GRAMINE^. 455 



ANDROPOGON. f.b.i. 173 liii. 



Spikelets one-flowered, in pairs. Lower, sessile, 

 spikelet of each pair female or bisexual; upper, stalked, 

 spikelet male only. Pairs of spikelets arranged in 

 spikes, and these in various ways. 



A large genus of 200 or more species, chiefly in tropics. 

 Divided into several subgenera some at least of which may be 

 considered as genera. 



Spikes (of paired spikelets) panicled . ^. 456. chrysopogon. 

 Spikes two or more, not in a bract . . /. 455. andropogon. 

 Spikes paired in the axils of bracts : scented grasses .... 



//. 457. CYMBOPOGON. 



Spike solitary at the end of the stem. /. 457. heteropogon. 



Andropogon pcrtusus Willd. ; F.B.I, vii 173, LIII 18. 

 Very similar to A. foulkesii Hook. f. (below) but nodes 

 bearded. 



Pulneys : from the foot to Kodaikanal. Nilgiris : on the 

 downs. Bourne 1028, 1255,"^ 5236, etc. 



GcH. Dist. From the Punjab southwrads to Burma and Ceylon. 



Andropogon foulkesii Hook. /., Foiilkes '' on Kaity 

 Brow ! "; F.B.I. vii 174, LIII 19. Stem 8 to 18 inches, very 

 slender glabrous : rootstock perennial. Leaves 3 to 10 

 inches by ^ to J^ inch, finely acuminate, hispid with 

 spreading hairs ; midrib strong : mouth of sheath and 

 ligule villous with long hairs. Spikes I to 2 inches, on 

 slender stalks of /4 to J^ inch; axils bearded with long 

 soft hairs. Spikelets purple. Glume i with about nine 

 obscure or evident nerves ; gl. ii three-nerved, keel 

 scabrid towards the top, margin ciliate ; gl. iii hyaline, 

 without nerves ; gl. iv of sessile spikelet with awn of 

 Yz to ^A inch. Stalk of pedicelled spikelet with long 

 hairs: glumes i and ii much as in the sessile, t. 286. 



