159. GRAMINEE. 375 
Var. villosulus, Hack. Mon. Androp. p. 490; Hook. f. FL 
Brit. Ind. vii. p. 179. 
Andropogon villosulus, Steud. Syn. Gram. p. 397. 
Yunnan (A. Henry, 11256!) ; HosakoNa (Sampson, 1902 in 
part!) Herb. Kew. 
North India. 
14. Andropogon vagans, Rendle, n. sp. 
Planta divaricata, culmi demum erecti, teretes, in speciminibus 
incompleti, ad 20 poll. longi et 1 lin. crassi, internodia superiora 
vaginas superantia, striata, et plus minus pilosula. Foliorum 
vaginæ ad internodia arcte applicite, glabre, superne autem 
pilosule, nodis puberulis; ligula truncata ad j lin. longa; 
laminz anguste lineari-lanceolatz, basi valde angustate, superne 
acuminate pene ad aristulam attenuate, 3-6 poll. longs, 
3-8 lin. late, plane, herbacee, dorso puberule, et nervo 
mediano albo-lineatz. Racemi 4-10, dense fastigiati, 2-4} poll. 
longi, axem communem rarius 4 poll. excedens; spicule dense, 
rhacheos articuli et pedicelli in marginibus pilosi, haud cani- 
culati, hi paullo breviores, 1 lin. longi. Spicula sessilis cum 
callo brevissimo barbato 12 lin. longa, calli pili haud medium 
glume attingentes ; gluma i. ovali-oblonga, obtusa, marginibus 
implieatis, carinulis superne ciliatis, dorso binervis, glabra et per 
longitudinem sulcata; gl. ii. cymbiformis, primam subequans, 
mutiea, carina in parte superiore scabridula; gl. iii. ovata, 
hyalina, enervis, longitudine vix plus quam 3 lin.; gl. iv. 
brevissima, hyalina, breviter bilobulata, arista e sinu perfecta, 
3 lin. longa. Spicula pedicillata X sessili similis, sed minor 
(11 lin. longa) lanceolata et cum arista breviore (vix 2 lineas 
long. excedens). 
A distinct species in the alliance of A. Ischemum, but distin- 
guished by its habit, puberulous internodes, denser less hairy 
inflorescence, bisexual stalked flower, absence of a channel on 
the pedicel, &c. 
KwawarUNG: Canton, ravine of the White Cloud Hill 
(Sampson, 300 !), Whampoa (Hance, 10746 in part!) Mus. 
Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
Both the plants cited were distributed as Andropogon Bladhii, 
Retz. of whieh I have not seen the type. It is, however, 
described as having unawned and neuter stalked spikelets and 
long-awned sessile spikelets, and is generally regarded as a 
