978 CXLTII. GRAM1KE.C. 



as long as the lower; lower floral gLime ^ in. long, linear-lanceolate, 

 obtuse, hyaline, nerveless; upper floral glume represented by an awn 

 reaching | in. long, inconspicuously margined for j-^^ in. at the base. 

 Pedicellate spil-elets : pedicels g in. long, ciliate on 2 opposite sides with 

 long silky hairs, very slender and with a central translucent line ; 

 lower invol. -glume 9-11-nerved; upper invol.-glume 3-uerved; low-er 

 floral glume oblong, obtuse, ciliolate, hyaline, nerveless. Woodr. in 

 Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) p. 438.— Flowers : Dec. 



Peccan : Lishoa, 6 (A. odorofus) I; Mawal, Wooclrowl; Poona, Woodrow.—DiSTRiB. 

 India, W. Peninsula, apparently endemic. 



5. Andropogon Woodrowii, IIool: f. Fl. B. I. v. 7 (1896) p. 173 

 (by misjiriut Woodrovii). A grass with a camphoraceous odor ( Woodroiv) ; 

 rootstock woody ; stems tufted, 3-4 ft. long, erect, compressed, thicker 

 than a goose-quill at the base, obtusely 2-edged, solid, stifF, branched 

 above; nodes glabrous. Leaves 12-24 by -L-l in., rigid, scaberulous on 

 both surfaces and the margins ; sheaths loose, keeled, quite smooth ; ligule 

 jlj5- in. long, membranous, truncate, ciliate. Kacemes 3-5, pale, |-1 in. 

 long, on slender, stiff, smooth proper peduncles 1-g in. long, erect, 

 silky ; joints of the rhachis and the pedicels linear, with silky margins 

 and a translucent centre, the hairs at the top g as long as the spikelet. 

 Sessile sjnkelets ^ in. long, oblong-lanceolate ; callus -^ in. long, 

 bearded ; lower invol.-glume coriaceous, not pitted, ovate-oblong, 

 truncate and hyaline-tipped at the apex, many-nerved, margins narrowly 

 incurved, keels ciliolate; upper invol.-glume chartaceous, 3-nerved, 

 oblong, subobtuse, as long as the lower ; lower floral glume l in. long, 

 ovate-obloug, obtuse, hyaline, nerveless ; upper floral glume reduced to 

 an awn | in. long with a hyaline flattened base y\f in. long. Pedicellate 

 spil-elets rather narrower than the sessile ; lower invol.-glume glabrous 

 on the back ; upper invol.-glume narrow, linear, acute ; awn 0. Woodr. 

 in Journ. Eoinb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) p. 438.— Flowers : Dec. 



Deccan : Kliorbasa (Mdwal districts), Woodrow; Paiid, 20 luiles west of Poona, 

 Woodrowl — DiSTiiiB. India (W. Peninsula), apparently endemic. 



G. Andropogon pertusus, Willd. Sp. PI. v. 4 (1805) p. 922. 

 Stem ]-2 it. long, erect or geniculately ascending, leafy upwards, simple 

 or sparingly branched ; nodes bearded with spreading hairs. Leaves up 

 to 1 ft. by g-^ in., narrowly linear, acute or acuminate, the lower often 

 short and crowded at the base of the stem, glabrous or pubescent, or 

 sometimes sparingly pilose, margins scabrid, base narrow, rounded; 

 sheatlis terete or slightly compressed, shorter than the internodes ; 

 lit,'ul(' j\ in. long, membranous, truncate, ciliate. Eacemes 3-8, 

 digitately fasciculate, 1-2 in. long, slender, silky, suberect, flexuous, on 

 short usually glabrous peduncles which are often bearded in the axils ; 

 rhachis very slender ; joints and pedicels -^\ in. long, densely ciliate 

 Avith long silky hairs, the central translucent band very narrow. 

 Sessile spilcelets Jr in. long, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate by the pro- 

 jection of the point of the upper invol.-glume ; callus bearded ; lower 

 invol. -cflume elliptic-oblong, obtuse or truncate, sometimes slightly 

 emarginate, with a deep pit above the middle (sometimes 2 j)its when 

 one is above, the other at or about the middle), subchartaceous, more or 

 less hairy below the middle, 5-9-nerved, margins narrowly incurved, 



