159. GRAMINEE. 369 
Foliorum vagine glabre, in parte culmi inferiore breviores, 
ad 27 poll. long., internodiis sepe squantes vel excedentes; 
ligula in seriem ciliorum brevissimorum soluta ; lamin sepius 
conduplicatæ, lineares, obtusiuscule, ad 2? poll. longs, vix 
l lin. erassit. superantes, rigidiuscule, basi in margine sparse 
barbatz, ceterum glabra. Panicula breviter exserta, demum 
subpyramidalis, ad 6 poll. longa; rami inequales, septeni vel 
pauciores, demum patentes, filiformes, sub apice sensim incras- 
sati, eum ramulo terminale spiculam singulam fertilem gerente, 
oblique articulati, disjuncti cicatricem ovalem ferrugineo-ciliatam 
exhibentes; ramulus 2 lin. longus, ferrugineo-pilosus. —Spieula 
sessilis 21 lin. longa, glabra; gluma i. elliptico-oblonga, binervis, 
apice breviter bifida et hirsutula ; gl. ii. primam subequans, 
oblonga, compressa, 3-nervis, dorso rotundata et coriacea, mar- 
ginibus hyalina, cum arista imperfecta dorsali 6 lin. longa; gl. iii. 
anguste linearis hyalina, margine ciliolata, quam prima et secunda 
paullo brevior; gl. fertilis anguste linearis, 3-nervis, hyalina, 
2 lin. longa, arista perfecta 1} poll. longa, columna brunnea semi- 
pollicaris; anthers lineares 14 lin. longs. Spicula pedicellata 
3 lin. longa, pedicellus ferrugineo-pilosus, vix 2 lin. long.; glumai. 
lanceolata, apice obsolete aristu'ata, 6-7-nervis; gl. ii. lanceo- 
lata, acuta, 3-nervis, primam equans; gl. iii. & iv. hyaline, 
margine ciliate, gl. iii. vix 3 lin. longa, binervis, gl. iv. anguste 
elliptica, 3-nervis, quam tertia paullo brevior, anthere vix 2 lin. 
longs. 
Kwanetune: Pakhoi (Playfair, 144!) ; Harnan: roadside 
leading from Hoihau to Kingchau (Sampson, in herb. Hance, 
3453!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
Near Andropogon Trinii, Steud., but distinguished by the 
longer partial inflorescence, the much elongated oblique base 
by which the latter is attached to the braneh, the longer stalk 
of the partial inflorescence, &c. 
1. Andropogon annulatus, Forsk. FI. -Eg.-Arab. p. 173; 
Hack. Mon. Androp. p. 570; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vii. 
p. 196. 
Var. genuinus, Hack. l. c. p. 572. 
Hurren: Ichang (4. Henry, 200, 1090, 3528!); HoNakoxG 
(Ford, 1027). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
Arabia to India, Africa, Australia. 
