184 •' OLXXiii. GRAMiNEiE. (J, D. Hooket.) lAndropogo*. 



hilam. A. cernuus, Kunth I. c. {excl, Syn. Soxh.), A. compactup, Brot, I.e. 88; 

 Sorghum cernuum, ITout Gram. Austr, iv. t. 3 ; Reichh. Ic. Fl. Germ, t. 80. 

 llolcus cernuas, Ard. in Sap. Se, e Lett. Acad. Padua, i. 12, t. 3, f. 1, 2.— 

 S. saccharatum^ Strachey & "Wiuterbottom, from Kumaon, alt. 5000 ft. is a pro- 

 liferous state, • 



Van glahrosris, 'Rack. 1. c. 517 ; panicle ovoid compact at length straw-colrd., 

 sessile upikelet } ia. suborbicular not awned villous. — Serampore, Foigt (in Herb. 

 Copenhagen.) 



Var. miUiformis ; {not A. milifonnis, SchuU.) ; panicle dense, sessile spikelcU 

 I in. suborbicular at length straw-coh-d. strigosely hairy, gl. IV with an exserted 

 mucro, grain dark brown or violet brown. 



Var. bicolor, Hatk, I.e. 519; panicle very dense, sessile spikelets ^ in. obtusely 

 hexagonal awuless at length black, gl. I coriaceous below the middle, then deeplj 

 niggtd, upper part striate hairy, grain almost twice as long as the gl. white. ?A. 

 bicolor, KuHth /.C.501, non Roxb -, ?A. cernuus, Roxb. FL Ind.i. 270. PSorghum 

 bicolor, ffilld. Enum. Hort. BeroL 1036. PHolcus bicolor, Linn. Mant. ii. 3Ul.-- 

 Deccan Peninsula, Herb, fright n. 185 B. 



Dr. Stapf's arrangement of the Indian forms (Including many of the African) 

 18 the following. I do not cite the habitats and synonyms of the varieties %^^^^^ 

 Hackel, for to do so might include plants to which the characters adopted by I^- 

 Stapf n ay not apply : — 



• Glume I of sessile spikelets not depressed below the tip. 



Var. hiaDs, Stapf; gls. I and II divaricate exposing the white grain, tip of gh* 

 coriaceous. — S. vulgare, Pers. j9. jright Cat. n. 1670 {not in Hackel.) 



Var. Roxhurghii; Hack. L c. 51U; tip of gl. I hyaline, nerves obscure, sessile 



spikelets | in. ovate acuminate awnless.— /Fa//. Cat. n. 8777 D. (the right band 

 bpecimcn) F. H. 



Var. iaccharatusy Koern. ; spikelets \ in. ellipsoid acute or apiculate awnea, tip 

 of gl- I hyaline, nerves obscure. 



• Var. Thonisoni^ Stapf; spikelets \ in. ovate, gl. I strongly nerved below the tip* 

 — A single specimen from Upper Gangetic Plain, Thomson. 



•* Glume I of sessile spikelets depressed below the tip, nerves distinct up to or 

 near to the base. . "\' 



Var. nervosuny Stapf ; Hack. I.e. 513.— S. India, Herb. Rottler. 



*** Glume I of sessile spikelets depressed below the tip, nerves distinct below tnc 

 tip only. 



Var. nbovafujt, Hack. 1, c. 514; panicle very loose, gl. I and II at length more or 

 less black and shining. — fralL Cat. n. 8777 E. J. L. 



Var. vulgaris, Hack. 1. c. 515 ; panicle erect contracted, gl. I of sessile spikelew 

 ^ in. acute depressed and triangular for the upper J. — ffall. Cat. n. 8777 A; C is 

 form with smaller spikelets, only ^ in. long. i^ 



Var milnformis, Hack. Lc. 518 (not A. miliformis, Schult.); panicle erect 

 contracted, gl. I of sessile spikelets J-| in. truncate depressed part very na^ro 

 reddish. -i 



Var. cf-rwttw.f, Koern.; Hack. I.e. 576; very robust, panicle forming a dense ovo 



or oblong cernuous or dccurved head, sessile spikelets small almost orbicular usua ; 

 tomentose.— >fU//. Cat. n. 8777 B. G. K. 



37, A. Stapfil, Hook./.] annual, stems short branching from the 

 leafy base, leaves 2-3 in. linear-oblong acute base cordate, panicle ere 

 slender loose, branches few short erect, spikelets few ^ in. ovoid erf 

 acute silkily villous with white hairs, gl. 1 ovate 9-11-nerved tip 2-tootne i 

 and II very coriaceous. 



TlNXEVELtY, at Palamcottah, Wight. ' ,. - 



iStems many, 12-16 in., spreading from the fibrous roots ; geniculatcly asccaamb' 



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