159. GRAMINE. 411 
I. Diplachne fusca, Beauv. Agrost. p. 163; Mook. f. Fl. Brit. 
Ind. vii. p. 829. 
Uralepis fusca, Steud. Syn. Gram. p. 247. 
SHANTUNG (Staunton!); Foxren: Amoy (Hance, 1399!); 
Formosa: Takow, rice-field (4. Henry, 1959!), Takow spit 
(A. Henry, 1822, 1822 A, 1846 !). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
Warmer regions of Old World. 
2. Diplachne serotina, Link, Hort. Berol. i. p. 155; var. 
chinensis, Maxim. Fl. As. Or. Fragm. p. 70; Franchet, Pl. 
David. i. p. 834; Komarow, in Act. Hort. Petrop. xx. (1901) 
p. 291; Palibin, ibid. xxi. (1903) p. 209. 
Diplachne sinensis, Hance, in Journ, Bot. viii. (1870) p. 765 Franchet, 
in Mém. Soc. Sci. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. (1884) p. 270. 
Molinia serotina, Mert. $ Koch, Deutschl. Fl i. p. 585. 
CHIHLI : hills to the west of Peking (Williams, in herb. 
Hance, 12572 !), Peking (Bretschneider, 853, 804!) ; SHING- 
KING: Kaichow to Kinchow (Ross, 263!); Suanruna: Chefoo 
(forbes!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
Var. aristata, Hack. in Bull, Herb. Boiss. vii. (1899) p. 704, 
et sér. 2, iii. (1903) p. 504. 
SuENsr: Kaolinsien (Hugh !), Mt. Laoysan (77ugh!); Corta: 
Hills near Pyengyang (Faurie, 878, fide Hackel). Mus. Brit. 
Japan. 
3. Diplachne squarrosa, Richter, Plant. Europ. p. 72. 
Molinia squarrosa, Trin. in Ledeb, Ic. Pl. Ross. t. 227; Ledeb, Fl. Ross. 
lv. p. 396, 
Var. longe-aristata, Rendle, m. var. Culmi tenues, dense 
cespitosi, ad 1lj-pedales, in parte superiore valde flexuosi. 
Spicule 4i lin. longs; rhachila glabra, sub floris autem 
utriusque articulationem breviter pilosa. Glume steriles lan- 
ceolatz ; gl. i. 1j lin. longa; gl. ii. 2 lin. longa, acuminata; 
gluma fertilis inferior, 2? lin. longa, cum arista terminali 
3i lin. longa, lanceolata, in carine parte superiore et arista 
seabridula, 3-nervis, inter nervum lateralem et marginem 
utrinque sparse pilosula ; palea 24 lin. longa, carine conspicue 
aristulifere (aristula 14 lin. longa); gluma floris superioris 
241 lin. longa, breviter aristata. 
SHENSI: Kaolinsien (Hugh!), Mt. Kiansan, Hausienscien 
(Hugh!) Mus. Brit. 
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