538 CXLIV. GRAMINES. [Chrysopogon. 
long, without any basal diisi —Holcus parviflorus, R. Br. Prod. 
199; Andropogon micranthus, Ku nth, Enum. i. 504; Anatherum parvi- 
florum, Spreng. Syst. i. 290; Sorghum gape tat Beauv. Agrost. 182; 
Holcus cerulescens, Gaudich. in Freye, Voy. Bot. 411. t. 27 ; Andro- 
pogon violascens, Nees in Sieb. Agrostoth. n. 65, Weed: Syn. Glum. i. 
9396; Chrysopogon violascens, Trin. in Mem. Acad. Petersb. ser. 6, ii. 
319; Andropogon montanus, Roxb.; Kunth, Enum. i. 506; F. Muell. 
Fragm. viii. 122; Chrysopogon epis Trin. in Spreng. Neu. Entd 
ii. 93, and in Mem. Acad. Petersb. ser. 6. ii. 317. 
N. Australia. Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Bro 
ueensland. eppel Bay, R. Brown; Port Curtis, Jr Gilliv vray; Brisbane 
River, Moreton Bay, F. yd Leichhardt ; oti pa er Q' Shanesy ; Herbert s 
Creek, Bowman ; Tid Downs, Wuth; Peak D 
. Wales. Port Jack n, R. Brown, Wools; “Liverpool Plains, 4. Qunning- 
ham; New Englan d, C. Biwart ; arcane River, Bee. 
Victoria. Hume River, F. "Muel. iler. 
Var. spicigera. Ultimate branches ai the panicle bearing "a a a feudis spike- 
lets below the terminal one, each accompanied by a pedicellate —Port 
Vien. Brisbane River, "Bailey, FAS IRR T weed River, virent Port Jackson ' 
B 
species appears to be generally dispersed in. "en India if the A, montanus be 
IT referred to it, and is also in New Caledoni 
Schultz’s specimens from Port Darwin, n. 198, show a tall pla ant with the — d 
C. D but with the small spikelets and bearded nodes of C. parviflorus. pa 
spec wever, has lost most of its spikelets and is not ina state for accurà 
de ‘et e ion. 
3. C. aciculatus, Trin. Fund. Agrost. 188 and in Mem. Acad. Petersb. 
ser. 6, ii. 317; var.? elatior.—In the typical form the stems from y 
shortly decumbent branching and leafy base are erect under 1 ft. be , 
with few long leaf-sheaths and short lamine ; in the Australian 
specimens the base is wauting, the stem is above ELA high, the leaves 
N. panel et Abel Tasman River, F, Mueller. 
Sieber's specimens, Agrostotheca, n. 93, represent the — C: es d rri »" 
pogon aciculates, Retz; A. ucieularis, Kunth, Enum. i. 505), with sh M 
crowded at the base of the stem and panicle branch Iden ing a single sessile = d the 
between two pedicellate ones, which is widely spread over tropical Asia xe, rs 
e Islands, but th: ens may not b t T 
above up s specimens at first sight look distinct, but a few Tais ones come 
ry near to them in stature as well as in their rigid upper leaves. 
4. C. elongatus, Benth—An erect glabrous grass, branching g^ 
es base and attaining 3 or 4 ft. or even more, with long narrow leaves: 
