CXIIT. GRAMINE^E 
605 
^ in. broad with a straight, not cordate and stem -clasping base. 
The panicle rarely exceeds 18 in., and the sessile spikelets are 
6-1 in. 
Throughout India, ascending to 3000 ft. — Tropical Asia, Africa, Australia. 
Fig. 192. Andkopogon distans. 
13. Andropogon distans, Nees; FI. Br . Ind. vii. 207. Root- 
stock aromatic ; stems glabrous, 1-5 ft., erect ; branches few or 
none. Leaves mostly basal, glabrous, 6-12 in., very narrow. 
Spikelets in 4-8 pairs on spikes 1-1J in. long and paired at 
the end of a slender stalk sheathed in a pointed, spathe-like 
bract J-1J in., the spikes deflexed and solitary, rarely in a 
