AndropogonJ\ CLXXIII. GRAMINEJB. (J. I). Hooker.) 181 



smooth. Spikelets brown or dull green, callus short, broad, shortly bearded ; gl. I 

 rather coriaceous, dorsally shining, smooth or scaberulous; II chartaceous ; III 

 broadly ovate, obtuse, nerveless ; IV awn in., very slender. Pedicelled spikelets 

 narrower; pedicels shortly ciliate; gl. I 9-nerved, ciliate all over; II narrowly 

 lanceolate, 5-nerved, margins ciliate; III oblong; IV 0. A stouter grass than 

 the foregoing, with very scabrid leaves and much broader spikelets. Allied to 

 A. micranthus, differing conspicuously in the rigid scabrid foliage. 



33. A. filici-lmis, Hook, f.; annual, stem elongate filiform flaccid 

 much branched, nodes bearded, leaves 2-4 in. linear-lanceolate finely acumi- 

 nate flaccid base suddenly narrowed, sheaths lax lower open, panicle 

 long-peduncled lax-fid., rachis and branches capillary, pedicels of upper 

 spikelets ciliate with long hairs, sessile spikelets yV-i in. oblong-lanceolate 

 obtuse 5-7-nerved between the keels villous below the middle or all over, 

 keels ciliate with long slender hairs. 



The DECCAN ; Poonah, in rocky places, Jacquemont (n. 310) ; MAWAB ; Dhom- 

 sha, Woodrow (Herb. Bomb. n. 26.) 



Stems 2-3 ft., apparently decumbent and interlaced, copiously geniculately 

 branched throughout, quite glabrous, very weak, iuteruodes long pubescent. 

 Leaves pale green, | in. broad, tip filiform, glabrous or sparsely hairy beneath, 

 margins smooth ciliate towards the very narrow base, costa and nerves very slender ; 

 sheaths long, narrow, spreading at the ramifications, glabrous, bearded at the top ; 

 ligule broad, membranous, ciliate. Panicle 1-2 in., branches few of extreme slender- 

 ness. Spikelets pale green or white; callus densely shortly villous; gl. I of si-ssile 

 membranous, nerves faint; II oblong, truncate, mucronate, 3-nerved, glabrous; III 

 very small, ^ovate, nerveless, eciliate ; IV, awn -f in., column brown twisted. 

 Pedicelled spikelets narrower than the sessile ; gl. I lanceolate, tip truncate mucro- 

 nate, 7-9-nerved, ciliate; with long hairs; II as long, ovate-lanceolate, acute, 

 strongly 5-7-nerved ; III broadly oblong, hyaline, nerveless ; IV 0. A very delicate 

 grass. The sessile spikelets of Jacquemont's specimens are nearly glabrous, of 

 Woodrow's densely villous, with snow-white hairs. 



34. A. pteropechys, Clarice in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxv. (1889) 88, t. 

 38 ; stem very slender, nodes bearded, leaves very narrow, upper sheath 

 spathiform, panicle subpyramidal, branches few capillary villous beneath 

 the few pale brown spikes, spikelets 3-5, joints and pedicels shortly ciliate, 

 sessile spikelets in., gl. I oblong obtuse 9-nerved glabrous keels 

 pectinately ciliate for the upper f. Hack. Monogr. Androp. 690. 



MUNNEPORE ; on Jakpho and Kohima, alt. 5500-7500 ft., Clarke. 



Perennial. Stem 2-3 ft. erect from a creeping rootstock, sparingly branched, leafy 

 upwards, nodes thickly bearded. Leaves 3-fi by | i in., finely acuminate, narrowed 

 towards the base, above and margins scabcrulous ; beneath sparsely hairy ; sheaths 

 closed, glabrous ; ligule very short, ciliate. Panicle 2-3 in. ; branches 3-6, ascend- 

 ing, flexuous, glabrous except below the spikes where they are villous with brown hairs. 

 Spikes |~| in. ; pedicels of upper spikelets very slender, = the sessile spikelets 

 and joints grooved. Spikelets erect, callus hairs = $ the spikelet ; gl. I dorsally 

 quite glabrous ; II ovate-lanceolate, acute, 3-nerved, ciliate ; III small, ovate, 

 nerveless ; awn in., capillary, base acute. Pedicelled spikelets narrower than the 

 sessile; gl. I 9-11-nerved ; II 3-nerved; III oblong, obtuse, glabrous, nerveless. 



Subgen. VI. SORGHUM, Hack. Spikes panicled, tips of branchlets of 

 panicle not bearded, joints 1 or few and pedicels filiform not or obscurely 

 grooved ventrally, tips truncate. Spikelets few, often large, more or less 

 dorsally compressed, broadly oblong ovoid or lanceolate ; callus short ; 

 gl. I of sessile spikelets coriaceous, often shining, margins narrowly in flexed 



