
fractum amplectens. Flos fertilis : palea inferior profunde bifida, supra basim aristata,
hyalino-membranacea, glabra, palea lloris neutrius brevior; ladniis lance ola to-cultriformibus,
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