188 CLXXIII. GRAMINEJ;. (J. D. Hooker.) [Andropogon. 



branches long capillary spreading simple or branched and bearing 2-4 

 spikes, sessile spikelets -| in., gl. I 2-toothed dorsally rounded with 2 

 muricate or mamillate keels or channels, II mncronate or aristulate keel 

 and sides bristly above the middle. JZunth JEnum. PL i. 504 ; Hack. Monogr. 

 Androp. 550; Steud. Syn. Gram. 395; Host Gram. Austr. ii. 1, t. 1; 

 Sibth.Fl. Grsec. i. t. 67; Duthie Grass. N.W. Ind. 22, Fodd. Grass. N. 

 Ind. 40. A. echinnlatus, glabratus & Eoyleanus, Steud. I.e. 395, 397. 

 A. pallidus, JKunth Revis. Gram. i. 165. A. paniculatus, Lam. Fl. Fr. 

 Ed. 2, iii. 633; III. Gen. 840, f. 1. Ohrysopogon Gryllus, Trin. Fund. 

 Agrost. 188 ; Nees Gen. Fl. Germ. Monocot. i. t. 93 ; Benth. Fl. Austral, vii. 

 537 ; Aitchis. Cat. Panjab. PI 176. C. glabratus, Trin. in Mem. Acad. 

 Petersb. Ser. VI. ii. (1833) 318. Ehaphis Gryllus, Desv. Opusc. 69. R. 

 Royleana, Nees ex Steud. 1. c. 397. R. echinulata, Nees in Royle lllustr. 

 Sot. Himal. 417. Pollinia Gryllus, Spreng. Pugill. ii. 10; Reichb. Ic. Fl. 

 Germ. t. 54. P. pallida, Roem. & Sch. Syst. ii. 829. Apluda Gryllus, Presl 

 Gyp. & Gram. Sic. 55. Holcus Gryllus & pallidus, Br. Prodr. 199. 

 Chrysopogon, Wall. Cat. n. 8792 B. C. D. 



TEMPERATE HIMALAYA ; from Kashmir to Sikkim, alt. 4-9000 ft. KHASIA 

 HILLS, alt. 4-5000 ft. DISTEIB. Eastwards to S. Europe and N. Africa, Australia. 



Stems forming dense hard tufts, erect, 6 in. to 5 ft. high, as thick as a goose- 

 quill below ; nodes smooth. Leaves 6-18 by |- in., linear, acute, glabrous or 

 hirsute, margins serrulate ; sheath keeled above, glabrous or pubescent. Panicle 

 3-8 in. ; rachis angular, scabrid, axils bearded ; branches 2-4 in., usually very 

 many in a whorl, tips obliquely truncate densely bearded. Sessile sp"" 1 7 >s; callus 

 straight, acute ; gl. I coriaceous, shining, smooth or scaberulous, margins broadly 

 involute ; II chartaceous, lanceolate, hyaline, margins ciliate, awn = the spikelet or 

 shorter; III linear-oblong, obtuse, nerveless; IV linear, minutely 2-toothed, awn 

 minute or -! i n - palea small, oblong, glabrous. Pedicelled spikelets rather 

 longer than the sessile, terete, lanceolate, acuminate ; pedicels glabrous or ciliolate ; 

 gl. I acuminate or aristulate, 5- 9-nerved, keels ciliate above ; II lanceolate, acuminate, 

 ciliate; III and IV narrower, ciliate; awn of IV = the glume. Hackel has 5 

 subspecies, of which 3 are Indian. 1. genuinus ; callus about in. hairs rusty- 

 brown, a\vn of gl. IV 1-1 i in. stout. 2. echinulatus, callus hairs pale yellow, awn 

 i-f in. slender. 3. glabratus, awn of gl. II minute. 



43. A. aciculatus, Retz. Obs. v. 22 ; stem creeping and branching 

 below, leaves short, sheaths terete, panicle very narrow, branches strict 

 erect, spikes solitary, sessile spikelets very narrow, callus very long acicular, 

 gl. I linear acute or minutely 2-cuspidate convex margins broadly inflexed 

 smooth below keels scabrid aculeolate above, II acuminate aristulate, keel 

 ciliate above. Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 262 ; Grah. Cat. Bomb. PI. 238 ; Hack. 

 Monogr. Androp. 562. A. acicularis, Willd. Sp. PL iv. 906 ; Kunth Enum. 

 PI. i. 505, Suppl. 417. A. javanicus, Steud. Syn. Gram. 396. A. subulatus, 

 Presl Rel. Hsenk. i. 341. Chrysopogon aciculatus, Trin. Fund. Agrost. 

 188 ; Wall. Gat. n. 8780 ; Wight Cat. n. 1674 ; Thw. Enum. PI. Zeyl. 366 ; 

 Trim. Cat. Ceyl. PI. 108; Duthie Grass. N.W. Ind. 22 (acicuiaris), Fodd. 

 Grass. N. Ind. 39 ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 424, Fl. Austral, vii. 538. C. subu- 

 latus, Trin. ex Steud. Nomencl. Ed. II. ii. 360; Miq. Fl. Ind. Sat. iii. 491. 

 C. trivialis, Am. & Nees in Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. xix. Suppl. i. (1843) 171. 

 Rhaphis acicularis, Desv. Opusc. 69. R. javanica, Nees ex Steud. Syn. 

 Gram. 396. R. trivalvis, Lour. Fl. Gochinch. 553 ; Trin. Sp. Gram. Ic. 

 t. 8, 9. Centrophorum chin en se, Trin. Fund. Agrost. 106, t. 5. Holcus, 

 Grif. Notul. iii. 12, Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 141, f. 1 (aciculatus). Rheede Hort. 

 Mai. xii. t. 43. 



