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neglected. CortluroT or canvas clollu's aiul leather leggings arc the best protection 

 from the annoyance caused by this pestilent plant. 



IlErEKoroGOX, Persoon. 



S/)ikelefs raoTKEcions, 1 -flowered, in pairs, in a simple l-.'iided .spilic, the rachis 

 articulate, at least towards the top. Fimale apikehts sessile, cylindrical, turned to 

 one side of the s])ike, the outer glume hard and convolute, the second keeled, the third 

 very thin and transparent, the iiowering glume reduced to a long, stitf, twisted awn. 

 Palea small or none. JLiIe iij)ikelrts lanceolate, herbaceous, awuless, imbricate on the 

 otlier side of the spike on short pedicids. At the base of the spike, the spikelets are 

 often all male or neuter. 



H. (Axdropogon) coxtoktcs, L. Kamorta (K.). Ceylon. S. China. 



H. hirtm, Pers. 

 H. TENELLUs, Scliultz. Bengal. 



Pkrotis, Alton. 



Sj>!kf?<f>i 1 -flowered in a simple spike-like raceme. Oi(ter cmpfi/ f/!u»ies 2, 

 linear, stiff, with terminal awns. Flowiriiiji (jlume and paha very small, thin, and 

 transparent. Caryopsis longer than the flowering glume, Luelosed in the two 

 outer ones. 



P. LATiFoijA, Ait. Ceylon. India. S. China. 



P. jxtfida, loit'/ifora and liordi'ijormis, Necs. 

 P. glubrata, Steud. 



Spodiopogon, Trinim. 



Spikelets in pairs, 1 sessile, the other pedicellate, in simple, branched or 

 paniculate spikes, both 2-flowered, the lower flower male, the rachis angtdar and 

 articulate, at least at the top. Oi(tcr gluiiiea stiff, the lowest convex, the second 

 keeled. Flowering glumes and palea very thin and transparent, the glume of the 

 fertile flower vrith a twisted awn. 



S. OBLiQCTVALvis, Nccs. Bengal. Ceylon. 8. Cliina. 



Andropogon malaeoplii/Hiin, Hochs. 

 A. Minrai, Blumei and hifvJus, Steud. 

 Ischamum genicuJatum and teneUum, lloxb. 



Kurz records a smooth species of Spodiopogon from Kar Nicobar, and a villous 

 species from Kamorta, perhaps belonging to the above very variable species. 



ScnizAcnrKirii. 

 S. BREViFOLiTM, Xoes. KaHiorta (K.). 



Iscn.»:5[rM, Liiinaus. 



Spikelets in pairs, 1 sessile, 2-flowrrrd, the lowest flower male, the other 

 pedicellate, usually male or rudimentary, in a simple spike, or in the spike-like sessile 

 branches of a simple panicle. The rachis articulate, at least towards the top. Outer 

 glumes 2, stiff and awnless, the lowest with 2 luominent lateral nerves, the second 

 keeled. Flowering glumes and palem smaller, thin and tranparent, all awnless, 

 the glume of the terminal flower with a twisted awn. 



I. iiARi!ATni, Ectz. China and Archipelago. 



Meoschium ludieulare, Nees. 

 If. Megenianum, Xees. 

 I. MiTicrM, L. Xicobars (K.). Ceylon. 



I. Krcosrii, Salis. Bengal. Ceylon. 



J. spffefum, Trin. 

 Andropogon tong-dong, Steud. 



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