371 159. GRAMINEA. 
spikelets, and presence or absence of a pit on the outer glume of 
the sessile spikelet; also in the presence or absence of hairs at 
the mouth of the sheath. I prefer to eonsider them all under 
the species rather than to attempt to assign them to the varieties 
proposed by Hackel; in such case it would be necessary to make 
other varieties. 
12. Andropogon Ischemum, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 1047; Hack. 
Mon. Androp. p. 474, et in Bull. Herb. Boiss, sér. 2, iii. (1903) 
p. 901; Trin. in Bunge, Enum. Pl. p. 73; Franchet, in Mém. 
Soc. Set. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. (1884) p. 273; Hook. f. Fl. 
Brit. Ind. vii. p. 171. 
Catar: Peking (Bushell! Bretschneider, 822 D: SAINGKING : 
Bay of Talienwan (Swinhoe, in herb. Hance, 3452 D); SHANTUNG : 
Chefoo (Forbes, 404!) ; KrANasr: Kiukiang (Zeid, 9!) ; Foxten : 
Amoy (Hance, 1389, 3452 in part!); Formosa : Apes’ Hill 
(Playfair, 272!), Takow (A. Henry, 761 D); Suensr: Kausan 
(Hugh!); Kwanarune: Whampoa (Hance, 3452 in part !). 
Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
South and Central Europe, Central to North Asia, North- 
west India, and in many parts of the tropics and subtropies of 
both hemispheres. 
18. Andropogon micranthus, Kunth, Rév. Gram. i. p. 165, 
et Enum. i. p. 504; Hack. Mon. Androp. p. 488, et in Bull. 
Herb. Boiss. vii. (1899) p. 642, et sér. 9, iii. (1903) p. 501 ; 
Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vii. p. 178. 
Andropogon capilliflorus, Steud. Syn. Gram. p. 997 (fide Hackel) ; 
Franch. et Savat, Enum, Pl. Jap. ii. p. 192; Hack. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 
vi. (1884) p. 50. 
Andropogon montanus, Benth. FI. Hongk. p. 423, non Roxb. 
Cuna: without locality (Fortune, 13 !); SHINGKING : Kaichow 
to Kinchau (Joss, 278!); Saanruna: Chefoo (forbes! Main- 
gay, 83!) ; Curctane (Staunton !), Ningpo (Faber, 283 ); 
Huren: Ichang (4. Henry, 26, 2373, 4285 !), Changlo (A, Henry, 
7815 !); SzECHUEN : Omei, 3000 ft. (Faber, 1177!); Yunnan: 
~ Mengtze, grass mountains, 5500 ft. (A. Henry, 9615 A!); 
Kwanetune: Canton (Lamont), Whampoa (Hance, 1078 in 
part! Sampson, 289!); lloxakoxa (Hance, 1078 in part !). 
Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 
Japan; Old World tropies. 
