166 CLXXIII. GBAMINE^E (J. D. Hooker.) \Andropogon. 



CHITTAGONG, BURMA, the NICOBAR IsLD8,andthe MALAY PENINSULA. DISTRIB. 

 Tropics. 



Stems 8-24 in., very many from the root, filiform, flaccid, geniculate, leafy 

 throughout. Leaves 13 in., ^ in. hroad, flat, glabrous, margins and nerves 

 beneath scabrid. Spikes numerous ; peduncle capillary ; spathes 1-1 in., flat ; 

 joints 5-10 as long as the sessile spikelet, and pedicels clavate, tips 2-toothed. 

 Sessile spikelets in., linear-oblong; gl. I coriaceous, tip 2-fid ; avva -^ in. 

 Pedicelled spikelet reduced to a long-awned glume. 



2. A. axilis, Hochst. in Flora, xxvii. (1844) 241 ; slender, erect, fasti - 

 giatcly branched above, leaves very narrow acuminate, spathe erect 

 narrowly lanceolate, spikes silkily villous. Hack. Monogr. Androp. 365. 

 A. fragillimus, Steud. Syn. Gram. 384. A. fragilissimus, Hochst. in 

 Schimp. PI. Abyss, n. 2057. A. Petitianus, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 

 451. 



BENGAL, Chota Nagpore, and the Central Provinces, Clarke, Duthie, &c. 

 DISTRIB. Afric. trop. 



Stems short stout and densely tufted, or lax erect and 12-18 in. high, leafy. 

 Leaves 13 in., erect, glabrous or sparsely hairy. Spathes 1-1J in., slender ; 

 peduncles -1 in., compressed. Spikes very slender ; joints 8-12, about i in. long, 

 silkily ciliate, and pedicels thickened upwards, tips lunate. Sessile spikelets as long 

 as the joints, subulate lanceolate ; gl. I coriaceous, dorsally silkily villous, tip very 

 slender bifid; II linear-lanceolate, 1-nerved, tip with a short bristle; IV bifid; 

 awn ^- in., very slender. Pedicelled spikelet subulate, silky j gl. I shortly awned, 

 whole plant reddish when dry. 



** Perennials. 



3. A. impressus, Hack, in CEstr. Sot. Zeit. xli. (1891) 49; very 

 slender, sparingly branched, leaves very narrow, joints of spikes 3-5 and 

 pedicels very stout densely ciliate, gl. I of sessile spikelets glabrous 

 lanceolate acuminate, deeply impressed between the scaberulous keels. 



N.W. HIMALAYA; Kishtwar, Clarke, alt. 4000 ft. 



Perennial. Stems erect; flowering branches distant. Leaves 4-8 in., setaceously 

 acuminate ; sheath short, smooth ; ligule rounded. Spathes slender. Spike about 

 1 in., scarcely exserted ; peduncle glabrous ; joints and pedicels subclavate, shorter 

 than the sessile spikelets, densely ciliate, tops obliquely cupped. Sessile spikelets 

 -g- in., linear-lanceolate, greenish, callus nearly glabrous ; gl. 1 chartaceous, glabrous, 

 tip 2-toothed, margins rather broadly iufltxed ; II lanceolate, acute, keeled, 

 3-nerved scabrid above; III oblong, obtuse, nerveless, ciliolate; IV oblong, clelt 

 to below the middle, lobes glabrous; awn - in., very slender, pale. Pedicelled 

 spikelets very narrow, gl. I linear-lanceolate, acuminate, purplish, 9-11-nerved ; II 

 3-nerved, acute; III 2-nerved, obtuse j IV 0. Near A. Alopecurus, Hack, (of the 

 Mauritius), which differs in the many-jointed spikes, in the 6-7-nerved gl. 1 which 

 is more deeply channelled in the middle. The habit is that of a Cymbopogon. 



4. A. bootanensis, HooJc.f.-, tall, stout, leaves very long, joints of 

 spike few and pedicels long-ciljate, gl. I of sessile spikelets glabrous 

 linear-oblong truncate dorsally convex keels obscurely winged above. 



BHOTAN HIMALAYA ; Tassangsee, alt. 5-6000 ft., Griffith. 



Perennial. Leaves 2-3 ft. narrowly linear, coriaceous, and sheaths smooth 

 and glabrous. Spike ^ J in., peduncle subexserted from the very narrow spathe; 

 joints and peduncles half as long as the sessile spikelet, rather slender, tips toothe^ 

 Spikelets red-brown, i in. ; callus bearded ; gl. I nerves obscure ; II coriaceous, 

 acute, 1-nerved; III linear-oblong, ciliate, nerveless; IV short, lobes ciliate ; awn 

 very slender short ; palea minute, ovate. Pedicelled spikelet like the 



