206 CLXXIII. GRAMINE^!. (J, D. Hooker.) [Andropogon. 



A. NAKDUS proper; rootstock stout, stem tall stout leafy, leaves long 

 narrow, panicle large often supra-decompound oblong or subpyrumidal more or 

 less interrupted, branches loosely or closely packed erect at length often drooping, 

 spathes laxly or closely imbricate lanceolate, properspathes - in., spikes with 4-5 

 pairs of spikelets, joints and pedicels rather slender densely or Jaxly ciliate, sessile 

 spikelets - in. lanceolate awned, gl. I narrowly winged, awn long or short. A. 

 Nardus, Bentl. fy Trim. Medic. PL t. 297; Trim. Cat. Ceyl. PI. 107. A. Nardua, 

 var. grandis, Hack, (in part). A. csesius, Nees in Wight Gat. n. I700c. A. Schce- 

 uauthus, Wall. Cat. n. 8794 D. E. F. H. From the Himalaya to Burma and 

 fouthwd. to Ceylon and Malaya. Mergui, Griff. (Kew JDistrib. 6762). Bengal, 

 Griff. (K.D. 6766, 6761). 



Forma culta; gl. I of sessile spikelet, dorsally flat or deeply hollowed, awn or 

 very short included in the glumes. A. Nardm, auct. plur. A. Schrananthus, 

 Roxb. FL Ind. i. 274; Wall. Cat. n. 8794 E. A. Roxburghii, Nees in Wight 

 Cat. n. 1699; Steud. I.e. 395. A. Martini, Thw. Enum. PI. Zeyl. 367. A. 

 Nardus, var. genuinus, Hack. Monogtr. Androp. 662 in part. 



Forma abnormis, spathes empty. A. csesius, Nees in Wight Cat. n. 1700d. 

 Anthistiria, Wall. I. c. n. 8768. 



Var. nilagiricusy Hack. 1. c. 604 ; tall, stem very robust sometimes as thick as 

 the little finger, leaves 2-4 ft. by ^-| in. glaucous beneath, ligule coriaceous, 

 panicle 10-12 in. narrow, proper spathes about J in. broadly lanceolate cymbifonn 

 acuminate, sessile spikelets | ^ in. dorsally flat smooth or with shallow depressions 

 hardy winged nerves obscure, lobes of gl. IV subulate, awn short or long. A. 

 nilagiricus, Sochst. in Hohen. PI. Ind. Or. (1851) n. 932. A. confertiflorus, Steud. 

 I. c. 385. A. Nardus, var. glomeratus, Hack. I. c. A. Schoenanthus, Wall. Cat. 8794 

 B in part. Nilghiri Hills, Wight (Herb. n. 3087) &c. ; Conoor, alt. 6000 ft. Gamble. 

 C!eylon. The spathes are normally broader than in Nardus proper. 



Var. luridus, Hook. f. ; stem 5-6 ft., leaves long, panicle elongate rather broad 

 decompound branches or narrow with sparingly divided branches, spikes in large 

 rounded crowded fascicles drying of a very dark purplish brown, spathes cymbiform, 

 outer ^5 in., proper -| ^ in. shorter than the purplish black shortly peduucled spikes, 

 pedicels and joints slender sparsely ciliate with long spreading hairs, sessile spike- 

 lets i in. lanceolate, gl. I dorsally flat or concave especially below, keels winged 

 above the middle, lobes of gl. IV long ciliate. Nilghiri Hills, Schmid. Ceylon, 

 Gardner, Maxwell. Thwaites, A. distans may be this or A. nilagiricus. 



Var. khasianus, Hack. 1. c. (in part) ; tall, leaves 2-3 ft., panicle elongate 

 1-3 ft. narrow, branches short compound or decompound, spathes narrowly lanceo- 

 late outer f-l i n M proper $~f in., spikes i-f in., joints and pedicels slender shortly 

 villous, sessile spikelets -1 in. oblong-lanceolate obtuse, gl. I dorsally flat or with 

 very shallow depressions, very rarely channelled down the centre (as in A. 

 Schcenanthus} keels broadly winged above the middle, nerves 2-5 between the keels 

 usually well marked from the middle or above it to near the top, IV rather broadly 

 linear lobes long ciliate. A khasianus, Munro mss. Khasia Hills, alt. 3-5000 ft., 

 Griffith (Kew distrib. 6759,6764,6765); Munnepore, alt. 3500 ft., Clarke. Wall. 

 Cat. n. 8794 H. referred here by Hackel has no nerves or wings to gl. I of the sessile 

 spikelets and is, I think, a form of normalis. 



Var. grandis, Hack. I.e. 605 (in part); tell, stout, leaves 2-3 ft. by -i-^ in., 

 panicle narrow loosely branched, branche^Pnstant often drooping, outer spathes 

 1^-3 in., proper spathes 1-li in., joints and pedicels shortly ciliate, sessile spikelets 

 - in. oblong-lanceolate obtuse dorsally flat or slightly concave below keels margined 

 or winged above the middle nerves obscure, keel of II sometimes shortly winged 

 above the middle, lobes of gl. IV ciliate, awn - in. A. Schrenanthus, Wall. PI. 

 As. Rar. iii. t. 280, Cat. n. 8794 (in part). PA. pendulus, Nees ex Steud. I. c. 388. 

 Nepal, Wallich. Sikkim, Terai and hot valleys, J. D. H., &c. Bengal, Griffith 

 (Kew distrib. n. 6773). Rajmahal, Herb. Hort. Calcutt.Tne very long outer 

 spathes are seen in no other variety, but they are found shortening in some 

 specimens to the ordinary length of khasianus and others. 



Var. coloratus ; stem subsimple, leaves chiefly radical T y-| in. broad glaucous 



