988 cxLTii. GnA:\nN£.i:, 



rooting nodes, 1-2 I't. liigli, stout or slender, grooved on one side, 

 leafy; nodes usually glabrous, less frequently bearded. Leaves 6-8 

 by -jV-i in., linear, finely acuminate, flat, glabrous, sometimes ciliate 

 at the base, the margins scaberulous ; sheaths glabrous, compressed, 

 the mouth not auricled ; ligule a narrow shortly ciliate membrane. 

 Kacemes 1-4 in. long, solitary, 2-uate or subdigitately paniculate, 

 ■i-| in. broad, pale green or silvery, the lower sometimes stipitate ; 

 joints and pedicels about ^ as long as the sessile spikelets, ciliate on 

 one margin. Sessile spikelets ^ in. long ; callus short, bearded ; lo\\'er 

 invol. -glume \ in. long, obovate, concave, ciliate at the rounded or 

 truncate apex, 7-9-nerved, subchartaceous ; upper invol.-glume longer 

 than the lower, ovate-lanceolate, acute, often apiculate, subchartaceous, 

 ciliate, 3-nerved ; lower floral glume as long as the lower invol.-glume, 

 ovate-oblong, subacute, hyaline, nerveless, ciliate ; upper floral glume 

 represented by the hyaline not dilated base of the awn ; awn | in. long, 

 the hyalme base about \ in. long. Pedicellate spikelets nearly as long 

 as the sessile ; lower invol.-glume obovate, obtuse, with narrowly 

 incurved margins and ciliate keels, many-nerved ; upper invol.-glume 

 as in the sessile spikelet ; lower floral glume ovate- oblong, subacute, 

 hyaline, ciliate ; upper floral glume nearly as long as the lower, 

 linear-oblong, obtuse, hyaline. Anthers -^-^ in. long. Fl. B. I. v. 7, 

 p. 196; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 5, p. 237; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. 

 V. 13 (1901) p. 438 ; Prain, Beng. PL p. 1202.— Flowers : Dec. 



Balzell witbout locality in Herb. Kew. Deccan : Mawal (Poona districts), 

 Woodrow. S. M. Covntky : Belgaum, Hitchic, 794 !— DiSTHUi. India (Bengal, Eirma, 

 Central Provinces, W. Peninsula); Cejlon, Mauritius, China. 



24. Andropogon aimulatus, Forsk. Fl. ^Etimd.-Aral). (1775) 

 p. 173. Perennial, densely tufted ; stem erect or ascending, usually 

 simple, 6-36 in. long; nodes usually bearded. Leaves 3-12 by \-\ in., 

 linear, finely acuminate, glaucous, glabrous or more or less sparsely 

 hairy above with small bulbous-based hairs, the margins scabrid ; 

 sheaths bearded at the tip ; ligule nearly | in. long, oblong, obtuse, 

 membranous, glabrous. Eacemes 1-2| in. long, subdigitately fascicled, 

 pinkish or nearly white; peduncles glabrous, i-| in. long; joints and 

 pedicels ^ as long as the spikelets, sparingly ciliate. iSessile spikelets 

 about 1 in. long, but variable in length, elliptic-oblong, closely im- 

 bricating ; callus thick, shortly bearded at the base ; lower invol.-glume 

 elliptic- oblong, obtuse, ciliolate at the rounded or truncate apex, thin, 

 margins narrowly incurved, the keels ciliate, the back hairy or glabrous, 

 5_9_nerved, the nerves not reaching the tip ; upper invol.-glume 

 equallirg the lower but narrower, lanct olate, subacute, glabrous or 

 ciliolate, 3-nerved; lower floral glume as long as the u])per invol.- 

 glume, linear-oblong, obtuse, nerveless, glabi'ous ; u]>])er floral glume 

 represented by the flattened white base of a scabrid slender awn '^ in. 

 long, redicellate spikelets about equalling the sessile, male or neuter ; 

 lower invol.-glume elliptic-oblong, obtu^^e, 7-n-nerved, the keels 

 bristly; upper invol.-glume narrower, 3-nerved; lower floral glume 

 ciliate; upper floral glume small or obsolete. Fl. B. I. v. 7, p. 19(5 ; 

 AVoodr. in Journ. Bomb. jS'at. v. 13 (1901) p. 438 ; Prain, Beng. PI. 

 p. 1202. Andnqnvjon saotdots, Ecxb. Fl. Ind. v. 1 (1832) p. 258; 



