159. GRAMINE. 327 
Spice digitate, tern:e, pertenues, 2-31 poll. longe ; rhachis an- 
guste viride-alata ; spicule densiuscule, 14-13 lin. longe, anguste 
lanceolate, acute, alter cujusque paris pedicellata, pedicellus 
3 lin. longus. Gluma i. pene obsoleta, triangularis ; gl. ii. sub- 
oblonga, quam gl. iii. cirea duplo brevior, 3-nervis, breviter 
pilosa; gl. iii. spieulee æquans, anguste lanceolata, acuta, 5-nervis, 
nervis lateralibus in parte inferiore sparsius pilosis. 
Kranosu: Shanghai (Maingay, 554!) ; KwawaTUNG : Macao 
(Buchanan-Hamilton!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
Near the Sumatran D. pertenuis, Büse, which, from the de- 
scription, it apparently resembles in habit, but is distinguished 
by its lanceolate, not oval, spikelets, shorter second glume, and 
absence of hairs between the veins on the larger barren glume. 
9. Digitaria ternata, Stapf, in Dyer, Fl. Cap. vii. p. 376. 
Panicum ternatum, Hochst. in Flora, xxiv. Intelligenzbl. i. (1841) 
p. 19; Steud. Syn. Gram. p. 40. 
Paspalum ternatum, Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vii. p. 17. 
Yunnan: Mengtze, cliff at 4700 ft. (A. Henry, 111801). 
. nu 
Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
India, Tropieal and South Africa. 
l. Panicum acroanthum, Steud. Syn. Gram. p. 87; Miq. in 
Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.- Bat. ii. p. 275; Franch. et Savat. Enum. 
Pl. Jap. ii. p. 162 ; Hack. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. vi. (1884) p. 49, 
et in Bull. Herb. Boiss. vi. (1899) p. 644, et sér. 2, iii. (1903) 
p. 502. 
SuawrUNG: Chefoo (Forbes, 398!); Kranesu: Kiangnan 
(Staunton!); SzEcHvEN: North Wushan (4. Henry, 7051); 
Lvcuu ARCHIPELAGO (Döderlein, fide Hackel) Mus. Brit.; 
Herb. Kew. 
Japan, Assam. 
9. Panicum ambiguum, Trin. in Mem. Acad. Pléersh. sér. 6, 
iii. p. 243 ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vii. p. 33. 
Lucuu AmcuirELAGO (Wright!). Herb. Kew. 
India, Ceylon, Malaya, Pacific Islands. 
3. Panicum amplexicaule, Rudge, Pl. Gui. i. p. 21, t. 27. 
Panicum Myurus, H. B. $ K. Nov. Gen. $ Sp. i. p. 98; Hack. in Bull. 
Herb. Boiss. vii. (1899) p. 723; Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. vii. p. 99; Benth. 
Fl. Austral, vii, p. 480. 
