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[. Andropogon . 
glabrous leaves, a dense stiff panicle f-1 ft. long with very numerous 
whorled slender ascending branches, spikelets in pairs, one sessile wdth 
a hermaphrodite and male flower, the other pedicellate with both the 
flowers imperfect, subcoriaceous equal acute empty glumes f in. 
long covered on the back with minute prickles, flowering glume of 
the perfect floret without any awn. Vetivert. 
8. A. Schcenanthus, Linn.; Vent. Hort. Cels. t. 89. Perennial 
tufted. Stems erect, glabrous, 2-3 feet long. Leaves linear, glabrous, 
acuminate, f foot or more long, f in. broad, fragrant. Spikes in a 
dense subsecund panicle 3-6 in. long ; bracts lanceolate-boatshaped, 
f-1 in. long, springing from near the base of a pair of spikes and 
hiding them till they are fully expanded ; rachis densely clothed with 
white silky hairs. Outer empty glume oblong-lanceolate, f in. long, 
with 7 strong ribs. Awn twice as long as the glume. A. pruinosus, 
Nees. A. connatus. Hochst. A. Martini, Roxb. ; Kunth, Enum. i. 
494. A. pachnodes, Trin. Cymbopogon elegans, Spreng . / Bojer , 
Hort. Maur. 374. 
Mauritius and Rodriguez, common in dry soil, Sieber ii. 45 ! etc. ; Flat Island 
and Coin de Mire, Home ! Spread through the tropics of the Old World. Citro- 
nelle. 
9. A. foliatus, Steud. Gram. 389. Perennial. Stems glabrous, a 
foot long. Leaves glabrous, linear, 6-9 in. long. Spikes few, in pairs 
in a small contracted panicle, mixed with many lanceolate-boatshaped 
bracts, which spring from just below them ; rachis of the spikes very 
slightly pilose ; spikelets green, glabrous, oblong-lanceolate, f in. long. 
Awn twice as long as the spikelets. 
Mauritius and Rodriguez, in dry soil. Also Bourbon. Probably a mere variety 
of A. Schcenanthus. 
10. A. hirtms, Linn. ; Kunth , Enum. i. 492. Perennial. Stems 
glabrous, 2-4 feet high. Leaves linear, glabrous, acuminate, 6-9 in. 
long. Spikes 1-lf in. long, arranged in pairs in a very lax panicle, the 
lanceolate-boatshaped bracts often If in. long and springing from some 
distance below the pairs of spikes ; rachis of spikes clothed with short 
brown silky hairs. Outer empty glume lanceolate, in. long, glabrous. 
Awn twisted, f-1 in. long. Cymbopogon hirtus, Nees. Andropogon 
pubescens, Vis. ; Kunth , Enum. loc. cit. A. fulvicomus, Hochst. 
Mauritius, frequent in dry soil. Widely spread through the warmer regions of 
the Old World. 
11. A. finitimus, Hochst. ; Steud. Gram. 385. Perennial, tufted. 
Stems glabrous, 3-4 feet long. Leaves linear, acuminate, glabrous, 6- 
9 in. long. Spikes f-1 in. long, arranged in ample panicles, mixed with 
linear-boatshaped long-pointed bracts often lf-2 in. long, wLich are 
inserted some distance below the pairs of spikes ; rachis of spikes 
shortly finely pilose. Outer empty glume lanceolate, f in. long. Awn 
strong, purple, twisted, often an inch long. A. filipendulinus, Hochst. 
Mauritius, Rodriguez, and Seychelles, frequent. Also Tropical Africa. 
