520 CXLIV. GRAMINER. [Ischemum. 
long peduncle, sessile and erect, 11 to 3 in. long, the rhachis and 
pedicels slightly ciliate. Spikelets "3 lines long or scarcely more; 
otherwise the same as in J. triticeum. Awn of "is sessile spikelet $ to 
z in. long, of the pedicellate spikelet shorter or — ed to a short 
point. — Andropogon cryptatherus, Steud. Syn. Glum. i. 376. 
Near Sea Range, F. Mue 
s tralia. : 
Que and. Brisbane River, Moreton Bay, F. Mueller, C. Stuart ; also in 
Biduils clon 
N.S. 
* Port Jackson, R. Brown; Macleay River, Beekl-r. 
Var ee ore hairy and very scabro Rhachis and pedicels 
of the Pee densely. ciliate with long chairs and the ees n da Y in. long. 
I. villosum, R. Br. ; Andropog on villiferus, Steud. Syn. Glu . 376.— 
North Coast, R. Br itk “Goold Island, M*Gillivray ; Mount Whooler, Thoset, 
5. I. muticum, Linn.; Kunth, Enum. i. 512.—Stems diffuse or 
creeping at the nse. asc ending to rom 6 in. to above 1 ft., rather stout 
and leafy to the inflorescence Leaves lanceolate, rather short, rete 
cordate s ee Se io glabrous the upper one re uced t 
but sessile erbe of elbedly appressed so as to appear like one thick 
cylindrical spike of 1 to 2 in., the rhachis and thick pedicels e^ 
glabrous. Spikelets about 3 lines long. Outer glume of the sessile 
one paleaceous, broad, obtuse acute or mucronate, several-nerved, the 
2 lateral nerves winged towards the 
and hyaline, entire and awnless or slightly notched with a minute av r 
df ciega tention narrower eret containing à s herpspiepe im 
Syn. 
sila Roticglnis Bay, D d y. 
Widely spread on the sea-coasts of tropical Asia and the South Pacific Islands. 
giving the other a pedunculate appearance. Pedicels ciliate. YO" 
spikelet 3 lines long, the outer glume Tanceolate iri pico f 
the nerves more conspieuous and not so smooth as in the typic nd 
‘ciliare and in Z. decumbens ; 2nd glume as ms but ye 
1 t 
> 1 8 
h bed with a slender a Men 
ne e Erie the patie. fares. ele ste rn ikee n 
n o aw 
N. s. Wales. Poe i United. States qut Bain 
This is most probably a distinct species, but having seen only a singl e speci 
