326 159. GRAMINEX. 
Var. cruciata, Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vii. p. 14. 
Hurrun: Changyang (A. Henry, 7508 ), Patung (A. Henry, 
5044!); SzEcHUEN (A. Henry, 7036!), a young plant with 
panicle still partly enclosed in the uppermost leaf-sheaih, which 
from the structure of the spikelet may belong to this variety. 
Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 
Himalayas. 
Var. extensa, Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vii. p. 16; Rendle, in 
Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. ii. p. 163. 
Formosa: Apes’ Hill, Takow (A. Henry, 1128 !), Takow (A. 
Henry, 764) ; Lvcnv AncuipELAGO (Beechey!). Mus. Brit. ; 
Herb. Kew. 
India, Tropical Africa. 
Var. pruriens, Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vii. p. 15. 
Kranast: Kiukiang (Shearer !) ; Lucnu  AmcmreELAGO 
(Wright!) Herb. Kew. 
India, Malaya. 
7. Digitaria setifolia, Stapf, in Dyer, Fl. Cap. vii. p. 376. 
Panicum fibrosum, Hack. in Oest. Bot. Zeitschr. li. (1901) p. 382. 
Kwanerune: near Canton (Hance, 7495!); Honexonc: hills 
on the south side of the island (Wilford, 257 !). Mus. Brit. ; 
Herb. Kew. 
South Africa. 
The leaves in the Chinese specimens are broader and less rigid 
than in the South African, not glaucous and somewhat more 
sparsely hairy ; the hairs, moreover, are finer. There is no differ- 
ence between the spikelets. It is impossible to separate specifi- 
cally the plants from the two countries, or to regard them 
otherwise than as geographical forms. I find MS. notes by 
General Munro in the Kew Herbarium on the ticket with 
Wilford's specimen, pointing out its identity with the South 
African plant. 
8. Digitaria tenuispica, Rendle, n. sp. 
Culmus repeus, radicans, pertenuis, ramosus, rami erecti, flo- 
rentes ad 9 poll. longi. Foliorum vagine tenues, glabre ; ligula 
truncata, vix 1 lin. longa; lamina anguste lineari-lanceolata, flac- 
cida, facie sparse pilosa, margine indurata, ad 2-23 poll. longa. 
