Andropogon.l olxxiii. oeamineje. (J. D. Hooker.) 175 



smooth; ligule a ridge. Spikes very pale, rachis and proper peduncles filiform, 

 glabrous, the latter ^-f in. long, axils slightly bearded ; joints and pedicels = ^ the 

 lower spikelet, compressed, hardly grooved and not translucent in the centre, sides 

 not thickened. Sessile spileelets small, callus hairs = i the gls. ; gl. I thin, nerves 

 very slender, keels ciliate with stiff very short bristles ; II lanceolate, acuminate, 

 ciliate, nerves 3 faint ; III much smaller, oblong, obtuse, nerveless j IV, awn i in., 

 capillary, base slightly dilated. Fedicelled spikelets narrower than the sessile, gl. I 

 9-nerved; II and III as In the sessile; IV small, oblong, often unequally 2-fid, 

 ciliate, nerveless. — Although the pedicels of the upper spikelets and joints of the 

 raehis are not as in typical Amphilophis, this appears to be the position of A. 

 concanensis. 



21. A. Kuntzeanus, Sack. Monogr. Androp. 478 ; tall, nodes thickly 

 tearded, leaves narrowly linear smooth, sheaths terete glabrous, spikes 

 12-15 |-2 in. long densely fascicled slender silky purplish, joints and 

 pedicels plnmosely ciliate with long hairs, sessile spikelets \ in. linear- 

 lanceolate, callus hairs = 4 the spikelets, gl. I pitted or not 7-9-nerved 

 keels subpectinately ciliate towards the 2-toothed tip. 



The CoifOAN and Cbnteal Pbotincbs, Kuntze, Dutkie. 



Stem 3-5 ft., as thick as a goose-quill below, with 2-3 slender flowering branches 

 above, terete, smooth. Leaves 10 in. and upwards by i-J in., glabrous, glaucous, 

 smooth, margins scabemlous, upper cauline short, rigid. Spikes corymbose, slender, 

 flexnous, proper peduncles J— J in., slender, glabrous ; joints and pedicels = ^ the 

 lower spikelet or more, translucent in the middle line. Sessile spiielets narrow ; 

 gl. I quite glabrous, thin ; II lanceolate, acuminate or mucronate, margins ciliolate ; 

 III lanceolate, glabrous ; IV awn about i in., base somewhat dilnted. Fedicelled 

 spikelets narrower than the sessile, male ; gl. I strongly 9-11-nerved, keels ciliate 

 scabrid at the entire tip; II o-nerved; III ovate-oblong ciliate, nerveless; IV small, 

 linear, or 0. 



22. A. ensiformls, Sook. f. ; stem erect stont compressed, nodes 

 glabrous, leaves erect strict narrowly ensiform acuminate, sheath strongly 

 compressed, spikes many iu a thyrsiform fascicle shortly stipitate, joints 

 and pedicels silky with long hairs, sessile spikelets ^ in. ovate-oblong, 

 callus hairs =: y the spikelet, gl. I membranous dorsally flat 5-7 -nerved 

 very sparsely silkily villous towards the base, tip truncate keels minutely 

 ciliate. 



The CoNCAK ? Dalzell. 



Stems 2 ft. and upwards, densely tnfted, base as thick as the thumb, with stout 

 roots, clothed with the compressed equitant leaf-sheaths. Leaves 8-10 by i-i in., 

 rigid, strongly nerved, glabrous or sparsely hairy, tips acicular, margins and both 

 surfaces scabemlous ; sheaths smooth, lower equitant ; ligule short, scarious. Spikes 

 i-| in., in an erect narrow thyrsus 3 in. long, pale purplish, proper peduncles i-J in.; 

 joints and pedicels very slender, flat with a translucent channel, ciliate with very 

 long erect hairs. Sessile spikelets, callus small ; gl. I thin, shining, margins rather 

 narrowly incurved, keels slender ; II ovate-oblong, acute, 3-nerved, ciliate, not 

 keeled ; III narrowly oblong, ciliate ; IV a very narrow entire or 2.toothed mem- 

 branous dilatation of the base of the slender awn, which is J-| in. long. Fedicelled 

 spikelets as long as the sessile, linear-oblong ; callus naked ; gl. I convex, many- 

 nerved; II 5-nerved ; III linear-oblong, ciliolate ; IV 0. — I have seen only a single 

 specimen from the Herbarium of the late Mr. A. Dalzell, with no locality marked. 

 The straight sword-shaped leaves are remarkable. 



tt Spikes racemed or panioled, lower much shorter than the rachis of 

 the inflorescence. 



23. A< intermedius, Br. Prodr. 20 ; inodorous, tall, leaves narrowly 



