206 CLXxiii. GRAMiNB^. (J, D. Hooker.) [Andropogon. 



A. Naedfs proper; rootstock stout, stem tall stout leafy, leaves long 

 narrow, panicle large often supra-decompouad oblong or subpynimidal more or 

 less interrupted, branches loosely or closely packed erect at length often drooping, 

 spathes laxly or closely imbricate lanceolate, proper'spathes i-J in., spikes with 4-5 

 pairs of spikelets, joints and pedicels rather slender densely or laxly cillate, sessile 

 spikelets A-J in. lanceolate awned, gl. I narrowly winged, awn long or short. A. 

 Nardus, Be»W. ^ Trim. Medic. PI. t. 297; Trim. Cat. Ceyl. Fl. 107. A. Nardns, 

 var. grandis, Eaclc. (in part). A. caBsius, iVdes in Wight Cat. n. 1700e. A. Sclice- 

 nauthus. Wall. Oat. n. 879i D. E. ¥. H. — Prom the Himalaya to Burma and 

 southwd. to Ceylon and Malaya. Mergui, Qriff. {Kew Distrib. 6762). Bengal, 

 Griff. ( jr. D. 6760, 6761). 



Forma culta; gl. I of sessile spikelet, dorsal'y flat or deeply hollowed, awn or 

 very short included in the glumes. A. Nardm, auct. plur. A. Schasnanthus, 

 Boxb. Fl. Ind. i. 274; Wall. Cat. n. 879i E. A. Eoxburghii, Nees in Wight 

 Cat. n. 1699; Stead. I.e. 395. A. Martini, Thw. Enum. PI. Zeyl. 367. A. 

 Nardus, var. genuinus. Hack. Monogr. And^rop. 662 in part. 



Forma abnormis, spathes empty. A. ciesius, Nees in Wight Cat. n. 1700d. 

 Anthistiria, Wall. I. c. n. 8768. 



Var. nilagiricus. Hack. 1. c. 604 ; tall, stem very robust sometimes as thick as 

 the little finger, leaves 2-4 ft. by ^-f in. glaucous beneath, ligule coriaceoun, 

 panicle 10-12 in. narrow, proper spathes about i in. broadly lanceolate cymbiform 

 acuminate, sessile spikelets y— g- in. dorsaliy flat smooth or with shallow depressions, 

 hardy winged nerves obscure, lobes of gl. IV subulate, awn short or long. A. 

 nilagiricus, Hochst. in Hohen. PI. Ind. Or. (1851) n. 932. A. confertiflorus, SieuA. 

 I. c. 385. A. Nardus, var. glomeratus, Hack. I. e. A. Schcenanthus, Wall. Cat. 8794 

 B in part. Nilghiri Hills, Wight (Berb. n. 3087) &c. ; Conoor, alt. 6000 ft. Gamble. 

 Ceylon. — The spathes are normally broader than in Nardus proper. 



Var. Iwidus, Hook. f. ; stem 5-6 ft., leaves long, panicle elongate rather broad 

 decompound branches or narrow with sparingly divided branches, spikes in large 

 rounded crowded fascicles drying of a very dark purplish brown, spathes cymbiforu], 

 outer i-i in., proper i— i in. shorter than the purplish black shortly pedancled spikes, 

 pedicels and joints slender sparsely ciliate with long spreading hairs, sessile spike- 

 lets i— i in. lanceolate, gl. I dorsaliy flat or concave especially below, keels winged 

 above the middle, lobes of gl. IV long ciliate. — Kilghiri Hills, Schmid. Ceylon, 

 Gardner, Maxwell. — Thwaitea, A. distans may be this or A. nilagiricus. 



Var. khasianus, Hack. 1. c. (in part) ; tall, leaves 3-3 ft. , panicle elongate 

 1-3 ft. narrow, branches short compound or decompound, spathes narrowly lanceo- 

 late outer f-ly in., proper ^-J in., spikes 5-| in., joints and pedicels slender shortly 

 villous, sessile spikelets ^— ^ in. oblong-lanceolate obtuse, gl. I dorsaliy flat or with, 

 very shallow depressions, very rarely channelled down the centre (as in A. 

 Schcenanthus) keels broadly winged above the middle, nerves 2-5 between the keels 

 usually well marked from the middle or above it to near the top, IV rather broadly 

 linear lobes long ciliate. A khasianus, Munro mss. — Khasia Hills, alt. 3-5000 ft., 

 Griffith (Eew distrib. 6759,6764,6765); Munnepore, alt. 3500 ft., Clarke.— Wall. 

 Cat. n. 8794 H. referred here by Hackel has no nerves or wings to gl. I of the sessile 

 spikelets and is, I think, a form of normalis. 



Yai. grandis, Hack. I.e. 605 (in parti; tall, stout, leaves 2-3 ft. by i-J in., 

 panicle narrow loosely branched, branches distant often drooping, outer spathes 

 li-3 in., proper spathes l-lj in., joints and pedicels shortly ciliate, sessile spikelets 

 i-i in. oblong-lanceolate obtuse dorsaliy flat or slightly concave below keels margined 

 or winged above the middle nerves obscure, keel of II sometimes shortly winged 

 above the middle, lobes of gl. IV ciliate, awn ^i in. A. Schcenanthus, Wall. PI. 

 As. Rar. iii. t. 280, Cat. n. 8794 (in part). ?A. pendulus, Nees ex Steud. I. c. 388. 

 — Nepal, Wallich. Sikkim, Terai and hot valleys, J. D. if., 4c. Bengal, Griffith 

 {Keio distrib. u. 6773). Eajmahal, Herb. Sort. Calcutt.—Tae very long outer 

 spathes are seen in no other variety, but they are found shortening in some 

 specimens to the ordinary length of khasianus and others. 



Var. colorahis ; stem subsimple, leaves chiefly radical ^^^ in. broad glaucous 



