202 CLXxiii. GRAMiNE^. (J. D. Ilooker.) [Andro^ogon. 



joints and pedicels about half as long as the sessile splkelet long-ciliate, 

 sessile spikelet } in. oblong, calluy sliort obtuse, gl. I obtuse chartaceous 

 dorsallv villous toward the base not dorsally channelled shming faintly 

 nerved" keels ciliolate towards the truncate tip, II obtuse apicul-tt€, 

 III very short broadly obloag ciliate, IV column of awn glabrous, mck. 

 Monogr. Androp, 591. 



NiLGHiKi Hills ; Wight ^ Rolienackefy &c> 



Stems 3-6 in., tufted, slender, sometimes creeping below, geniculate. J^eavet 

 2-3 in., quite flat, margins cartilaginous; sheaths compressed; Hgule very snori, 

 membranous. Spikes usually very shortly exserted from the long narrow glabrous 

 spathes ; peduncle curved, puberulous. Spikes i-| iu. long, with 3-6 pairs 

 glumes, lower spikelets neuter. Gl. I of sessile spike lets \\\t\i narrowly luvoiuu 

 margins, callus bearded ; awn of IV 1^ in. long, shining. Pedlcelled spikelei larger 

 than the sessile; gl. I obovate-oblong, obtuse, many and strongly neived, "^?j[^^ 

 cUiolute hardly incurved: II smaller, membranous, obtuse, 1-3 -nerved, ciUute, 

 paiea of IV very smull.— Hackel observes that this species is intermediate *^^^'''^^ 

 Dichanthium and Heteropogon, but nearer the Litter in the dorsiil furrow ol 

 sessile spikelet (which furrow I do not detect). 



69. A. polystachyos, RoxK FL Ind. i. 261 ; dwarf, erect, corymhosely 

 branched, leaves slender short erect strict hairy, spikes ^-1 in. ^^.^ i^ 

 strict naked peduncle?, sessile fern, spikelets } in., callus densely bear 

 on one side with brown hairs, gl. 1 terete pubescent, awn ^^"^^-^^ 

 simple acute, pedicelled spikelets oblong many-nerved broadly ^^^^^.^i 

 glabrous. Steud. Syn, Oram, 367. A. pumilus, Eoxb, Ic. ined, t. ^^^^ 

 {non FL Ind.), 



Peninsula of India, Roxlurgli^ Wight. i \^^ 



Stem6-10 in., slender, leafy above. Leaves 2-4 by ^Vtb i°" .'^^^'^^ ^ heaths 

 convolute, acuminate, ciliate with long flexuous hairs, margins thickened; ^ *" j^ 

 terete, lower keeled ; ligule a line of hairs. Spikes pale browu (when dry), p^ ^ 

 2-4 iu., with a very sleiuler sheath and minute leaf about the middle > ^ ^^ ^. T^^.^^ 

 pairsof spikes neuter. S e sail e fern, spikelets darli ; gl. I rigid, many-nerven; 1^ ^ ^^^^ 

 coriaceous with broad hyaline margins; III shorter, oblong, ciliate ; IV a\vn^ ^ 

 blender, column shortly hirsute. Fedicelled spikelets i iu. ; gl. I with a co"^^.^^^^ 

 many. nerved centre and broad hyaline inlolded wings ; ll h*"^'*^^^^^^' , ^^ 'jer! 

 5-uerved, 2 pairs submarginal. Neuter spikelets ; gl. I like the pt dicelled, hut brua^ j 

 tip 2-toothed; II lanceolate, 3-nerved, ciliate ; III and IV oblong, 1 -nerved, cihate.^^ 

 A curious little species, of which I have seen only indifferent specimens oi *^'°jj|j 

 In Eoxburgh's Icones this and A. pumilus, Roxb., are figured on the ^^'^'^^.^l^ff ^njer 

 the names transposed. Heteropogon polystachyon, Arn. (Wight Cat. 231-1; 

 Mhich is cited Roxburgh'a ^. polgsiachyon is A. hellariensis, Hack. 



Subgen. XI. Cymbopogon, Hack, Spikes 2, both sessile or a sessile ^^^^ 

 shortly stipitate terminating a peduncle which is more or less ^ j q, 

 by a proper spathe, often divaricate or deflexed ; joints and P^^K*^ finted 

 convex, clavate bucoiniform or linear, top concave with usually ^^ 

 toothed margins. 8j)ikelef3 several pairs, lowest pair or pairs ^^.^"^^^ja!^ 

 both spikes homogamous, male or neuter ; sessile spikelets fem. or ^^^^.^ ^f 

 oblong to lanceolate, dorsally compressed ; gl. I dorsally flat ^^^^^'^^ ^r 

 pitted, awnless, margins inflexed; II cymbitorm, acute, keeled, a^vn^^^ 

 not; III rblong, hyaline, nerveless or 2-nerved ; IV smaller, ^a^^ 

 hyaline, 2-cleft, awned in the cleft, awn capillary, rarely 0; V^ j^ 

 minute or 0. Pedicelled spikelets male or neuter, dorsally str & 

 .compressed. ^ 



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