ANDROPOGONE/E 



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Andropogon asper, Heyne. 



[Ckrysopogon asper, Heyne.) 



This is a tufted perennial grass. Stems are stout below with 

 distichous leaves and very slender above, 2 to 3 Yz feet long. 



The leaf-sheaths are distichous and towards the base of the 

 stem are Y 2 inch broad, compressed, keeled and with scattered 

 tubercle-based hairs. The ligule is a short membrane fringed 

 with close set hairs. 



Fig. 155. — Andropogon asper. 

 Leafy shoot, a bit of the sten> with ,'eaf-sheaths and a bit of the leaf. 



The leaf-blades are broad, distinctly linear, acute or acuminate, 

 coriaceous, glabrous or softly hairy on both the surfaces, with a 

 slender midrib which bears short stiff tubercle-based hairs all 

 along, and margins with similar hairs, but a few leaves towards the 



