FLORA NIGRITIANA, 573 
The branches of the panicle have but few articulations, the 
stipitate male spiculz are two together, with the hermaphrodite 
at the extremity, single at the other articulations. 
1l. Andropogon (Anatherum) Nigritanus, Benth. ; erectus, ela- 
tus, folis longis, panicula verticillata ampla, ramis longis 
simplicibus, spiculis geminis, glumis muricatis acuminatis, 
hermaphrodite palea breviter aristata.—On the Nun at 
Atok, Vogel. 
Habitus A. muricati cui et floribus affinis, hi vero breviter aris- 
tati. Culmi 6-8-pedales. Panicula sesquipedalis, ramis nu- 
merosis subverticillatis flexuosis 4-6-pollicaribus. Rhachis 
tenuis ad articulationes breviter ciliata. Spicule dissitæ, 
rhachi appresse, hermaphrodite 3-lin. longe, mascule bre- 
 Viores, pedicello glabro v. brevissime ciliolato. Glume her- 
maphrodite coriacee, subzquales, 2-3-nerves, dorso pilis 
paucis 2-3-seriatis muricato-hispidze, apice in mucronem 
brevem desinentes, margine hyaling. Palee hyaline, exte- 
rior floris hermaphroditi glumis paullo brevior, apice bifida 
et aristam 2-3-lin. longam emittens. 
Though closely allied to the common East Indian Vitiver, 
this is evidently a distinct species; it has not been observed 
Whether the root. has the same perfume and properties. 
The other West Tropical African species of Andropogon 
Published are: A. brevifolius, Sw., from Senegal and Tropical 
America ; 4, simplex, Schum. et Thonn., from Guinea, appa- 
tently allied to 4. brevifolius; and A. canaliculatus, Schum. et 
Thonn., and A. Guineensis, Schum. et Thonn., both from 
"inea, and apparently allied to A. Gayanus; besides four 
Species entered in Steudel’s Nomenclator as published by Trinius, 
but as the work is not quoted, I have been unable to find the 
descriptions, I much regret this, as probably some of them are 
the same as those above described from Don’s collection. These 
are A. eucnemis, Trin., and A. fulvibarbis, Trin., from Guinea, 
(Accra?) and A. leptocomus, Trin., and A. platypus, Trin., 
m Sierra Leone. i 
l. Sorghum saccharatum, Willd. ?—Cape Palmas, Cape Coast, 
and on the Nun, Vogel. 
