184 CLXXIII. GRAMINE^E. (J. D. Hooker.) [Andropogon. 



hilura. A. cernuus, Kunth I.e. (excl. Syn. Rovb.). A. cotnpactus, Brot. I.e. 88; 

 Sorghum cernuum, Host Gram. Austr. iv. t. 3 ; Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 80. 

 Holcus cernuus, Ard. in Saa. Sc. e Lett. Acad. Padua, i. 12, t. 3, f. 1, 2. 

 8. saccharatum, Strachey & Winter-bottom, from Kumaon, alt. 5000ft. is a pro- 

 liferous state. 



Var. glabrosus, Hack. 1. c. 517 ; panicle ovoid compact at length straw-colrd., 

 sessile spikelet % in. suborbicular not awned villous.' Serampore, Voigi (in Herb. 

 Copenhagen.) 



Var. tniliiformis ; (not A. miliformis, Schult.) ; panicle dense, sessile spikelets 

 | in. suborbicular at length straw-eolrd. strigosely hairy, gl. IV with an exserted 

 mucro, grain dark brown or violet brown. 



Var. bicolo'r, Hack. 1. c. 519 ; panicle very dense, sessile spikelets ^ in. obtusely 

 hexagonal awnless at length, black, gl. I coriaceous below the middle, then deeply 

 ruggt d, upper part striate hairy, grain almost twice as long as the gl. white. ?A. 

 bicolor, Kunth /.e. 501, won Roxb.-, ?A. cernuus, Rox b. Fl. Ind. i. 270. PSorghum 

 bicolor, Willd. Knum. Hort. Berol. 1036. PHolcus bicolor, Linn. Mant. ii. 301. 

 Deccan Peninsula, Herb. Wight n. 185 B. 



Dr. Stapf s arrangement of the Indian forms (including many of the African) 

 is the following. I do not cite the habitats and svnonyms of the varieties given by 

 Hackel, for to do so might include plants to which the characters adopted by Dr. 

 Stapf n ay not apply : 



* Glume I of sessile spikelets not depressed below the tip. 



Var. hians, Stapf; gls. I and II divaricate exposing the white grain, tip of gl. I 

 coriaceous. S. vulgare, Pers. . Wight Cat. n. 1670 (not in HacktlT) 



Var. Roxburgkii ; Hack. I.e. 51'J; tip of gl. I hyaline, nerves obscure, sessile 

 spikelets -i in. ovate acuminate awnless. Wall. Cat. n. 8777 D. (the right hand 

 specimen) F. H. 



Var. taccharatus, Koern. ; spikelets 1 in. ellipsoid acute or apiculate awned, tip 

 of gl. I hyaline, nerves obscure. 



Var. T/iomsoni, Stapf ; spikelets in. ovate, gl. I strongly nerved below the tip. 

 A single specimen from Upper Gangetic Plain, Thomson. 



** Glume I of sessile spikelets depressed below the tip, nerves distinct up to or 

 near to the base. 



Var. nervosus, Stapf ; Hack. 1. c. 513. S. India, Herb. Rattier. 



*** (Jrlume I of sessile spikelets depressed below the tip, nerves distinct below the 

 tip only. * 



Var. olovafus, Hack. I.e. 514; panicle very loose, gl. I and II at length more or 

 less black and shining. Wall. Cut. n. 8777 E. J. L. 



Var. vulgaris, Hack. 1. c. 515 ; panicle erect contracted, gl. I of sessile spikelets 

 -| in. acute depressed and triangular for the upper J. Wall. Cat. n. 8777 A; C is a 

 lorui with smaller spikelets, only in. long. 



Var. miliiformit, Hack. I.e. 518 (not A. miliformis, Schult.) ; panicle erect 

 contracted, gi. I of sessile spikelets i~| in. truncate depressed part very narrow 

 reddish. 



Var. cernuus, Koern. ; Hack. 1. c. 576 ; very robust, panicle forming a dense ovoid 

 or oblong cernuous or decurved head, sessile spikelets small almost orbicular usually 

 tomentose. Wall. Cat. n. 8777 B. G. K. 



37. A. Stapfii, HooJc.f.; annual, stems short branching from the 

 ieafy base, leaves 2-3 in. linear-oblong acute base cordate, panicle erect 

 slender loose, branches few short erect, spikelets few -|-|- in. ovoid erecb 

 acute silkily villous with white hairs, gl. 1 ovate 9-11-nerved tip 2-toothed, 

 and II very coriaceous. 



TINNEVELLY, at Palamcottah, Wight. 



Steins many, 12-16 in., spreading from the fibrous roots ; gcniculately ascending 





