396 MISC. PUBLICATION 243, U.S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 
23. Andropogon urbanianus Hitche., Bot. Gaz. 54: 424. 1912. 
Dominican Republic, Fuertes 1420. 
Culms erect or ascending, 75 to 150 cm tall; blades 10 to 30 cm 
long, involute, firm, rather stiff, appressed; racemes numerous along 
the upper third of the plant, the terminal mostly in pairs, the axillary 
in pairs or sometimes solitary, 2 to 4 cm long, partly enclosed in the 
spathe or exserted, the slender rachis and pedicels long-pilose; sessile 
spikelet 5 mm long, the awn 1 to 2 cm long; pedicellate spikelets 
narrow, 2 to 4 mm long or sometimes rather prominent. 
Dry slopes and rocky hills, Hispaniola. 
Harti: St. Michel de |’ Atalayé, Leonard 7374, 7392, 7830, 8061a. 
Port-au-Prince, Ekman H 2087. Torbeek, Ekman H 5358. Ennery, 
Leonard 8976. Pétionville, Ekman H 1434, 
H 1936. Mission, Leonard 3716, 3826, 
3853. Furey, Buch 961. St. Michel ad 
lV Amache, Buch 1074, 1077. 
y Dominican Repusuic: Las _ Salinas, 
Fuertes 1420. Constanza, Hkman H 
14092. San José de Ocoa, Ekman H 11920. 
24. Andropogon elliottii Chapm., Fl. South 
U.S. 581. 1860. Florida. 
ELLIOTT BEARDGRASS. 
Sorghum elliott Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 
De 7 Olee LOO 
Culms erect, 30 to 80 cm tall; sheaths 
more or less villous, the upper inflated and 
aggregate; racemes in pairs (rarely 3 or 4), 3 
to4 cm iong,some of the peduncles exserted 
from the appressed spathe and from the 
inflated sheath; sessile spikelet 4 to 5 mm 
long, the awn 10 to 15 mm long, geniculate, 
twisted (fig. 353). 
Open ground and old fields, Coastal Plain 
of the eastern United States; Cuba. 
Cusa: Bayamo (prov. Oriente), Ekman 
5067. 
25. Andropogon glomeratus (Walt.) B.S. 
P.. Prel. Cat. IN Y 267 Ss ea: 
BusHY BEARDGRASS. 
hes Cinna glomerata Walt., Fl. Carol. 59. 
eee eT (Guninions WE). mot, 1788. South Carolina. 
Andropogon macrourus Michx., FI. Bor. 
Amer. 1: 56. 1803. Virginia or Carolina. 
Andropogon densus Desv.; Hamilt., Prodr. Pl. Ind. Oce. 8. 1825. 
Antilles. 
Anatherum macrourum Griseb., Mem. Amer. Acad. (n.s.)8: 534. 1863. 
Andropogon tenuispatheus Nash, N. Amer. F].17:113. 1912. Florida. 
Rather robust, densely tufted perennial; culms compressed, 1 to 
1.5 m tall; lower sheaths crowded, keeled; blades flat or folded, mostly 
3 to 5 mm wide; inflorescence dense, feathery, club-shaped; racemes 
in pairs, 1.5 to 3 cm long, villous with whitish or tawny hairs;rachis 
slender, flexuous; sessile spikelet 3 to 4 mm long, the awn about 1.5 
cm long (fig. 354). 
