77. Andropogon.] 139. GRAMINEM. 



Pedicelled spkt. more or less compressed dorsally, never concave 

 dorsally, sometimes rudimentary. 



Heip-lit 3-6 ft. Gl. ii of sess. spkt. awiied 1. apricug. 



Height 8-15". Gl. ii of sessile spkt. minutelj' cuspidate . . .2. jjttmilu^^ 



1. A. apricus, Trin. 



Stems clustered 4-6 ft. high branched above. Leaves at base 1-3 ft. 

 long, cauhne, 10-20" long by -25", pubescent or glabrescent beneath, 

 thinly hair}'' on the nerves above, those on shoots pubescent or hairy. 

 Branches Avitli slender peduncles sheathed with a spathiform leaf- 

 sheath and bearing geminate spikes 1-2-5" long or {fide J.D.H.) in 

 fascicled spikes of 3-5 (though I doubt whether this form occurs in 

 our area). Limbs (or joints) and pedicels (of pedicelled spkts.) 

 bucciniform with 2-toothed cupular apices and densel}^ clothed with 

 long hairs below on the margins. Sessile spkt. •17--2" long, callus 

 shortly bearded. Gl. i linear with margins strongly inflexed anrl 

 centre deeply depressed between the keels, keels scabrid towards tip 

 which is truncate or appearing 2-cuspidate or 2-aristulate when dry 

 from the shrivelling of the delicate hyaline centre ; ii cymbiform 

 hyaline 1 -nerved with tine aAvn -12" long; iv Avith awn \" or more 

 from between the sjDarsely ciliate lobes. 



Rather coinmou in the open o-rass tracts in the forests of Chota Xagpiir on tlie 

 hills ! F]., Fr. Oct.-Nov. 



Culms yellow. Ligule scarious ohlong- truncate eiliolate. Peduncles 2-4" long- 

 numerous, forming- a large false panicle, each spike shortly stipitate. Gl. iii of 

 hotli spkts. narrow hj-aliue hroa-dly ciliate. Ped. spkt. gl. i 2-cuspidate from the 

 shortl3'- excurrent keels and often with a fine scabrid awn ■25--3" long, keels 

 ciliate ,- ii«and iii as in sessile spkt. ; iv shorter hyaline finely awned with 3 stamens- 

 and a 3-fid (juadrate scale. 



2. A. pumilus, Roxb. 



A small ti;fted often gregarious grass 8-15" high with narrow linear 

 leaves 1-3" long with few long delicate hairs near the base Avhen young. 

 Spikes -5 — 7" long, geminate, secund, on slender sheathed peduncles,, 

 leaving each a cup-shaped clavately cupular 3-toothed 3-quetrous- 

 joint after falling, the peduncle itself also jointed below the spathe. 

 Two-more peduncles arise from the axil of a spathiform leaf on a 

 branch of a loAver order and these from others, the whole forming a 

 false panicle. Sessile spkt. -15-- 18" dorsally compressed, callus- 

 united with that of the next upper joint and of the pedicelled spkt. 

 rounded glabrous. Gl. i linear with 2 very strong keels each diverging 

 and ending in small tubercles below, and in a short cusp at the apex, 

 back of glume infolded between the keels, margins narrowly inflexed. 

 Joints and pedicels equal 4-8 onh-, •1--12" long, Avhite bearded on 

 the outer edge, much less on the inner edge. Ped. spkt. -15" (•17--25" 

 fide J.D.H. !) with 3 stronger nerves and about 3 more slender nerves 

 between, lateral nerves scabrellous. 



Sambalpur (bordei-s of the Central Provinces, Bilaspur! and Raipur !) Fl. Dec. 



Often red when mature and noticeable from this and its secund |)anicles. 

 Sessile spkt. gl, ii chartaceous cj-mbiform as long as i, minutely cuspidate ; iii "l^" 

 linear hyaline; iv about '08" long, scarcely more than the base of the awn, 

 narrowly linear and with 2 capillary lobes ; awn 'l-^" long slender. Ped. spkt. 

 gl. ii nearly as long as i, scarcely keeled, 3-nerved ; iii as long, hyaline, delicately 

 •4-nerved, lanceolate, obtuse, stamens 3, 



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