3821 159. GRAMINE.E. 
densiuscule, 14-24 poll. longe, rhachis anguste alata; spicule 
ovali-lanceolate, acutw, li lin. long; cujusve paris alter sub- 
sessilis, alter pedicellata. Gluma i. punctiformis; gl. ii. $ longit. 
gl. iii., trinervis, margine dense pilosa, pili in spicula pedicellata 
magis patentes; gl. iii. spieulam :quans, 5-nervis, interstitiis 
sub lente pilosellis, margine dense ciliata, pili in spieula pedi- 
cellata patentes velut in D. sanguinale var. ciliare. 
Formosa: Apes’ Hill, Takow (A. Henry, 1941 !). Mus. Brit; 
Herb. Kew. 
A somewhat delicate plant, recalling in habit Digitaria debilis, 
from which it differs in its shorter second glume and the bearded 
third glume. 
4. Digitaria humifusa, Pers. Syn. 1. p. 85. 
Panicum glabrum, Gaudin, Agrost. Helvet. i. p. 22; Hack. in Bull. 
Herb. Boiss, vii. (1899) p. 643. 
Panicum humifusum, Kunth, Rév. Gram, i. p. 93. 
Paspalum ambiguum, DC. Fl. Franç. ii, p. 16; Hook, f. Fl, Brit. 
Ind, vii. p. 17. 
Digitaria glabra, Beauv, Agrost. p. 160; Maxim. Prim. Fl, Amur. 
p. 828; Regel, Tent. Fl. Ussur. p. 171. 
SHINGKING (oss, 78, 141!), Kaichow to Kinchow (Ross, 
190?) Herb. Kew. 
Japan, Himalayas, Central and North Asia, Europe. 
The last-mentioned specimen approaches D. longiflora, Pers. 
5. Digitaria longiflora, Pers. Syn. i. p. 85; Rendle, in Cat. 
Afr. Pl. Welw. n. p. 162. 
Digitaria tenuiflora, Beauv. Agrost. p. 51. 
Panicum parvulum, Trin. in Mém. Acad, Sct. Pétersb. sér. 6, iii. (1885) 
p. 205; Hack. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. vii, (1899) p. 643. 
Panicum tenuiflorum, X. Br. Prodr. p. 193. 
Paspalum brevifolium, Fluegg. Monogr, p. 150; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 
p. 408; Franchet, in Mém. Soc. Set. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. (1884) p. 267 ; 
Franch, et Savat. Enum, Pl, Jap. ii. p. 159. 
Paspalus chinensis, Nees, in Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beecheys Voy. p. 231. 
Paspalum longiflorum, Retz. Obs. iv. p. 15; Mook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 
vii. p. 17. 
Curia (Baird! Fortune, 125 ) ; Suanxruna: Chefoo (forbes!); 
KrawGsc: Shanghai (Maingay, 551, 552 in part, 1075; Cue- 
KraNG (Staunton !); Formosa: Takow (A. Henry, 19391); 
Hurrun: Patung (C4. Henry, 2504 in part!); SukNsti: Mt, 
