522 MONOCOTYLEDONEE. ANDROPOGON. 
Vahl! Symb. 2, p. 102 (fide specim h. Havn.); Sorghum nitidum Pers. 
Synops. 1, p. 101; S. muticum Nees! Herb,; Anatherum nitidum 
Spreng. Syst. 1, p. 290; Andropogon fuscus J. S. Presl! in C. B. 
Presl, Reliqu. Hænk. 1, p. 342; A. nitidus Kunth, Revis. Gram. 1, 
p. 166; A. consimilis Steud.! Synops. 1, p. 394; A. pedicellatus 
Steud. 1. c. p. 394; Chrysopogon fuscus Trin. in Steud. Nomencl. ed. 
2, p. 360. 
India orient. : Pandschab (Hook. f. et Thoms.); Nepal (Royle 12) ; 
Khasia montes, reg. trop. (Hook. f. et Thoms.); Courtallum (Wight 
2350); Dindygul (Wall. 8778 E); Ceylon (Thwait. 419); Birma ad 
Tongdong (Wall. 8779 A); ins. Nicobares (Kurz); Java (Junghuhn, 
Zolling. 261); Luzon (Hænke; Cuming 1395 mixtus cum var. a); 
Formosa (Oldham 624). 
4, versicolor ; spieule 8 gluma IV: e sinu aristam 30—36 mm. lon- 
gam secus columnz spiras scabram emittente. — Sorghum fuscum 
* versicolor J. N. Andersson in Peters Reise, Bot. p. 564. — Laminæ 
versus basin pilis longis basi tuberculatis adspersz, ceterum glabræ. 
Pili rhacheos, pedicellorum, spicularumque dilute rufiduli. Spieule 8 
nigerrimz, 5 mm. longs, pedicellat;e pallidze. 
Africa tropica orient. ; Mozambique ad Boror et Telte (Peters in h. 
berol.). 
104. A. australis (Spreng. Syst. 1, p. 287); perennis ; paniculæ 
ramis binis—quaternis (rarissime 8**) erecto-patulis glabris, inferne 
per spatium racemum subzequans nudis, spieulis 8 lineari-lanceolatis 
v. lineari-oblongis 6—8 mm. longis, pedicellatis 5 4-glumibus. 
.. Culmi 60—120 cm. alti. Vaginz teretes (innovationum compressa, 
subcarinatz), arctæ, glabræ v. innovationum puberulz, læves, ad os 
sepe barbatz. Lamin: e basi zequilata anguste lineares, tenuissime 
 acuminatz, 15—30 cm. long®, 2—8 mm. lat, plans v. siccando sub- 
complicatze, rigidul:z v. flaecidulze, glaucescenti-virides, modo glabra, 
modo subtus v. utrinque hirtulæ, modo basi pilis longis basi tubercu- 
latis adsperse, subtus marginibusque scabr&, costa media crassa 
plurinervi supra late albo-lineata, nervis lateralibus subprominulis. 
Panieula 14—28 cm. longa, lineari-oblonga v. ovato-oblonga laxius- 
cula, ramis vertieillatis subzequalibus, infimis panicula ssepius subtri- 
plo (raro duplo) brevioribus gracillimis, cum racemis plerumque 
oblique artieulatis, infra articulum sspe pilosulis. Racemi 5—8-arti- 
culati (ramulorum secundariorum, ubi adsunt, 2—3-artieulati), 2,5— 
4 em. longi, ameene rufo-variegati, raro dealbati, pilosi : articuli 
