[The one spikelet is sessile, the other pedicellate ; of both, the upper valvelet of the fertile floret is from
two to three limes shorter than the lower or awned one : the awn is twisted and flexuose.]
2 . E . Japonicus ; panicula (racemo composito) apice fastigiata, spiculis pilos involucri
strictos grisescentes subæquantibus, glumis glabris, seta flexuosa, foliis lineari-ensiformibus
serrulato-scabris strictis. P . de B .—Roem. et Sch. Syst. Veg. 2. p . 3 2 4 . Kunth, E n .
i .p . 4 7 9 .— Saccharum Japonicum. Thunb. in A ct. Soc. L in n . 2. p . 3 2 8 . WiUd. Sp. PI.
1. p . 3 2 1— S. polydactylon. Thunb. Fl. Ja p . p . 4 2 .— Obanna. Koempf. Am. E xo t. 5.
p . 8 9 9 .
H a b . In insula Lappas ; G. H. Vachell, n. 81. b.
Gramen altum, rigidum, orgyale. Involucrum spicularum patulum, e pilis rectis haud ita mollibus griseo-
albidis spicula paullo longioribus. Glumæ exquisite acutatee, læves, stramineæ, glabræ ; inferior 24 lin. longa,
superior paullo brevior. Seta 4-5 lineas longa, tenuis, pallida, superiora versus flexuosa. Quibus observatis,
quomodo différât ab E . versicolore, patet.
[To the above may be added :— Gluma inferior planiuscula, binervis ; superior dorso convexa vel potius
subcymbiformis, trinervis, nervis extus fere obsoletis intus satis conspicuis, margine ciliata. Flosculi superioris
valvula inferior bifida cum arista flexuosa torta, superior in exemplis nostris plane deficiens. Spiculoe
geminæ : una breviter lin.), altera recurvo-patula longiuscula (14-2 lin.) pedicellata, pedicello utriusque
glaber.—Thuuberg found this in Japan ; we have it also from Otaheiti.]
12. SPOD IOPOGON . Trin.
1. S. villosus ; repens, foliis lineari-lanceolatis pilosis basi longe ciliatis, nodis vaginisque
villosissimis, spica bifida, spiculis rhombeo-ovalibus, gluma inferiori basi convexa lævissima
a medio d epressa (in spicula pedicellata compressa) stricta anguste marginata bidentata
, superiori subulato-acuminata, seta flosculi (dorsali) spicula duplo longiori, rhachi
triq u e tra a lternatim semifurcata geminiflora angulis poriformibus, articulis pedicellisque
b reviter ciliatis.
H a b . Prope Macao.
Perquam similis est S . obliquivalvi, N. ab E. (qui Jschoemum aristatum, Roxb., non Lin., et I . ciliare,
Retz, at non Arthraxon ciliare, P . B.) sed bene distinctus inter confines vaginis nodisque pilis longis mollibus
patentibus dense villosis, gluma superiori subulato-acuminata, nec bidente cum brevi apiculo interjecto, seta
longiori fortiori, spiculisque majoribus et rhachi triquetra. Folia 3-4 pollices longa, duas lineas lata, acuminatissima,
supra pilosula, et circa margines inferius longe ciliata. Spicæramua alter brevis. Spiculæ 2 fere
lineas latæ, glabræ ; glumæ margine scabræ ; inferior a basi ad medium lævis in parte depressa striataque
sæpe transversim subrugosa aut lacunosa j superior paullo longior. Seta e dorso valvulæ medio infra incisuram
egressa, 4 lineas longa, a basi ad geniculum purpureo-fusca.
13. ANDROPOGON. iV. a5 .E.—Andeopooonis spec. Linn.
l. A. ( T r a c h y p o g o n ) ; spicis paniculatis, rhachi ciliata infra spiculas b ar-
bulata, spiculis margine ciliatis, u traq u e su p ra medium dorsum foveola p rofonda po ri-
formi (in spicula pedicellata sæpe obsoleta) impressa, culmo basi ramoso nodis subbar-
batis, foliis vaginisque glabris laminava su p ra ad basin pilosa. Roxh. Fl. Ind. 1 . p . 2 6 4 ;
{ed. Wall.) l . p . 2 6 8 . Roem. et Sch. Mant. 2. p. 4 5 0 . Trin. in Act. Petrop. 7 . p. 2 8 7 ;
le . Gram. t. 3 2 8 .
2. A. ( Trachypogon) spicis in apice culmi subfasciculatis approximatis (6-8),
rhachi ciliata b arbataque, spiculis lanceolatis basi m argineque superius strigllloso-villosis,
gluma infera 6-nervi apice extremo enervi membranaceo angusto denticulato imperforata,
reta term inali spicula plus duplo longiori, culmo basi repente ramoso apice adscendente
geniciilis infraotis, nodis appresso-barbatis, vaginis o re barbatis, foliis angustis pilosis.
