Andropogon.] CLxxiir. gramine^. (J. D. Hooker,) 173 



tf^iiiie spiKeucs, pints and pedicels about = i spikelet, centre hyaline, upper tiairs 

 J^cbiDg the top of the sessile spikelet ; gl. I, thin, margin narrowly incurved, tip 

 tnincnte, hyaline ; II ovate, 1-nerved, tip hyiiliue ; III shorter, ovate obtuse glabrous 

 nerveless ; IV awn about ^ in., inconspicuously margined below. Pedicelled spike- 

 («^« narrower than the sessile, hairs of callus half their length; gl. I 9-11-nerved ; 

 U3.nerved; III oblong, long-ciliate, nerveless. — Sent by Lisboa as A. odoratus, 

 ^^W^^^ntlj very different from the description of that.plant and from the specimens 

 Reived la the strongly compressed and acutely keeled sheaths, broad leaves and 



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17. A. WoodrovU, Hook. /.; stems tall erect compressed, nodes 



fiLil '^. ®i ooiong^ianceolate, callus hairs = i ot the spikelet, gi. i oi 

 iJ^^^PY^le* 8-12.nerved silky below the middle, tip truncate hyaUne 



ciliolate. 



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V S?i I'.^^'^"^' Woodrow (Herb. Bomhay, n. 27). 



W »n7 t , •' ^^^*^^^ ^^ a "-oof^y rootstock, thicker than a goose-qnill at the 

 «^ ana obtusely 2.edged, solid, stiif, branched above. Leaves 1-2 ft. by i-i in., 

 <l^i^ZllT ^. ^"^'•g'ns seaberulous, not pruinose beneath ; sheath loose, keeled, 

 onslenrrk i V^ " '^™"cate ciliate membrane. Spikes 3-5, ^-1 in. long, pale, 

 marrin, .nu ^^'H smooth proper peduncles, ^-i in. lonp; joints and pedicels linear, 

 W nu! ^' °PP!'^ bail's lialf as lonff as the spikelet. Sessile spikeleU, callus rather 



•pertasus). 



5..^- Pertusus. TTi 



cnired «.?' ^r "^ coriaceous, glabrous above the middle, margins narrowly m- 

 glabroQs tT •"'^^'■' ^^ cbartaceous, 3-nerved, ciliate; III ovate, acute, nerveless, 

 K'- 1 9.nPrv<!i * 'i"JP^® ''*" 4-i in- Pedicelled spikelets narrower than the sessile ; 

 ■^rreless. Tv'o^ °°^' ^^^^^ scabrid ; II 3-nerved, ciliate; III obovate. ciliate, 

 ""Kh wanf ^ V"r'*-^^'"'®"*''y ^ very distinct species, of which better specimens are 

 **4>uri3tl,o! '/ ^P"'^^^ l^eing much broken. Mr. Woodrow observes that the 

 t: -'!*'' "^camphor. 



^'iddhtT^'^'^^^^^'^^ «J?i^elets usually quite glabrous {or hairy helow the 

 "'« in A. pertasus). ./ !^ y 



srect or ascending, nodes 

 ^"2in'drcrTf "^f ^^i^' leaves linear, sheaths terete, spikes 3-7 usually purple 

 i^'ots anK^^- ^, fascicled shortly stipitate slender silky, rachis fragile, 

 "^nntelv trnnf^' ^^^^^^^ "l^ate, sessile spikelets M in. oblong-lanceolate 

 •"•Idle 5-0 ! '^^^^^ usually shining glabrous or sparsely Hairy below the 

 'Pinuloselv Jr'/ ""'."^"y 1-2-pitted dorsally callus shortly bearded keels 

 ^>^trTS^^''\^\^^ove. Beauv. Agrost. 131. t. 23, f. 2; Br. Frodr.Fl. 

 Oram. 364 . ' n^'i' ^^- ^«^- ^- 258 ; Kunfh Enum. Pl i. 498 ; Steud. Syn. 

 ^"uw.p; 7 7 o^- ^onogr. Andrbp. 479; Wiffht Cat. °- 1698; T/nr. 

 i'^-PanaM ?f ('^*^'- ^^^^0 437f Trim Cat. Ceyl PI. 108; Adch's 

 ^^•W- £/y ^6 (e»=.Z. Syn.); DutMe Grass. N.W. Ind. 21 {ejC S^ 

 ^•(1891) 209 a/''^- 28, t. 25; X/.7;oa in Bomh. Journ. Nat. mst. 

 ^'^r fi u ' ^""^^ ^^- ^fr- Austr. 107; Benth. Fl Austral, v". u30; 

 !L^««foW p'^-/ ^t?. (^*'^^- ^'^^ Syns.) ; Boiss. FL Orient, y.m. A. 

 l^- A. ian^f r^- ^'- ^^^^'^^ i- 269. A panormitanus. P«';^./f f'«J- ^; 

 ^*-)- S;?*'''.' ^^^^'^^■^- '>^ Journ Linlsoc. xvni. (1881) 111 («^?o/ 

 ?** m. 2 I'r^i' Pertnsa. Jfass/fc. P^. Jav. Bar. 52. Eleonurus pertusus, 

 ^^'^.yrafl rl^- '• '•• Holcus pertusus, Linn. Mant. h. 301.-Andro- 



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