982 CXLVIT. GliAillN'E.E. 



ligule short, membranous, ciliate. ludorescence iu lax panicles ; 

 brauches slender, almost capillary, with long hairs in the axils. Spikelets 

 few, rather distant, pale-green ; joints -^ in. long, with a translucent 

 centre, sparsely ciliate. Sessile spilelets -^^ in. long, ovoid-oblong; 

 callus small, sliortly bearded ; lower invol.-glume -j^ in. long, ovate- 

 oblong, shortly Truncate, obscurely 4-6-nerved, ciliate chiefly in the 

 upper half, not pitted ; npper invol.-glume as long as the lower, 

 lanceolate, acute ; lower floral glume shorter, linear, obtuse ; upper 

 floral glume reduced to the scarcely flattened base of the awn ; awn 

 -2^-i in. long, the lower half brown, the upper yellowish-white. 

 Pedicellate spikelets \ in. long, not awned ; pedicels ^ in. long, 

 sparsely ciliate; lower invol.-glume lanceolate, acute, the margins 

 incurved and the keels ciliate in the upper part, 5-7-nerved ; upper 

 invol.-glume slightly shorter, lanceolate, 3-nerved ; lower floral glume 

 obovate-oblong, ciliate at the apex, hyaline ; upper floral glume 0. 

 Anthers y^^ in. long. Fl. B. I. v. 7, p. 179 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. 

 Nat. v. 13 (1901) p. 438; Prain, Beng. PI. p. 1201. Andropogon 

 montanus, Benth. PI. Honglc. (1861) p. 423 (not of Eoxb.) ; Hack. 

 JSlonog. Androp. in DC. Monoir. Phan. v. 6 (1889) p. 490; Woodr. 

 in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (19ul) p. 438.— Flowers : Dec. 



Dkocan : Suvasiii Ghat, Woodrow, 29! S. M. Country: Bclgaum, liiichiel — 

 DiSTiiin. India (Temperate HiinaUija, Kliasia, Bebar, N. Beugal, W. Peninsula) ; 

 Java, China, Japan. 



13. Andropogon Hugelii, Ilach. Monog. Androp. in DC. Monog. 

 Phan. V. () (1889) p. 492. Stem often suffrutescent below, frequently 

 red, branching from the base, the branches 2^-34 ft. long; nodes 

 bearded. Leaves 4-8 by f-^ in., linear-lanceolate, acuminate, flat, 

 flaccid, green, narrowed to the base, the margins scaberulous or some- 

 times ciluite ; sheaths bearded at the mouth, otherwise glabrous; ligule 

 membranous, ciliate. Panicle 2-3| in. long; branches capillary with 

 bearded axils ; joints and pedicels ciliate. Sessile spikelets ^ in. long, 

 pale-green or purplish; callus densely villous; lower invol.-glume 

 chartaceoiis, ovate, truncate, villous below the middle or glabrous, 

 margins narrowly incurved, the keels ciliate with long hairs ; upper 

 invol.-glume as long sis the lower, glabrous, narrowly trtmcate, shortly 

 apiculate ; lower floral glume J^ in. long, hyaline, ovate, obtuse, 

 glabrous ; upper floral glume represented by the slender white not 

 dilated base of the awn; awn reaching nearly 1 in. long. J'edicellate 

 sjiil-elets }r in. long, lanceolate, green or purple; lower invol.-glume 

 subacute, 9-1 1-nerved, pubescent up the back and with ciliate keels; 

 npper invol.-ghune as long as the lower, acuminate, the keels minutely 

 filiate; lower floral glume oblong, obtuse, hyaline, nearly as long as the 

 upper imol. -glume, nerveless; upper floral glume narrowlv linear or 0. 

 Fl. B. I. V. 7, p. 180; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) 

 p. 438. — Flowers : Sept. 



Dkccan : Focrxa, fVoodroio. S. M. Country ; Belgnum, Wooch-oiv.— 'Di>'Tuiii. India 

 (Central Provinces, Central India, \V. Peninsula). 



14. Andropogon filiculmis, T/ook.f. Fl. D. I. v. 7 (1890) p. 181. 

 Stems 2 -.3 ft. hnig, decumbent and interlaced, copiouslv geniculately 

 branched, A\eak, filiform, quite glabrous ; internodes long ; nodes 



