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each containing only 3 spikelets and clustered on the dilated, hairy 
tips of the very slender, whorled, spreading branches of a terminal 
panicle 4-8 in. long. Sessile spikelet J in. ; keels of the lower 
empty glume minutely prickly-toothed ; flowering glume con- 
taining a 2-sexual flower, tip toothed, awn nearly £ in. Stalked 
spikelets each containing a male or a rudimentary flower ; stalks 
glabrous or nearly so. (Fig. 191.) 
Simla, Jako, common. — W.- Himalaya, 4000-8000 ft. — S. Europe, N. Africa, 
Australia. 
The Simla plant is the variety echinulatus, Hack, of the FI. Br. Ind. vii. 188. 
7. Andropogon monticola, Schult. ; FI. Br. Ind. vii. 192. Stems 
1- 3 ft., slender, erect or decumbent at the base. Leaves 6-18 in., 
very narrow. Spikelets in threes, on solitary, rarely geminate 
spikes each containing only 3 spikelets and borne on the dilated, 
hairy tips of the very slender, whorled, spreading branches of a 
terminal panicle 2-6 in. long. Sessile spikelet — in. ; keels of 
the lower empty glume smooth ; flowering glume containing a 
2- sexual flower, tip toothed, awn about \ in. Stalked spikelets each 
containing a male or a rudimentary flower ; stalks hairy. 
Simla, Annandale. — Hilly districts throughout India, ascending to 6000 ft. 
— W. Asia, S. Africa. 
8. Andropogon annulatus, Forsk. ; FI. Br. Ind. vii. 196. Stems 
^-3 ft., branching, often half-climbing, bent at the lower joints, 
then ascending. Leaves mostly basal, 6-12 in., narrow, rigid, 
upper surface hairy. Spikelets in pairs, on 5-8 unequal spikes 
1-2| in. long and forming a digitate cluster at the top of the stem ; 
rhachis and spikelet-stalks hairy. Sessile spikelet in. ; lower 
empty glume hairy, truncate or obtuse ; flowering glume reduced 
to a simple awn ^-1 in. long. Stalked spikelet hairy. 
Simla. — Throughout India, ascending to 6000 ft.— China, tropical Africa, 
Australia. 
9. Andropogon contortus, Linn. ; FI. Br. Ind. vii. 199, Stems 
densely tufted, 1-2 ft., erect or decumbent near the base. Leaves 
6-18 in., narrow, rigid, acute, upper surface thinly hairy. Spike- 
lets in pairs, crowded on 3-4 (rarely only 1) spikes, excluding the 
awns, 1-2 in. long and forming an umbellate cluster in the axil of 
an upper leaf. On the lower part of the spikes the sessile spikelets 
are without awns and contain only a male flower ; on the upper 
part they are long-awned and contain a 2-sexual, fertile flower. 
The stalked spikelets all contain a male or a rudimentary flower. 
Sessile lower spikelets male, J-J in. ; lower empty glume lanceolate, 
many -nerved, studded with long, bulbous-based bristles, margins 
transparent. Sessile upper spikelets fertile, J in. ; lower empty 
glume thick, cylindric, minutely pubescent, the base prolonged- 
downwards in a hard, sharp, slightly curved point bearded with 
