358 159. GRAMINE.E. 
ligula obsoleta. Panicula 21 ad 8} poll. longa, ramis brevibus 
(ad 4 poll. longis), tenuibus, flexuosis, e basi spiculiferis, interdum 
suberectis paniculam densam ad j poll. crassam formantibus, 
interdum subpatentibus ; rbachis et ramuli leves; spicule 
lanceolate, 1 lin. longs, sub medio purpureo-tinctz, breviter 
pedicellate. Gluma i. lanceolata, acuta, enervis, quam secunda 
et tertia paullo brevior (4 lin. long.); gl. ii. ovata, subacuta, 
uninervis, l lin. long.; gl. iii. ovata, subobtusa, uninervis, 
secundam æquans ; palea paullo brevior; antheræ 3, atro-pur- 
puree, ż} lin. long. Semen ellipticum, leve, rubrum, 4 lin. longum. 
Foxten: Hills, Amoy (Sampson, in herb. Hance, 13055 in 
part!); Kwanerune: Canton (Hance, 18055 in part!) Mus. 
Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
Near Sporobolus orientalis, Kunth, but differing in habit, 
especially in the absence of stolons, in the sometimes effuse 
panicle, and the relatively longer acute lowermost barren glume. 
3. Sporobolus indicus, R. Br. Prodr. p. 170; Benth. Fl. 
JHongk. p. 426; Pilger, in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xxix. (1900) 
p. 224; Hack. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. sér. 2, iii. (1903) p. 502; 
Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. p. 247. 
Sporobolus elongatus, Franchet, PL David. i. p. 335, non R. Br. ; 
«4. Henry, in Trans, Asiat. Soe. Jap. xxiv. Suppl. (1506) p. 108; Franch. 
et Savat. Enum, PL Jap. ii. p. 166. 
Agrostis indica, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 63; Loureiro, Fl. Cochinch, p. 49; 
Osbeck, Resa, p. 215. 
Vilfa elongata, Beauv. Agrost. p. 181; Nees, in Hook. & Arn, Dot. 
Beechey’s Voy. p. 248; Hook. & Arn. le. p. 274. 
Vilfa indica, Steud. Syn. Gram. p. 162. 
KrascGsU: above Changchau, Yangtzekiang (Faber, 11833); 
Formosa: Apes’ Hill, Takow (4. Henry, 1030!); Huren (A. 
Henry, 4287 !), Ichang (4. Henry, 889!), Patung (A4. Henry, 
2510!); Kwaneruna: Whampoa (Robertson !), Canton (Samp- 
son, 3061); Honakona: Mt. Victoria (Lamont! Hance, 1114! 
Wright!); Lucnu Arcuteenaco (Wright!); Cursa: without 
locality (Seemann! Reeves!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
Japan, India, and tropics of both hemispheres. 
4. Sporobolus japonicus, Varin. MS. 
Sporobolus ciliatus, rest, var. japonicus, Hack. in Bull. Herb, Boiss, 
vii. (1899) p. 648, 
