4ndropogon.-] gramine^. 423 



nv \rft' v®?J,*'*u''"*? "i^- ' ""^ ofNeea. Stems rather slender, ascending 

 ^m^f!'^' V}^ branched. 1 to 2 ft. high. Leaves nan-ow, obtuse or scarcely 

 nTp, „■ -1 ^o f oT•P^^ ^'"'^ '°^*^'^y "'I ^'lort terminal peduncles or in the 

 Z^.n ^' * ^, ""■ ^°"S' '^''^'^^'■- Sessile spikelets about 3 lines long, 

 nariow, the outer glumes veiy pointed, the awn of the flowering glume pro- 

 tmding to about i m. Pedicel of the ban-en spikelet flat, cifiate on both 

 edges, the spikelet usuaUy reduced to a single, very pointed almost awned 

 glume.— ^. pseudograya, Steud. Syn. Gram-. 365. 



alsrS'c^e°bi ^"^''*' ** ^""y- *"^ ^ ""^- '"''■'' ^'T hairy spikes at Whampoa, Hance ; 



2. A. brevifolius, Sw.; Kunth, Bnum. i. 488. Stems slender, decum- 

 bent, much branched, i to 1\ ft. long. Leaves narrow, 1 to 2 in. long, ob- 

 tuse or with a very short oblique point. Spikes solitary, very slender and 

 seldom above 1 in. long. Sessile spikelet not 2 lines long, the outer glume 

 not pointed, the awn of the flowering glume protruding about 4 lines. Barren 

 pedicel slender, not ciliate except at the base, bearing a small rudimentary 

 glume with a long awn-like point. 



Hongkong, Hance, Wright. On the adjacent continent, in Sillet, the Indian ArcMpe- 

 lago, and tropical America. 



3. A. montanus, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 267. Stems decumbent at the base, 

 branching and ascendmg to 3 or 4 ft. Leaves nai-row, rather long. Panicles 

 terminal, very loose, about 4 in. long, with slender almost filiform clustered 

 branches of unequal length and little branched. Spikes not \ in. long, all 

 pedicellate, consisting usuaUy of 2 or 3 articulations, with a tuft of haii-s at 

 each articulation and at the branches of the panicle. Sessile spikelet l\ in. 

 long. Outer glumes shortly cHiate. Elowering glume reduced to a fine 

 twisted awn 8 or 9 lines long. Pedicellate spikelet male and awnless, with 

 a few long hairs on the pedicel. — A. (Mhaphis) villosulus, Nees in Steud. Syn, 

 Gram. 397. zd. parvispica {Rhaphis microstachya, Nees), Steud. I.e. Mha- 

 phis Hricta, Nees in Kew Joum. Bot. ii. 99. 



Hongkong, Bance, Comnaou in the hilly districts of northern India ; also in S. China 

 and in the Philippines. 



4. A. Vachellii, Nees, PI. Meyen. 188. Stems and foliage of ^. monta- 

 nus, but the panicle is longer, closer, and less branched, and the spikes, on 

 pedicels of -j to 1 in., are from 1 to 2 in. long, with numerous articulations. 

 Spikelets as in A. montanus, except that the pedicellate barren ones appear to 

 be always without stamens. — Chrysopogon strictus, Nees in Kew Joum. Bot. 

 ii. 95. 



Hongkong, Hance, Harland ; on roadsides at Aberdeen, Wilford. On the adjacent con- 

 tinent, and very nearly allied to the north Indian A. punctatus, Eoxb. 



5. A. tropicus, Spreng. ; Kunth, Enum. i. 503. Stems rather slender, 

 2 ft. or more, with a dense tuft of short hairs at the nodes. Leaves nan-ow, 

 rough at the edges. Panicle loose, 4 to 6 in. long, conspicuous for the rich 

 brown colour of the hairs of the glumes' and pedicels ; the capillary branches 

 of unequal length, clustered and each bearing a single spike or the lower ones 

 slightly branched. Spikes usually about \ in. long, consisting of from 2 to 5 

 articulations, not so readily separable as in inost species. Spikelets 1^^ to 2 