B e tz, Obs. a. p . 27. WiUd. Sp. P l. i . p . 920. Boem. et Sch. Syst. Veg. 2. p . 821. Kunth,
E n . l .p . 4 9 8 .—A. scandens. Boxb. Fl. In d . l . p . 2 5 8 ; (ed. Wall.) l .p . 263. Kunth, l. c.
H a d . China. Prope Macao et in insulis adjacentibus, Majo, 1829 ; G. H . Vachell, n. 51.
Ab A . annidalo (seu A . Ischoemo, Eoib.) cui proiimc accedit, differt : foliis angustioribus pilosis, nodis
culmi non pilis patentibus reflexisve sed mollioribus brevibus adpressisque cinctis, spicis brevioribus iongms
pedunculatis, spiculis minoribus, li-1 } lineas longis, qum illi 2* lin. longæ, gluma inferiori 6.nec 8-nervi,basi
margineque piiis brevioribus vestita. Reliqua omnino ut in A . annulato. Ab A . obtuso, N. ab E. (qui A .
Bladhii, Roxb.) longius distat glumis noe multinerviis neo apice, ut in ilio, obtusatis, tum vero et spicis m
rhachi brevi approximatis, raceinura abbreviatum fasciculi formem basi sæpe vagina involutum exhibentibus
nec longiori tractu in culmi parte superiori dispositis.
3. A. (T rachypogon) Vachellii; spicis verticillatis pedunculatis, pedunculis 1-2-sta-
cliyis, axillis barbatis, rhachi pedicellisque ciliolatis ad genicula longius barbatis, spiculis
lanceolatis, gluma inferiori apice 6-8-nervia imperforata basi hirta, valvula inferiori flosculi
fertilis e basi lineari setigera, seta spicula multo longiori, [culmo infra nodos adpresse
barbatos hinc canaliculato,] folio supremo convoluto-setaceo brevi scabro, ore vagina:
ba rb ato . N . ab E . in H erb. L in d i. [f3, perfectior ; paniculæ ramis subverticillatis patulis
flexuosis, inferioribus ramosis ramulis 1-2-stachyis, superioribus alteru atin i 8-2-stachyis.
_ A . montanus. Boxb. ? Fl. In d . 1. p . 267 ; (ed. Wall.) 1. p . 271 ; in Coet. Merc. Angl.
Ind. Or. Mus. tab. 889.]
H a b . In vicinia urbis Macao Imperii Chinensis et in insulis adjacentibus ; Millett; G. H. Vachell, n. 50.
Summitas culmi circUer pedalis, crassitie pennæ columbinæ, teres, lævis, glabra, sub inflorescentia nuda.
Vagina suprema longa, convoluta, glabra. Folia summa 3-12 lineas longa ; [penultima, in fi taotum-
modo nobis obvia, 4-6 pollices longa, 2-3 lin. lata, linearia, plana, acuminata, utrinque margineque aspera,
supra ad basin piloso-barbata]. Inflorescentia 6 pollices longa, oblonga ; rami quini, quaterni, terni, bini,
sparsi denique erecti, ad axillas barbati, hinc ad 4 lineas simplices, glabri, mono-distachyi, spicis erectis, 1-11
pollices longis, geminarum altera breviore : [in fi, infloresceutia paniculata conieo-oblonga ; ramis ut supra
descriptis, inferioribus 14-24 pollices longis ; spicis 8-16 lineas longis, quandoque apice abortivis vel cito cassis
brevioribusque, patulis ; axillis ramorum ut in «]. Rhachis angusta, recta, ad ángulos pilis erectis ciliolata,
hinc ad insertiones spicularum altero latere barbula pilorum aliquot longiomm instructa. PediceUus spiculæ
sterilis articulo conformis, fertilem spiculam æquans. Spiculæ 14 lineas longæ. Gluma inferior spiculoe
sessilis in medio canaliculata, basi lævis piìisque brevibus erectis vestita, in inferioribus quandoque glabra,
sursum 6-8-nervis, nervis medio tenuioribus, margine scabra, apice angusta bidenticulata nec membranacea ;
superior gluma carinata, tenuior, acuta, margine fimbrioìata. Flosculi neutrius valvula una, lanceolata,
ciliolata, mutica ; fertilis unam tantum vidi lineari-angustam, apice toto transeunte in setam 7-S lineas longam
tenuem scabram tortilem basi rufam. Stamina tria ; antheræ fulvæ. Stigmata purpurea. Spiculoe pedi-
cerfate gluma inferior plana, 8-10-nervis, purpurascens j superior minor : flosculi non nisi inférions valvula
adest.