166 cLXXiii. GBAMiNBiE (J. D. Hooker.) [Andropogon. 



Chittagon&j Bdema, the Nicobab Islds., and the Malay Peninsula.— Distrib. 

 Tropics. 



Stems 8-24 in., very many from the root, filiform, flaccid, geniculate, leafy 

 throughout. Leaves 1-3 in., i-i in. broad, flat, glabrous, margins and nerves 

 beneath scabrid. Spiies numerous ; peduncle capillary; spathes 1-1^ in., flat; 

 joints 5-10 as long as the sessile spikelet, and pedicels clavate, tips 2-toothed. 

 Sessile spikelets f in., linear-oblong; gl. I coriaceous, tip 2-fidi awn i-i in. 

 FediceXled spikelet reduced to a long-awned glume. 



2. A. axilis, SocAst. in Flora, xxvii. (1844) 241 ; slender, erect, fasti- 

 giately branched above, leaves verjr narrow acuminate, spathe erect 

 narrowly lanceolate, spikes silkily villous. JSaclc. Monogr. Androp. 365. 

 A. fragillimus, Steud. Si/n. Gram. 384. A. fragilissimns, Bochst. in 

 Schimp. PI. Abyss, n. 2057. A. Petitianus, A. Sich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 

 451. 



Eengai, Chota Nagpore, and the Central Provinces, Clarke, Duthie, &e.— 

 DisTEiB. Afric. trop. 



Stems short stout and densely tufted, or lax erect and 12-18 in. high, leafy. 

 Leaves 1-3 in., erect, glabrous or sparsely hairy. Spathes l-lj in., slender; 

 peduncles i-1 in., compressed. Spikes very slender ; joints 8-12, about i in. long, 

 silkily ciliate, and pedicels thickened upwards, tips lunate. Sessile spihelets as long 

 as the joints, subulate lanceolate ; gl. I coriaceous, dorsally silkily villous, tip very 

 slender bifid; II linear-lanceolate, 1-nerved, tip with a short bristle; IV bifid; 

 awn |-| in., very slender. Pedicelled spikelet subulate, silky ; gl. I shortly awned, 

 whole plant reddish when dry. 



** Perenmials. 



3. A. impressus, Sack, in CEstr. Boi. Zeii. xli. (1891) 49; very 

 slender, sparingly branched, leaves very narrow, joints of spikes 3-5 and 

 pedicels very stout densely ciliate, gl. I of sessile spikelets glabroiiB 

 lanceolate acuminate, deeply impressed between the scaberulous keels. 



N.W. Hi-UALATA ; Kishtwar, Clarke, alt. 4000 ft. 



Perennial. Stems erect; flowering branches distant. Leaves 4-8 in., setaceously 

 acuminate ; sheath short, smooth ; ligule rounded. Spathes slender. Spike about 

 T in., scarcely exserted ; peduncle glabrous ; joints and pedicels subclavate, shorter 

 than the .sessile spikelets, densely ciliate, tops obliquely cupped. Sessile spikelets 

 ^ in., linear-lanceolate, greenish, callus nearly glabrous ; gl. I chartaceous, glabrous, 

 tip 2-toothed, margins rather broadly inflexed ; II lanceolate, acute, keeled, 

 3-nerved scabrid above ; III oblong, obtuse, nerveless, ciliolate ; IV oblong, cleft 

 to below the middle, lobes glabrous; awn ^— | in., very slender, pale. Fedicellei 

 spikelets very narrow, gl. I linear-lanceolate, acuminate, purplish, 9-11-nerved ; 11 

 3-nerved, acute; III 2-nerved, obtuse ; IV 0. — Near A. Alopeeurus, Hack, (of the 

 Mauritius), which differs in the many-jointed sjjikes, in the 6-7-nerved gl. 1 which 

 is more deeply channelled in the middle. The habit is that of a Gt/mlopogon. 



4. A. bootanensis, Hook. f. ; tall, stout, leaves very long, joints of 

 spike few and pedicels long-ciliate, gl. I of sessile spikelets glabrous 

 linear-oblong truncate dorsally convex keels obscurely winged above. 



Bhotan Himalaya ; Tassangsee, alt. 6-6000 ft., Griffith. 



Perennial. Leaves 2-3 ft. narrowly linear, coriaceous, and sheaths smooth 

 and glabrous. Spike J-f in., peduncle subcxserted from the very narrow spathe ; 

 joints and peduncles half as long as the sessile spikelet, rather slender, tips toothed. 

 Spikelets red-brown, a in. ; callus bearded ; gl. I nerves obscure ; II coriaceous, 

 acute, 1-nerved; III linear-oblong, ciliate, nerveless; IV short, lobes ciliate; awn 

 very slender short ; palea minute, ovate. Pedicelled spikelet like the sessile. — I 



