036 fXLvii. ci-.vmixk.t;. 



the lieel vvifcli rufous hairs, very shortly toothed at the apex, with an 

 awn 5 in. long and with broadly hyaline margins, 3-nerved ; lower 

 floral glume oblong, obtuse, ciliate ; upper floral glume naiTowly linear, 

 hyaline ; awn | in. long. Pedicellate sjn/celets as long as the sessile ; 

 pedicels y^ in. long, ciliate with rufous hairs, flattened ; lower invol.- 

 glume lanceolate, acute or awned, 7-nerved, scaberulous ; upper in vol. - 

 glume lanceolate, acuminate, or very shortly awned ; floral glumes 

 smaller, oblong, hyaline, ciliate. Fl, B. I. v. 7, p. 192 ; Trim. 1*1. Ceyl. 

 V. 5, p. 236 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) p. 438 ; Prain, 

 Beng. PI. p. 1202. — Flowers : Oct. Veen. Ayiva. 



Throughout the Presidency, Lls'ioa. Deccan : Poona, floodrow ; Khandala, 

 Woodroiv \ Kolhapur, Woodrow. — Distkib. More or less throughout India; Ceylon, 

 Afghanistan, S. Africa. 



I have not seen any specimens from the Bombay Presidency and am therefore 

 unable to fix definitely the variety to which tlie Bombay species belong. They will 

 probably belong to Vau. Trinii, H. f. 



20. Andropogon Aucheri, Boiss. Ding. ser. 1, fasc. 5 (1844) 

 p. 77. Densely tufted ; stems G-18 in. long, simple or sparingly 

 branched, base thickened ; nodes glabrous. Leaves 2-4 by y y~i ^'^•» 

 linear, acute or acuminate, more or less pubescent, sometimes undulate, 

 pale green, often ciliate near the base with bulbous-based hairs ; sheaths 

 visually glabrous, very pale, with a few hairs at the mouth ; ligule a 

 hairy ridge. Panicle 2-3 in. long ; branches in whorls of 4-6, spreading, 

 then suberect ; racemes usually crov\de(l, rarely 2-nate on a branch. 

 Sessile spikelets i in. long ; callus J^ in. long, villous all over w ith long 

 silky hairs ; lower invol.-glume i in. long, linear, with 2 short acicular 

 teeth at the apex, minutely ciliate on the margins, obscurely o-nerved, 

 chartaceous; upper invol.-glume as long as the lower, oblong, obtuse, 

 ] -nerved, chartaceous, with hyaline margins, the keel ciliate above the 

 middle with long silky hairs, and with a slender awn 3 in. long, the awn 

 ciliate below the middle with long hairs ; lower floral glume linear, obtuse, 

 livaliue ; upper floral glume represented by the dilated base of the awn ; 

 awn § in. long, base hyaline, dilated. Pedicellate spilcelets slightly 

 longer than the sessile, linear-lanceolate, acute ; pedicels cuneate, silky- 

 villous from base to apex, less than | as long as the sessile spikelets ; 

 lower invol.-glume lanceolate, acute, \ in. long, 7-nerved; upper invol.- 

 glume lanceolate, acuminate, 3-nerved ; lower floral glume shorter, 

 hyaline, oblong, acute ; upper floral glume lanceolate, acute, 1-nerved, 

 hyaline. Anthers \ in, long. Fl. B. I. v. 7, p. 195 ; Woodr. in Journ. 

 Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) p. 438. 



SiND : Jemadar ka Landa near Karachi, Stocks ! — Distrib. Afghanistan, N. Africa. 



21. Andropogon Cookei, Stapf, ex Woodr. in Journ. Bomh. Kat. 

 V. 13 (1901) p. 438. A weak straggling much-branched annual ; stems 

 reaching 2 ft. long, very slender, smooth, quite glabrous ; nodes 

 glabrous. Leaves 3-6 by \-\ in., flaccid, finely pointed, sparsely 

 <-lothed with bulbous-based hairs on both sides, scaberulous ; sheaths 

 glabrous; ligule hyaline, ovate, ciliolate. K'acemes |-:|- in. long, 

 solitary on the apices of the stems and branches; joints between the 

 2 or 3 lowest nodes continuous, short, cylindric, glabrous, the others 

 about )', ill. long, distarticulating, subclavak', deiis^cly ciliati; on one 



