159. GRAMINE.E. 373 
folius in their more robust habit, subacute foliage-leaves, the 
broad spathe-like sheath eaveloping the inflorescence (which 
suggested to the discoverers a more appropriate species-name 
than that adopted by Brown), and the stouter hairy racemes. 
Hackel describes the rhachis-joints as glabrous, whereas they 
bear a row of white hairs on the outer edge, the hairs being 
almost as long as the joint. 
10. Andropogon hirtiflorus, Kunth, Rév. Gram. ii. p. 569, 
t.198; Hack. Mon. Androp. p. 371; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 
vii, p. 167. 
Andropogon Pseudograya, Steud. Syn. Gram. p. 365; Hack. Mon. 
Androp. p. 370. 
Andropogon zeylanicus, Arn. ev Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 423. 
Foxren: Amoy (Hance, 1388 in part !); Kwaneruna: Wham- 
poa (Hance, 1388 in part !), Cape Syngmun ( Wright!); Hona- 
Kone (Lamont!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
India, Ceylon, Tonkin; Madagascar, Tropical and South 
Africa; America. 
11. Andropogon intermedius, R. Br. Prodr. p. 202; Hack. 
Mon. Androp. p. 485; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vii. p. 175; 
Pilger, in Engl. Jahrb. xxix. (1900) p. 222. 
Andropogon punctatus, Roxb. FL. Ind. i. p. 264; Trin. Sp. Gram. Ic. 
t. 328 ; Hance, in Journ. Linn. Soc, Bot. xii. (1873) p. 135 ; Nees, in 
Hook. § Arn. Bot. Beechey’s Voy. p. 242. 
Andropogon Vachellii, Nees, l.e. p. 243; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 423 ; 
A. Henry, in Trans. Asiat. Soc. Jap. xxiv. Suppl. (1896) p. 108. 
Snantune (Maingay, 76!); Foxren: Amoy (Seemann, 547! 
Hance, 1078!); Formosa: Takow (4. Henry, 1039, 1094, 
1152 !), Apes’ Hill (Playfair, 102!); Huren (A. Henry, 23731), 
Ichang (A. Henry, 4096, 2766, 2374!); Yunnan: Mengtze, 
4800 ft. (4. Henry, 9614!); Kwaneruna (Staunton! Samp- 
son, 299!), Macao (Hance, 1407 in part! Vachell!); Honeaxone 
(Hance, 1407 in part! 10229! Harland, 801 in herb. Hance, 
1078 !), roadsides at Aberdeen (Wilford, 248 !), ravine, Mt. Vic- 
toria (Lamont!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
Caucasus, Tropical Asia to Australia, Pacific Islands, Tropical 
and South Africa. 
The specimens vary considerably in size of panicle, length 
of panicle-branches, amount of secondary branching, size of 
