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192 ^ CLixiii. gramixkj:. (J. D. Hooker.) [Andropogon. 



South KRN Burma ; on the coast at Kobok, Kurz, 



A perennial, apparently of bushy habit several feet high, branches rigid terete 

 glabrous. Leaves 4r-6 by ^^~i in,, striate, complicate, subpuno^ent, margins smooth, 

 ciliate towards the base ; sheath appressed, smooth. Panicle 5-6 in. ; peduncle 

 12 in.; rachis slender, smooth; branches strict, in distant fascicles rather than 

 whorls, tips very oblique with erect beards ; lower 1 in. long, rarely with 2 distant 

 spikes. Sessile spikeUt 8 very TiRTTOW ; callus ^ in. ; gl, I 4-nerved ; II narrow, com- 

 plicate, 3-nerved, tip 2-lobed, awn as long as itself; III linear-oblong, obtuse, 

 ciliate ; IV the very narrow hyaline 3-nerved base of the awn. Pedicelled spikeUt* 

 nearly ^ in, ; pedicels i shorter than the sessile spikelet, tip retuse, margins ciliate j 

 gl. II 3-nerved, ciliate, shortly awned; III as in the sessile spikelet; IV 0,-1 have 

 seen but one specimen of this very distinct-looking plant, 



§§§ Glume I of pedicelled spikeleU not awnedy II not or very sloril^ 

 awned. 



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50. A. zeylanicus, Nees ex Steud. Syn. Gram. 397 ; leaves very 

 long and narrow, panicle ovate-oblong, branches in few whorls spreading 

 with 1-3 terminal spikes, rachis scaberulous, sessile spikelets \ i^., 

 callus long naked in front, gl. I not laterally compressed above, dorsallj 

 with 2 rows of cilia or spinules above the middle tip truncate, awn of gl* 

 IV i-li in., pedicelled spikelets much longer than the sessile lanceolate 

 5-nerved prlabrous keels eciliate. A. nodulibarbis, Hochst ex Steud Sy^' 

 Gram, 396; Hack. Monog7\ Androp. 553. A. peninsulas, Steud. l-^* 

 Chrysopogon Arnottianns, iVee* ex Steud. Z, c. 396. 0. Wightianus, iA*^- 

 Enum. PL ZeijL 366 (C.P. 3248) {exl. var, (3) ; Trim. Cat. Geyl. Fl 1^ 

 {non Nees). 0, zeylanicus, Thw. I.e. (O.P. 996) {non Steud.). Rbaptii" 

 zeylanica, Nees ex Steud. I. c. — Chrysopogon, Wall. Cat. u. 8785 A. B. ^ 



NiLGHiEi Hills, alt. 7-8O0O ft., Wight, Ac. Cktlon, ascending to 6000 

 Walker^ &c. . , 



Stems 1-3 ft,, tufted, stout or slender, ieaves many from the base of tn 

 stem, 12-16 by ^^-^ in., flexuous, rather coriaceous, margins more ox less laiJ 

 ciliate with rather long hairs ; lower sheaths short, flattened, keeled ; ligule of slj<^ 

 hairs. Panicle 5-8 in., contracted or effuse, with long naked unequal lower brancb 

 Spikes green or blueisli. Sessile spikelets, callus ^^^ in., hairs yellow or rus J 

 brown ; gl. I coriaceous, tip ciliate, often 2-toothed ; nerves 2 pairs, obscure ; 

 3-nerved, tip 2-lobed, keel spinulosely ciliate above the middle; III oblong, obU^» 

 2-nerved, retrorsely ciliate; IV the very narrow sub-2-lobed, 3-nerved, ecina 

 dilatation of the base of the awn. Pedicelled spikelets fin.; pedicels trunca^i 

 margins shortly densely or laxly ciliate on one or both margins; gl. I "P^^*^*^ 

 lanceolate, keels minutely ciliate, nerves subequidistant or the lateral pairs s 

 marginal; II acuminate, 3-nervcd, retrorsely ciliate ; III oblong, obtuse, ^--'^^^^ ' 

 retrorsely ciliate; IV smaller, ovate-lanceolate, I-3.nerved, ciliate. 



** Pedicel of upper spikelets not half as long as tlie sessile spikelets. 



51. A. montlcola, Scliult. Jlfa/f. iii. 665; stem erect or apcend^ng 

 usually very slender, leaves very narrow glabrous, lower sheaths c 

 pressed, panicles rather short of several whorls of few or many capi 

 flexuous very unequal branches bearing solitary spikes, sessile ^V t^^^ 

 pale, callus short, gl. I compressed glabrous or keel ciliate a .^ 

 the middle, II dorsally more or less ciliate with short or long rg^ 

 bristles, awn of IV i-1 in. capillary, pedicelled spikelets lanceolate aw ^^ 

 or not 7-nerved, pedicels = f-^ the sessile spikelet margins more or 

 ^villous. 



Westeex Himalata, from Kashmir to Nepal, ascending to 6000 ft- 



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