Andropoffon.] Clxxiii. graminej!, (J. D. Hooker.) 181 



smooth. SpilceUts brown or dull green, callus short, broad, shortly bearded j gl. I 

 rather coriaceous, dorsally shining, smooth or Bcaberulous; II chartaoeous ; HI 

 broadly ovate, obtuse, nerveless ; IV awn i iu., very slender. Fedicelled spijkelets 

 narrower; pedicels shortly ciliate; gl. I 9-nerved, ciliate all over; II narrowly 

 limceolate, 5-nerved, margins ciliate; III oblong j IV 0. — A stouter grass than 

 the foregoing, with very sciibrid leaves and mnch broader spikelets. Allied to 

 A. mieranthus, differing conspicuously in the rigid scabrid foliage. 



33. A. flllculmis, Hook f. ; annual, stem elongate filiform flaccid 

 much branched, nodes bearded, leaves 2-4 in. linear-lanceolate finely acumi- 

 nate flaccid base suddenly narrowed, sheatlis lax lower open, panicle 

 long-peduncled lax-fld., raohis and branches capillary, pedicels of upper 

 Bpikeleta ciliate with long hairs, sessile spikelets Jg-i in. oblong-lanceolate 

 obtuse 5-7-nerved between the keels villous below the middle or all over, 

 keels ciliate with long slender hairs. 



The DeCCAN ; Poonah, in rooky places, Jacquemont (n. 310) ; Mawab ; Dhom- 

 sha, Woodrow (Herb. Bomb. n. 26.) 



Stems 2-3 ft., apparently decumbent and interlaced, copiously genicnlately 

 branched throughout, quite glabrous, very weak, internodes long pubescent. 

 lieaves pale green, 4-| iu. broad, tip filiform, glabrous or sparsely hairy beneath, 

 margins smooih ciliate towards the very narrow base, costa and nerves very slender ; 

 sheaths long, narrow, spreading at the ramifications, glabrous, bearded at the top ; 

 ligule broad, membranous, ciliate. Panicle 1-2 in., branches few of extreme slender- 

 ness. Spikelels pale green or white; callus densely shortly villous; gl. I of sessile 

 membranous, nerves faint; II oblong, truncate, mucronate, 3-nerved, glabrous; III 

 very small, ovate, nerveless, eciliate; IV, awn ^-J in., column brown twisted. 

 Pedieelled spikelets narrower than the sessile ; gl. I lanceolate, tip truncate mucro- 

 nate, 7-9-nerved, ciliate; with long hairs; II as long, ovate-lanceolate, acute, 

 strongly 5-7-nerved ; III broadly oblong, hyaline, nerveless ; IV 0. — A very delicate 

 grass. The sessile spikelets of Jacquemont's specimens are nearly glabrous, of 

 Woodrow's densely villous, with snow-white hairs. 



34 A. pteropecbys, Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxv. (1889) 88, t. 

 88 ; stem very slender, nodes bearded, leaves very narrow, upper sheath 

 spathiform, panicle subpyramidal, branches few capillary villous beneath 

 the few pale brown spikes, spikelets 3-5, joints and pedicels shortly ciliate, 

 sessile spikelets J in., gl. I oblong obtuse 9-nerved glabrous keels 

 pectinately ciliate for the upper f . Sack. Monogr. Androp. 690. 



■ MTTiritEPOKE; on Jakpho and Kohima, alt. 5500-7500 ft., Clarke. 



Perennial. Stem 2-3 ft. erect from a creeping rootstook, sparingly branched, leafy 

 upwards, nodes thickly bearded. Leaves 8-fi by ^-| in., finely acuminate, narrowed 

 towards the base, above and margins scaberulous ; beneath sparsely hairy ; sheaths 

 closed, glabrous ; ligule very short, ciliate. Panicle 2-3 in. ; branches 3-6, ascend- 

 ing, flexnous, glabrous except below the spikes where they are villous with brown hairs. 

 Sfikes i-| in. ; pedicels of upper spikelets very slender, = J the sessile spikelets 

 and joints grooved. Spikelets erect, callus hairs = ^^ the spikelet ; gl. I dorsally 

 quite glabrous ; II ovate-lanceolate, acute, 3-nerved, ciliate ; III small, ovate, 

 nerveless; awn J in., capillary, base acute. Pedieelled spikelets narrower than the 

 sessile; gl. I 9-11-nerved; II 3-nerved; HI oblong, obtuse, glabrous, nerveless. 



Snhgen. VI. Sobghttm:, Sack. Spikes panicled, tips of branchlets of 

 panicle not bearded, joints 1 or few and pedicels filiform not or obscurely 

 grooved ventrally, tips truncate. Spihelets few, often large, more or less 

 dorsally compressed, broadly oblong ovoid or lanceolate ; callus short ; 

 gl I of sessile spikelets coriaceous, often shining, margins narrowly infleied 



