210 CLXiii. GRAMiNEiE. [DichantMum. 
(i) D. caricosum Stapf. MSS. Andropogon caricosus Linn, 
Sp, PL ed. ii. 1480; Hook. fil. F.B.I. vii. 196. 
Usually a weak branched grass about i ft. tall; culms slender. 
Leaves linear acuminate, glabrous or sparsely hairy, 3 in. long, 
•I in. wide, nodes with a few sparse hairs. Racemes solitary (rarely 
several together), slender, 2 in. long, -i in. thick, pale green, enclosed 
at first in a sheathing leaf, eventually with a slender peduncle 3 in. 
long; spikelets flattened, hairy on the edges, glaucous, green. 
Glume I, broad obovate, ribbed, hairy. Awn *25 in. long, slender, 
brownish. Hab. Kedah, Kota Sarang Semut (Haniff 13,160). 
Distrib. Indo-China, Siam, Cochinchina, New Caledonia, Teneriffe, 
Mauritius. 
22. SCHIZACHYRIUM, Nees. 
Annual or perennial grasses. Culms slender. Racemes solitary, 
at the ends of branches of culm, the branches gathered into a 
narrow lax spathed false panicle, joints and pedicels somewhat 
stout. Spikelets in pairs, i sessile with 2 flowers, upper one bi¬ 
sexual, lower an empty glume, i pedicelled upper flower male or 
neuter. Glumes I and II more or less convex, 2-keeled, bi-mucro- 
nate; glume IV awned and bidentate. Grain sub-terete linear; 
Species 50, tropics. 
Annual slender branched herb . . . . . (i) S, brevifolium 
Large tufted perennial grass; leaves 6 in. long or more, 
linear glaucous . . . . . . . (2) S. semiberbe 
(1) S. brevifolium Nees, AgrosL Braz. 332. Andropogon brevi- 
folius Sw. Prodr. Ind. Occ. i. 209; Kimth. Rev. Gram. ii. 563, t. 196; 
Hack. Monogr. Androp. 363; Hook. fil. F.B.I. vii. 165; Ridl. Mat. 
iii. 165. 
Annual grass, slender, erect, branched, leafy, 6 to 24 in. tall. 
Leaves linear-oblong blunt, -5 to 75 in. long, -12 in. wide, glabrous. 
Racemes very slender, solitary, on a slender peduncle from a 
spathe-like leaf, i in. long or more, glabrous, joints and pedicels 
clavate, mouths cupular toothed. Sessile spikelet linear. Glume I 
lanceolate bifid or entire; glume II similar, thinner. Pedicelled 
spikelet a linear spathulate glume with a long awii. Hab. Local 
in dry rocky spots and grassy fields. Pahang, in open grassy 
fields at Pulau Tawar. Negri Sembilan, Tampin. Penang at Batu 
Feringhi, in dry rocky spots (Ridley). Distrib. Tropics generally. 
(2) S. semiberbe Nees, FI. AJr. 334. Andropogon hirtiflorus 
Kimth. Rev. Gram. ii. 596; Ridl. Mat. iii. 166. A. pseudograyia 
Steud, Syn. Gram. i. 365; Hack. Monogr. Androp. 370. 
A large glaucous tufted grass forming tussocks. Culms 3 ft. 
tall or more, stiff. Leaves tufted at base and on stems, linear 
acuminate, 3 to 6 in. long, *12 in. wide. Racemes solitary on long 
peduncles, slender, 3 in. long, joints ciliate, top excavate. Spikelets 
•5 in. long. Glume I lanceolate rigid scabrous, bifid, purple; 
