Andropogon.] CLxxiir. graminea (J. D. Hooker.) 173 



erect, branches slender, lowermost i in. long, and rachia smootb. Spikes 1-2 in. 

 branched at the base, firm, nearly white, callus-hairs i the length of the spikelet. 

 Sessile spihelefs, joints and pedicels about = ^ spiUelet, centre hyaline, upper hairs 

 teaching the top of the sessile spikelet ; gl. I, thin, margin narrowly incurved, tip 

 truncate, hyaline ; H ovate, 1-nerved, tip hyaline j III shorter, ovate obtuse glabrous 

 nerveless j IV awn about i in., inconspicuously margined below. Pedicelled spike- 

 lets narrower than the sessile, hairs of callus half their length ; gl. I 9-11-neryed ; 

 II 3-nerved ; III oblong, long-oiliate, nerveless. — Sent by Lisboa as A. odoratm, 

 but apparently very different from the description of that. plant and from the specimens 

 received in the strongly compressed and acutely keeled sheaths, broad leaves and 

 inflorescence. 



17. A. Woodrovii, Hook. /. ; stems tall erect compressed, nodes 

 glabrous, leaves long, sheaths compressed, spikes erect stipitate fascicled 

 strict silky, joints and pedicels slender oiliate with long erect hairs, sessile 

 spikeleta j-^- in. oblong-lanceolate, callus hairs = J of the spikelet, gl. I of 

 seBsile spikelet 8-12-nerved silky below the middle, tip truncate hyaline, 

 keels ciholate. 



Bombay; Mawal, Woodrow (Herb, Bombay, n. 27). 



Stems 3-4 ft., tufted on a woody rootstock, thicker than a goose-quill at the 

 base and obtusely 2-edged, solid, stiff, branched above. Leaves 1-2 ft. by ^J in., 

 rigid, surfaces and margins scaberulous, not pruinose beneath ; sheath loose, keeled, 

 quite smooth ; ligule a truncate ciliate membrane. Spikes 3-5, i-1 in. long, pale, 

 on slender but stiff smooth proper peduncles, ^J in. long ; joints and pedicels linear, 

 margins silky, upper hairs half as long as the spikelet. Sessile spikelets, callus rather 

 long, obtuse j gl. I coriaceous, glabrous above the middle, margins narrowly in- 

 curved, nerves slender ; II chartaceous, 3-nerved, ciliate ; III ovate, acute, nerveless, 

 glabrous j IT a simple awn ^| in. Pedicelled spikelets narrower than the sessile ; 

 gl. I 9-nerved, glabrous, keels scabrid ; II 3-nerved, ciliate ; III obovate, ciliate, 

 nerveless j IV 0. — Apparently a very distinct species, of which better specimens are 

 much wanted, the spikes being much broken. Mr. Woodrow observes that the 

 odour is that of camphor. 



§§ Qlume I of sessile spikelets usually quite glabrous {or hairy below the 

 middle in A. pertnsus). 



18. A. pertnsus, Willd. 8p. PI. ir. 922 ; erect or ascending, nodes 

 more or less bearded, leaves linear, sheaths terete, spikes 3-7 usually purple 

 1-2 in. digitately fascicled shortly stipitate slender silky, rachis fragile, 

 joints and pedicels silkily oiliate, sessile spikelets ^-J in. oblong-lanceolate 

 minutely truncate usually shining glabrous or sparsely hairy below the 

 middle 5-9-nerved usually 1-2-pitted dorsally callus shortly bearded, keels 

 spinulosely ciliate above. Beauv. Agrost. 131, t. 23, f. 2 ; Br. Prodr. Fl. 

 'Austral. 201 ; Boxb. Fl. Ind. i. 258 ; Kunth Enwm. PI. i. 498 ; Steud. 8yn. 

 Gram. 364; JSaek. Monogr. Androp. 479; Wight Gat. n. 1696; Thw. 

 Unum.Pl. Zeyl. 367 (excl. 8yn.) 437; Trim. Cat. Geyl. PI. 108; Aitchis. 

 Cat. Panjah. PI. 176 (excl. Syn.) ; Buthie Grass. N.W. Ind. 21 (excl. Syn), 

 Fiidd. Grass. N. Ind. 38, t. 25 ; Lishoa in Bomb. Joum. Nat. Hist. 

 Ti. (1891), 202 ; Nees Fl. Afr. Austr. 107 ; Benth. Fl. Austral, vii. 530 ; 

 'Baker Fl. Maurit. 445 {excl. some Byns.) ; Boiss. FL Orient, v. 464. A. 

 angnstitoliuB, Pari. Fl. Palerm. i. 269. A. panormitanus, ParZ. Fl. Bal. i. 

 140. A. punctatns, Aitchis. in Joum Linn. Soc. xviii. (1881) 111 {not of 

 Boxb.). Lepeocercis pertusa, Hassk. PI. Jav. Bar. 52. Bleonurus pertusus, 

 Nees mss. ex. Steud. I. c. Holcus pertusus, Linn. Mant. ii. 301. — Andro- 

 pogon, Wall. Gat. n. 8804 A. B. C. D. 



