180 OLXXIII. QRAMiNEJi. (J. D. Hooker.) [Andropogon. 



Leaves 2-6 by T y- in., setaceously acuminate, rather flaccid, glabrous or sparsely 

 hairy on both surfaces, margins subserrulate ; sheaths usually bearded at the mouth, 

 upper appressed, lower open and often divaricate; ligale-* obscure. Panicle 2-5 in., 

 triangular, ternately branched ; rachis and branches capillary, glabrous, axils more 

 or less bearded. Spikes | in., joints and pedicels very slender, hairs not longer 

 than the joint. Spikelets pale green ; gl. I membranous, margins incurved some- 

 times ci I ate with a few very long hairs, flat or concave towards the centre; II 

 a<'ute. margins nearly glabrous, keel flattened ciliolate al>ov^ ; II[ ovate, obtuse, 

 glabrous ; IV awn i-^ in., slender, base acute. Pedicelled spikelets larger than the 

 sessile, male or neuter ; gl. I linear-lanceolate, green or reddish, glabrous or ciliate, 

 7-nerved, keels ciliolate ; II 3-5-nerved ; III shorter, oblong, glabrous, nerveless ; 

 IV 0. I have seen no Javanese or other authentic specimens, and hence assume the 

 correctness of Hackel's identification of the Indian plant with it. It is certainly 

 not Roxburgh's A. montanus. 



31. A. Hugrelii, Sack. Monogr. Androp. 492 ; stem erect branching 

 from the base, nodes bearded, leaves much narrowed below or petioled 

 linear scaberulous, panicle ovate-oblong, spikes with 2-3 pairs of spikelets, 

 joints shortly ciliate, sessile spikelets ^ \ in., gl. I oblong or oblong- 

 lanceolate glabrous or villous below the middle 7-nerved tip truncate keels 

 ciliate with lonar hairs, III minute ovate. Lisboa in Journ. Bomb. Nat. 

 Hist. Soc. vi. (1891) 69. 



WESTERN HIMALAYA ? Euegel. RAJPOOTANA, on Mt. Aboo, King, &c. CENTRAL 

 INDIA. and the CENTRAL PROVINCES, Duthie, &c. 



Stem shortly creeping or suffrutescent below, often red, branches 2-3fc ft. 

 Leaves 410 by ^ j in., acuminate, puberulous beneath, margins scaberulous some- 

 times ciliate with long hairs ; sheath slightly compressed ; ligule short, mem- 

 branous, ciliate. Panicle 23^ in., shining, branches capillary, axils softly bearded. 

 Spike* about i in. long, green or purplish ; gl. I of sessile spikelets truncate, 

 chartaceous, dorsally polished, margins narrowly incurved, cilia of keels very 

 variable in length; II glabrous, truncate, apiculate, ciliate, keel much thickened; 

 III minute, ovate, glabrous; awn of IV |-f in., base very slender. Pedicelled 

 spikelds rather longer than the sessile, lanceolate, green or purple ; gl. I 9-11- 

 nerved, keels and back ciliate; II as long, acuminate, 5*nerved, ciliate; III nearly 

 as long, hyaline, oblong, obtuse, glabrous; IV very narrow. I have seen no typical 

 specimen of this plant which Hackel described from Huegel's specimens, of which the 

 habitat is unknown. The gl. Ill he describes as absent, an oversight, as it is present 

 in spikelets of the type kindly procured from Vienna for me by Dr. Stapf, and in 

 those collected by King, Duthie and others. Lisboa 1. c. 69 describes a var. fatidus, 

 Hack. mss. as common all over the Bombay Presidency, and as having a soft and 

 very pleasant smell. I fail to find any characters in the specimens I have examined, 

 or in the descriptions given, to distinguish it from A. Huyelii, except that according 

 to Lisboa the pedicelled spikelet of fcetidus has no gl. IV. 



32. A. Schmidii, Hook. f. ; stems subsimple or branching below, 

 ascending leafy, nodes bearded, leaves lanceolate acuminate rigid scabrid 

 above base suddenly contracted, sheaths terete smooth, panicle contracted, 

 branches short erect, sessile spikelets broadly oblong obtuse convex 5-7- 

 nerved between the very shortly ciliate and sparsely hairy keels, margins 

 narrowly incurved, IT broadly oblong glabrous 3-nerved, III very small 

 ovate, IV a slender awn. 



NILGHIRI HILLS; Sc/imid; Nadavatum, in pastures, alt. 6000 ft., Lawson. 



Stem 3-4 ft., rather etout, red-brown, smooth. Leaves 3-5 by -5 in., finely 

 acuminate, midrib strong, scabrid above with sometimes tubercle-based bristles, 

 scaberulous beneath, margins scaberulous ; sheath long, mouth bearded ; ligule 

 obscure. Panicle 2-4) in., loosely or densely branched ; branches and branchlets 



