20G CLxxm. GRAMiNK^. (J, D. Hooker.) [Andropojon. 



A. Nabdus proper; rootstock stout, stem tall stout leafy, leaves long 

 narrow, piiiii("Ie large often supra-decompound oblong or subpynimidal more or 

 less interrupted, branches loo>*ely or closely packed erect at length often droopmj^^ 

 spathes laxiy or closely imbricate lanceolate, proper 'spatlios 3- J in., spikes with 4-i) 

 pairs of spikelets, joints and pedicels rather slender densely or laxly ciliatc, aessiU 

 spikelets ^-i in. lanceolate awued, gl. I narrowly winded, awn long or short. A. 

 Nardus, BcH«/ ^ Trim. Medic, PL t. 237; Trim. Cat Ceyl. Fl. 107. A. Nard.is 

 var. graudis, Hack, (in part). A. caj-iius, N-ies in Wight Cat. n. 1700c. A. Sclioe- 

 uauthus. Wall. Cat. n. 8794 D. E. F. H.— From the Himalay:i to Banna aud 

 Pouthwd. to Ceylon and Malaya. Mergui, Griff. {Kew Bistrib. 6762). Beaijal, 

 Griff. {K.D. 6760, 6761). 



Forma culta ; gl. I of sessile spikelet, dorsal^y flat or deeply hollowed, awn or 

 very short included in the glumes. A. Nardus auct. plitr. A. Schoenanthus 

 Roxb. FL Ind. i. 274; WalL Cat. n. 87D4 E. A. Roxburghii, Aees in Wtg^t 

 Cat. n. 169.); Steud. Lc. 395. A. Martini, Thio. Enum. PL ZeyL 367. A. 

 Nai'dus, var. genuinus. Hack. Monof/r, Androp. 662 in part. ^ 



Forma abnormis, spathes empty. A. ciesius, Nees in Wight Cai. n. l/wu. 

 Anthistiria, Wall. L c. n. 8768. 



Var. nilagiricus, Hack. 1, c. 604 ; tall, stem very robust sometimes as thick as 

 the little finircr, leaves 2-4 ft. by -J-f in. glaucous beneath, ligule coriaceous, 

 panicle 10-12 in. narrow, proper spathes about i in. broadly lanceolate cymbitona 

 acuminate, sessile spikelets |-| in. dorsally flat smooth or with shallow depressions 

 hardy winged nerves obscure, lobes of gl. IV subulate, awn short or long. A» 

 nilagiricus, Ilochst in Hohen. PL Ind. Or. (1851) n. 1J32. A. confertiflonis, S^etfJ. 

 Lc. 385. A. Nardus, var. glomeratus, Hack. I. c. A. Schoenanthns, WalL Cat. 8/9 

 B in part Nilgluri Hills, Wight {Herb. n. 3087) &c. ; Conoor, alt. 6000 ft. Gamble. 

 Ceylon. — The spathes are normally broader than in Nardus proper. , 



Var. luridus, Hook. f. ; stem 5-6 ft., leaves long, panicle elongate rather broaa 

 decompound branches or narrow with sparingly divided branches, spikes in Lirg 

 rounded crowded fascicles drying of a very dark purplish brown, spathes cymbiior>*'» 

 outer i-i in., proper |-i in. shorter than the purplish black shortly peUuncled spikeSi 



f)cUicels and joints slender sparsely ciliate with long spreading hairs, sessile ^P'^^j 

 ets i-i in. lanceolate, gl. I dorsally flat or concave especially below, keels wing 



e the middle, lobes of gl. IV long ciliate.— :Nilghiri Hills, Schinid. Ceylon, 

 Gardner, MaxwelL — Thwaites, A. distans may be this or A. nilagiricus. 



Var. khasiamis. Hack. I.e. {in i^art) -, tall, leaves 2-3 ft., panicle elongate 

 1-3 ft. narrow, branches short compound or decompound, spathes narrowly lanceo- 

 late outer J-IJ in., proper ^-f in., spikes ^-| in., joints and pedicels slender ^horf J 

 villous, sessile spikelets ^-| in. oblong-lancet)late obtuse, gl. I dorsally flat <>^/^'^. 

 very shallow depressions, very rarely channelled down the centre (as in ' 

 Schoenanthns) keels broadly winged above the middle, nerves 2-5 between ^-^^ fi- 

 usually well marked from the middle or above it to near the top, IV rather |^***^ 

 linear lobes long ciliate. A khasianus, Munro mss. — Khasia Hills, alt. ^"^^^^ j! 

 Griffith (Kewdistrib. 6759,6764,6765); :Muunepore, alt. 3500 ft., Clarke .—^^ ^J^^ 

 Cat. n. 8794 H. referred here by Hackel has uo nerves or wings to gl. I ot the ses 

 spikelets and is, I think, a form of nor ma Ms. . . 



Y^T.grandis, Hack. I.e. 605 {in part^-, tall, stout, leaves 2-3 ft. by i-4^^^^ 

 panicle narrow loosely branthed, brandies distant often drooping, outer ®P* .^ji 

 li-3 in., proper spathes 1-li in., joints aud pedicels shortly ciliate, sessile ^P .^ 

 ^"l in. oblong-lanceolate obtuse dorsally flat or slightly concave below ^*^^^^ ^"*^^?^^ 

 or winged above the middle nerves obscure, keel of II sometimes shortly ^'*"^^ 

 above the middle, lobes of gl. IV ciliate, awn \-\ in. A. S* hoenanthus, ^^'^^%q^ 

 As. Ear. iii. t. 280, Cat. n.8794 {in part). ?A. pendulus, Nees e£ Steud. Lc. *^ • 

 —Nepal, Wallich. Sikkim, Terai and hot valleys, J. D. H., &c. Bengal, Gf^F- 

 {Keto diiirib. n. 6773). Rajmahal, Herb. Hort. C(xlcuti.—Ti\Q very long ou^^ 

 epathes are seen in no other variety, but they are found shortening m 

 specimens to the ordinary length of khasianus and others. . ^^ 



Var. coloratns j stem subsimple, leaves chiefly radical j^-^ in. broad gla*^ 



above 



