Andropogon.] CXLIV. GRAMINEZX., 531 
5. A, annulatus, Forsk.; Kunth, Enum. i. 498.—Stems from a 
ane m ascending to abou t 2 ^ the ere glabrous or slightly 
bearded. Leaves narrow, ually glaucous. Spikes 2 or 3, eoi 
siio at the end of the Hte Pe without sheathing bracts, 13. to 2 in. 
e; 
hyaline dilatation at the base. E HG sitet nearly simi- 
r but awnless, and with a male flower or reduced to empty 
um 
Australia. Upper Victoria River, F. M 
Chri Rockhampton, 0' Shanesy ; ; East queis Australia, F. Mueller. 
Widely spread over neun Asia and Africa. 
Var ? monostachya, F. Muell.—Spike single. Sessi Al ar gom rather longer ec 
in the typical form, the outer eon with fewer nerve uch more ciliate wit 
long hairs, — Victoria River, F. Mueller ; Nerkool Gies: pena 
Var? humilis. A dwarf plant with 4 by, , "epus shorter than in the typical form. 
—Charlotte Waters, Central Australia, 
inn.; Kunth, Enum. i. 499.—An erect grass of 
Several-n SM siue or slightly notched, 2nd glume 
3rd lanceolate a yaline, but much more rou than 
sericeus; awn or pics al glume 4 to ? in. long, without Mer hyaline 
dilatation atthe base. Pedicellate spikelet with a male flower o 
y A empty glumes, the 2nd thin one not much shorter than the outer 
ne.—F. Muell. Fragm. viii. 122; Reiehb. Ic. Fl. Germ, t. 54. 
Ww. Australia, Drummond ; Fraser's Range, Dempster. 
t Common i ier southern Europe and temperate and subt tropical Asia. Thea 
qustralian re ax are so pic lik coda ones as to suggest the possibility a 
pel being intr oduced, The species ie cile Y ay Sa m its 
hy Pb. acuteness of the nikeiet Some specimens from Murchison and der rer" Oldfield, 
to agree in this respect, but the D uem is sometimes pitted and may 
spend ety of 4. intermedius with a reduced inflorescence. 
7. A. intermedius, R. Br. ae pee d 
More, with the narrow leaves and general habit of 4. oe the 
nodes varying with or without beards. Spikes en 1 En H n ong, 
