159. GRAMINEX. 371 
288!); Kwanerune: Whampoa (Hance, 6401 !), Canton (Samp- 
son, 1409!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
Japan; tropics of both worlds. 
5. Andropogon caricosus, Linn. Sp. PL. ed. 2, p. 1480; Hack. 
Mon. Androp. p. 567 ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vii. p. 196. 
Yunnan: near Tapintze (Delavay, fide Hackel). 
India, Timor, Mauritius. 
I have seen no specimen. 
6. Andropogon Delavayi, Hack. Mon. Androp. p. 40t. 
Yunnan: Kimise (Delavay, 1800), meadows at Kipinkay 
near Tali (Delavay, 2242). 
I have seen no specimen. 
7. Andropogon fastigiatus, Sw. Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. p. 26; 
Hack. Mon. Androp. p. 893; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vii. 
p. 167. 
Andropogon apricus, Trim. var. chinensis, Hack. Mon. Androp. 
p. 457. 
Homceatherum chinense, Nees, im Hook. $ Arn. Dot. Deechey's Voy. 
p. 239. 
Kwanetune: Macao (Vachell, fide Nees). 
Widely spread in the tropics of both hemispheres. 
I have not seen the specimen. 
8. Andropogon formosanus, Rendle, n. sp. 
Herba late ramosa; rami multinodi repentes ad nodos genicu- 
latos radicantes, demum adscendentes et floriferi, radicibus 
valde elongatis, internodiis teretibus, ad į lin. crass., glabris. 
Foliorum vaginæ cylindrice ad internodia breviora arcte 
applicite, glabre (sub ore quidem sparsius pilosule); ligula 
membranacea, ovata, obtusa, brunneo-tincta, pilosula, vix 1 lin. 
longa; lamina linearis, apice acuminato-setacea, basi valde 
angustata, plana, glabra, costa media precipue in facie inferiore 
albida et conspicua, 24-4 poll. longa, 23-3 lin. lata. Panicula 
terminalis, ramis 3-6, fastigiatis, ssepe subdigitatis, tenuibus, 
1-11 poll. longis, axem communem duplo vel pluries exce- 
dentibus ; racemi fragiles, articuli pedicellique tenues, anguste 
clavati, haud sulcati, articuli circa 1$ lin. longi, glabri, vel 
