506 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, 1801. 



Primary branches give out at each node 2 — 3 secondary branches, 

 and these in their turn yield smaller tertiary branches ; the ultimate 

 branches and the smaller primary ones bearing 3 terminal spikelets, 

 one sessile and two pedicellate, and generally 3 pairs below the 

 triplet. Racemes very fragile, supported on peduncles free from 

 hairs. The articulations of racemes and pedicels of the pedicellate 

 spikelets short, hairy. Both sessile and pedicellate spikelets about 

 1| lin., dull, yellowish-white or dingy -green with a tuft of hairs at 

 their base. 



Sessile spikelet linear oblong, 1st glume 7 — 9 nerved; apex obtuse ; 

 margins slightly turned in, often ciliolate ; the dorsum scabrous. 



2nd glume equal to the first, rather broad, obtuse at the apex, 

 5-nerved, glabrous. 



3rd not seen (absent in all the specimens examined). 

 4th a very slender awn nearly 1 in. long, twisted to a little above 

 the middle. The twisted part dark brown, the upper portion straight 

 and light-coloured. An hermaphrodite flower in the axil. 



Pedicellate spikelets linear, oblong; 1st glume obtuse at the apex, 

 ciliolate at the margins towards the upper half, many-nerved. 

 2nd glume similar to the first, 3-nerved. 



3rd glume hyaline, obtuse, nerveless, shorter but broader than 

 the last two. 



4th none, stamens 3, anthers one lin. long. 



"It is common all over the Presidency, especially in Bassein, 

 Thana, and over the ghats, Specimens have been received from 

 Thana under the names of Podan, Koola-Sippie ; from Bassein, under 

 that of Tarn, Kullus ; and from Bheundy, where it grows along the 

 embankments and in the Mahals. In the latter place it is called 

 Padra, and is used as fodder, but no oil is extracted. The infloresence 

 is scented, the odour being soft and very pleasant, or, in the language 

 of Mr. Duthie, "deliciously scented." Hence the name A. fcetidus 

 given to this plant is, you will admit, inappropriate. But perhaps the 

 sense of smell like that of taste may differ in different individuals. 

 So far as I know, no agrostologist, not even Mr. Hackel, has yet 

 described it. When towards the end of 1889 we were informed 

 that Hackel, considering the specimens sent to him by Mr. Duthie 

 as belonging to a new Androjwf/on had named it as above, it was 



