208 CLXXIII. GRAMINEJS. (J. D. Hooker.) [Andropoyon. 



per with long subulate-lanceolate ciliate lobes. Specimens collected by Falconer 

 and by Duthie, at 8900 ft. in Grarwhal, have filiform flexuoug or tortuous leaves. 

 The Ceylon A. distana, Thwaites, from Newera Elia, is a much longer leaved plant, 

 has very 'dark spikes and is a dwarf starved state of A. nilagirica, I suspect. 

 Lisboa (Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. vi. (1891) cites A. distans as a native 

 of N. Canara, but I have no means of confirming the identification. 



74. A, microtheca, Hook. f. ; tall, panicle elongate narrow de- 

 compound, branches very slender erect elongate, spikes - in. solitary 

 rarely fascicled shortly peduncled deflexed, proper spathes \ in. narrowly 

 lanceolate divaricate, spikes very short, joints few and pedicels clavate or 

 bucciniform mouth toothed margins very shortly ciliate, sessile spikelets 

 iV~t i n - gl- I ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate dorsally deeply concave with 

 thickened margins, pubescent in the hollow. 



EAST NEPAL ; hot valleys, alt. 3-4000 ft., J. D. H. 



Stem 3-4 ft., slender. Leaves long, narrow. Panicle leafy below; leaves on the 

 flowering branches short, erect, strict, appressed to the branches, bearing in their 

 axils the very small peduncled proper spathes which project horizontally ; peduncle 

 of spikes about half the length of the proper spathe and wholly concealed in it, the 

 very small few-fld. spikes alone being exserted ; proper spathes ^-f in., narrowly 

 lanceolate, acuminate, strict, glabrous. Ol. I of sessile spikelets variable in breadth, 

 rarely flat dorsally, keels scaberulous above the middle, tip minutely 2-cuspidate ; 

 II acute, keel scaberulous below the tip; III ovate-oblong, acute, 2-nerved, ciliate ; 

 IV narrow, 2 fid, lobes subulate eciliate, awn ^ in. ; palea minute, oblong or orbicular. 

 Pedicelled spikelets (sometimes fern.), ovate-oblong, subacute, gl. I 7-nerved, keels 

 scaberulous; II acuminate, 3-nerved; III oblong, obtuse; IV linear, tip 2-fid, 

 1-nerved nerve excurrent ; palea minute, ovate. The long slender branches of the 

 panicle, with rather distinct spikes, and divergent proper spathes, short stout pedicels 

 and joints, and minute spikelets (the smallest of the Indian Cymbopogons) charac- 

 terize this species. Its nearest ally is N. Nardus var. microstachys. Munro had 

 given the mss. name of Hoolceri to it; but it is not his A. Hookeri of Bhotan, nor 

 that described by Hackel. The pedicelled spikelets described above are abnormal in 

 being female. 



75. A. Gidarba? Ham. ex Wall. Cat. n. 8797 ; stem slender sub- 

 simple, leaves narrow, panicle narrow elongate, branches rather distant 

 short, joints and pedicels clavate, sessile spikelets %-\ in., gl. I linear- 

 lanceolate 2-toothed dorsally deeply concave below the middle with 

 a boss at the base of the cavity, keels scaberulous neither winged nor 

 margined. Steud. Syn. Gram. 387; Hack. Monogr. Androp. 613; Duthie 

 Grass. N.W. Ind. 20*. Andropogon, Wall. Cat. n. 8797, 8798 D. 



WESTERN HIMALAYA, Falconer, &c. ; Simla, alt. 7-8000 ft., Duthie. BEHAR, 

 at Monghir, Hamilton ; Gya, Herb. Calcutta 



Stem 4-6 ft., erect. Leaves 1-2 ft., finely acuminate, glabrous on both surfaces 

 or puberulous above, midrib slender, margins smooth ciliate towards the base ; 

 sheath terete, glabrous ; ligule short, truncate. Panicle very slender, branches 

 simple or the lower divided ; proper spathes f-1 in., narrowly lanceolate, about 

 twice as long as the peduncle. Spikes ^-1 in., strict, at length deflexed ; joints and 

 pedicels shortly villous. Sessi/e spikelets pale or dark green, with sometimes a 

 dorsal circular pit above the middle, margins raised; II cymbiform, acute, 1-nerved ; 

 III lanceolate, 2-nerved ; IV narrow, 2-cleft, lobes subulate ciliate ; awn -J in., 

 capillary. Pedicelled spikelets rather longer than the sessile, lanceolate, acute, 

 glabrous. Odour described as terebinth inc. 



