CXLYII. GUANINE. E. 985 



iiivol. -glume tliin, lanceolate, acuminate, 3-iiervcd ; upper invol. -glume 

 a little shorter, acuminate, 3-nerved, ciliate ; lower floral glume hyaline, 

 oblong, acuminate, shorter than the invol. -glumes, nerveless; upper 

 floral glume smaller, broader, 3-nerved, ciliate. Anthers -^-^ in. long. 

 Fl. B. I. V. 7, p. 188 ; Grab. Cat. p. 238; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 303 ; Trim. 

 Fl. Ceyl. V. 5, p. 234; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) 

 p. 438; Prain, Beng. PI. p. 1202; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 1, 

 ]). 242.— Plowers : Oct. 



Kanaka: Karwar, Woodrotv.—T)iSTRiB. More or less throughout India; Ceylon, 

 Australia, Polynesia, Tropical Asia. 



18. Andropogon lancearius, Hoolc f. Fl. B. I. v. 7 (1896) p. 190. 

 Stem 2-3 it. high or more, leafy upwards ; nodes glabrous. Leaves 12- 

 14 by 5-| in., lanceolate, acuminate, narrowed from below the middle to 

 the base, smooth on both surfaces, flat, midrib broad, white above, 

 margins minutely spinulose ; sheaths keeled, quite glabrous ; ligule a 

 row of fine short hairs. Panicle 6 in. long, narrow, of many whorls of 

 feimple smooth erect branches bearing solitary erect racemes. Sessile 

 sinkelets ^ in. long ; callus about J^- in. long, glabrous in front. Glumes 

 4; lower invol. -glume nearly i in. long, oblong, chartaceous, truncate 

 or notched, obscurely 5-nerved ; upper invol.-glume 1- in. long, oblong, 

 chartaceous, shortly ciliate on the keels, otherwise glabrous, cleft at the 

 apex into 2 acute lobes ; lower floral glume ^ in. long, linear-oblong, obtuse, 

 hyaline ; upper floral glume -^^ in. long, linear, hyaline ; awn 1|- in. long, 

 the column much twisted and densely hairy with reddish-brown hairs. 

 Pedicellate spilcelets nearly ^ in. long (not including the awn), lanceolate, 

 acute, awned ; pedicels nearly white, ^ in. long, flattened, ciliate with 

 long reddish-brown hairs. Lower invol.-glume lanceolate, acut-^, 

 2-toothed at the tip, with an awn about y^ in. long between the acicular 

 teeth, 7-nerved, membranous, glabrous ; upper invol.-glume as long as the 

 lower, lanceolate, acuminate, membranous, 5-nerved ; lower floral glume 

 shorter, linear-oblong, obtuse, ciliate, hyaline ; upper floral glume hyaline. 

 AV^oodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) p. 438 ; Prain, Beng. PI. 

 p. 1202.— Flowers : Oct. 



S. M. Country: Castlerock, Woodrow. — Distrib. India (Sikkiui Himalaya, Behar, 

 Chota Nagpur, W. Peninsula). 



This is included on the authority of Woodrow. I have seen no specimens from the 

 Bombay Presidency ; there are none in Herb. Kew. 



19. Andropogon Monticola, Sclmlt. Mant. (1824) p. G65. 

 Perennial ; stems densely tufted, 1-4 ft. high, usually slender, erect, 

 simple or branched, leafy chiefly at the base ; nodes glabrous. Leaves 

 2-18 by -1—^ in., erect, linear, acute, flat, rigid, glaucous, smooth or 

 scaberulous ; sheaths, the upper terete, the lower compressed ; ligule a 

 very short ciliate membrane. Panicle 2-5 in. long, ovate or oblong ; 

 rhachis slender, smooth or scaberulous ; branches 1-2 in. long, « horled, 

 capillary, spreading, at length erect ; racemes reduced to a single sessile 

 female and 2 pedicellate spikelets. Sessile spilcdets \ in. long ; callus 

 about gJp- in. long, bearded on one side with rufous hairs. Glumes 4 ; lower 

 invol.-glume 1- in. long, linear, complicate, 2-toothed at the apex, char- 

 taceous, 4-nerved, more or less scaberulous ; upper invol.-glume \ in. 

 long, ovate'ancoolate, concave, much br^ ader than the lower, ciliate ou 



