184 CLXxiii. GRAMiNE^. (J. D. Hooker.) lAndropogoii., 



hilnm. A. cernaus, Kunth I. c. (excl. Syn, Soxb.). A. compactas, Srot. I.e. 88 j 

 Sorghum cei-nuum, Most Gram. Austv. iv. t. 3 j Reichb. Ic. Fl. Qerm. t. 80. 

 Holeus cernaus, ^rd. in Sag. So. e Lett. Acad. Padua, i. 12, t. 3, f. 1, 2. — 

 8. saccharatum, Strachey & Winterbottom, from Kumaon, alt. 5000 ft. is a pro- 

 liferous state. 



Var. glabrosus. Hack. 1. c. 517 ; panicle ovoid compact at length straw-colrd., 

 sessile spikelet \ in. suborhioular not awned villous. — Serampore, f^oigt (in Herb. 

 Copenhagen.) 



Tar. iniliiformis ; {not A. miliformis, Schult.) ; panicle dense, sessile spikelets 

 f in. suborbicular at length straw-colrd. strigoselj hairy, gl. IT with an exserted 

 mucro, grain dark brown or violet brown. 



Tar. bioolor, Haek. I. c. 519 j panicle very dense, sessile spikelets ^ in. obtusely 

 hexagonal awnless at length black, gl. I coriaceous below the middle, then deeply 

 ruggc d, upper part striate hairy, grain almost twice as long as the gl. white. ?A. 

 bicolor, Kunth /. c. 501, mm Ruxb ; ?A. cernuua, Roxb. Ft. Ind. i. 270. PSorghnm 

 bicolor, If'illd. Euum. Hort. Berol. 1036. PHolcus bicolor, Linn. Manl. ii. 301.— 

 Deccan Peninsula, Herb, ff'ight n. 185 B. 



Dr. Stapf's arrangement of the Indian forms (including many of the African) 

 is the following. I do not cite the habitats and synonyms of the varieties given by 

 Hackel, for to do so might include plants to which the characters adopted by Dr. 

 Stapf 11 ay not apply : — 



* Glume I of sessile spikelets not depressed below the tip. 



Tar. hianx, Stapf; gis. I and II divaricate exposing the white grain, tip of gl. I 

 coriaceous. — S. vulgare, Pers. $. Tf'ight Cat. n. 1670 [nut in Hackel.) 



Tar. Roxburg/iii; Hack. I.e. 510; tip of gl. I hyaline, nerves obscure, sessile 

 spikelets ^ in. ovate acuminate awnless.- — rfalt. Cat. u. 8777 D. (the right hand 

 specimen) P. H. 



Tar. iaccharatns, Koern. ; spikelets \ in, ellipsoid acute or apiculate awned, tip 

 of gl. I hyaline, nerves obscure. 



Tar. Thomsoni, Stapf ; spikelets i in. ovate, gl. I strongly nerved below the tip. 

 — A single specimen from Upper Gangetic Plain, Thomson. 



** Glume I of sessile spikelets depressed below the tip, nerves distinct up to or 

 near to the base. 



Tar. nervosim, Stapf ; Hack. 1. c. 513. — S. India, Herb. Rottler. 



*** trlume I of sessile spikelets depressed below the tip, nerves distinct below the 

 tip only. 



Var. nbmatus, Hack. 1. c. 514; panicle very loose, gl. I and II at length more or 

 less black and shining. — /f^all. Cat. n. 8777 E. J. L. 



Tar. vulgaris, Hack. 1. c. 515 ; panicle erect contracted, gl. I of sessile spikelets 

 ■J in. acute depressed and triangular for the upper J. — fVall. Cat. n. 8777 A; C is a 

 form with smaller spikelets, only i in. long. 



Tar. miliiformis. Hack. I.e. 518 (not A. miliformis, Schult.); panicle erect 

 contracted, gl. I of sessile spikelets J-i in. truncate depressed part very narrow 

 reddish. 



Tar. cerMMMS, Koern. ; Hack. I.e. 576; very robust, panicle forming a dense ovoid 

 or oblong cernuous or decurved head, sessile spikelets small almost orbicalar usually 

 tomentose.— »^a«. Cat. n. 8777 B. G. K. 



37. A. Stapfii, Hook. f. ; annual, stems short branching from the 

 leafy base, leaves 2-3 in. linear-oblong acute base cordate, panicle erect 

 slender loose, branches few short erect, spikelets few \-\ in. ovoid erect 

 acute silkily villous with white hairs, gl. 1 ovate 9-11-nerved tip 2-toothed, 

 and II very coriaceous. 



TiNNEVElLT, at Palamcottah, Wight. 



Stems many, 12-16 in., spreading from the fibrous roots ; geniculatcly ascending, 



