IGC 



cLxxiii. GRAMiNE^ (J, D. Hooker.) 



[Andropogo% 



DiSTRlB. 



CuiTTAQONG, BuRiiA, the NicoDAR IsLDS., aud the Malax Peninsula. 



Trop'u'S. . 1 i 1 fw 



Stems 8-24 in., very many from the root, filiform, flaccid, geniculate, learj 

 tltroughout. Leaves 1-3 in., i-i in. broad, flat, glabrous, margins and nerves 

 beneath scabrid. Sj^i^e* numerous ; peduncle capillary; spathes 1"^^^"'' , V 

 joints 5-10 as long as the sessile spikelet, and pedicels clavate, tips 2-tootueQ. 

 Sessile spikeiets -V in., linear-oblong; gl. I coriaceous, tip 2-M ; awn 3 5 !"• 

 Pedicelled spikelet reduced to a long-awned glume. 



. 2- A. axilis, Eochst in Flora, xxvii. (1844) 241 ; slender, erect, fasth 

 giatcly branched above, leaves very narrow acuminate, spathe er^ 

 narrowly lanceolate, Bpikes silkily villous. Hack. Monogr. A7idrop.6t)d. 

 A. fragillimus, Steiid. Syn. Gram. 384. A. fragilissimus, HochBl t» 

 Schimp. FL Abyss, n. 2057. A. Petitianus, A.Rich. Tent Fl. Abyss, n- 

 451. 



"Pfxgal, Chota Nagpore, aud the Central Provinces, ClarJce, Duthie, Ac- 



DiSTRiB. Afric. trop. 



HMKiiy ciiiace, ana peaiceis tnicKeuea upwaras, ups luuate. ot?;>i4tc o/y^n.^-^^- - - 

 as the joints, subulate lanceolate ; gl. I coriaceous, dorsally ^^l^^b', ^'^^^^^^j^^^.^gj. 

 slender bifid; II linear-lanceolate, 1-nerved, tip with a short bristle; IV > ' 

 «wn ^-f in., very slender. Pedicelled sj}ihelet subulate, silky ; gl. I shortly awucu, 

 whole plant reddish when dry. 



** Perennials. 



3. A 



sleuder. 



impressus, Haclc. in (Estr 



iLAYA; Kishtwar, Clarke, alt. 4000 ft. ^ gW 



Stems erect ; flowering branches distant. Leaves 4-8 in., setace 

 ?ath short, smooth; ligule rounded. Spathes slender. ^^^ A^^r 



pedicels very stout densely ciliate, gl. I of sessile spikelets gly 

 lanceolate acuminate, deeply impressed between the scaberulous keels* 



N.W. Himalaya; Kishtwar, Clarke, alt. 4000 ft. 



PerenniaL 



acuminate ; sheath auuiL, mhuulu ; n^uit; ruuuueu. opaiuf^a »n;ij»-ic». -^x^ Vinrt^f 



1 in., scarcely exserted ; peduncle glabrous ; joints aud pedicels subclavate, s 

 than the sessile spikelets, densely ciliate, tops obliquely cupped. Sessile ^^' ^^ 

 I in., linear-lanceolate, greenish, callus nearly glabrous ; gl. I chartaceous, gla 

 tip 2-UK)thed, margins rather brotidly infitxed ; II lanceolate, acute, '^^ . ^ 

 3-ncrved scabrid above; III oblong, obt 

 to below the middle, lobes glabrous; awn 



s-prkefets very narrow, gl. I linear-lanccohiie, acuminaie, purpusn, i7-x* --- ^ ^^^ 

 3-nerved, acute; III 2-nerved, obtuse ; IV 0. — Near A. Alopu-urus, Hack. V^ ^^^j^ 

 Mauritius), which ditl'ers in the mimy-jointed s]>ike8, in the 6--7-nerved gh 1 ^ 

 is more deeply channelled in the middle. The habit is that of a Cy^nhojyogon. 



^ , 



Hooh. f. 



stout, leaves very long, J 



oints of 



ojjxtt.c lev/ anu peuiceis long-ciuaxe, gi. 1 01 sessiie spiKtrici-o g,- 

 liuear-oblong truncate dorsally convex keels obscurely winged above. 



Bhotan Himalaya ; Tassangsee, alt. 5-6000 ft., Griffith. 

 PerenniaL Leaves 2-3 ft. narrowly linear, coriaceous, 

 and glabrous. Spike \-i in..ped 



an 



d sheaths sm 



00* 

 the; 



joints aud peduncles half as long as the sessile spikelet, rather slender, tips ^?^^^^ 

 ^pikelets red-brown, i in.; callus bearded ; gl. I nerves obscure; H ^ori^ ^^^ 

 acute, l.nervcd; III linear-oblong, ciliate, nerveless; IV short, lobes cihate;j 

 very slender short ; palea minute, ovate. Pedicelled spikelet like the sesbi . 



