159. GRAMINE. 415 
2 lin. lata. Panicula ellipsoidea, aut ob ramos demum patentes 
ovoidea, ad 6 poll. longa et 54 poll. diametro ; rhachis, rami, 
ramuli et pedicelli leves, pedicelli ad medium originemque, rami 
ramulique ad eorum origines glanduliferi ; rami solitarii, inferi- 
ores 22 ad 3 poll. longi, mox supra basin ramulosi, ramuli de- 
mum divaricati; spicule eompaetze, olivacez, lineari-lanceolate, 
10-18 flores, 22 ad 6 lin. longæ quam pedicelle longiores. Glume 
steriles inzequales, inferior lanceolata, subacuta, quam gl. superior 
ovata subaeuta, 2 lin. longa, paullo brevior ; fertiles ovate, obtusi- 
usculie, 1 lin. long:e, nervis lateralibus 2 prominulis, e basi versus 
apicem rhachille deciduz ; palez glumis paullo breviores, persis- 
tentes; antheræ A, lin. longe. Fructus oblongus, 2 liu. longus. 
Sukxsur: Kaolinsien (/Zugh!). Maus. Brit. 
Approaches the Southern Indian and Ceylon species, Era- 
grostis Willdenoviana, Nees, which it recalls in general habit, 
but has a more compact spikelet, with less blunt flowering-glumes 
aud less uuequal barren glumes. 
S. Eragrostis interrupta, Beauv., var. tenuissima, Stapf, in 
Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vii. p. 3106. 
Eragrostis interrupta, Beauv.; Pilyer, in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xxix. (1900) 
p. 225. 
Eragrostis japonica, Trin. in Mém. Acad. Pétersh. sér. 6, i. (1830) 
p. 450; Mack. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. vii. (1899) p. 105. 
Eragrostis tenella, Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 491; Debeaux, Fl. Tchefou, 
p. 161; Franchet, in Mém. Soc. Sci. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. (1894) p. 270, 
et Pi, David. i, p. 885; Mig. in Ann. Mus. Dot. Lugd.- Dat. ii. p. 280; 
Franch. et Savat. Enum. Pl. Jap. ii. p. 177. 
Eragrostis tenuissima, Schrad, ev Nees, Fl. Afr. Austr. p. 410. 
Poa japonica, Thunb, Fl. Jap. p. 51. 
Kranesu: Shanghai (Maingay, 559!), Chiukiang, Nank’angfu 
(Reid!); Cuexrana: Ningpo Mountains (Faber !) ; FOKIEN : 
in rice-fields, Amoy (Hance, 1291, 3376 in. part!) ; East Coast 
(Home 1: Formosa (Oldham, 616 !), Takow plain, in field (4. 
Henry, 2008), Tamsui (A. Henry, 1450:); Tureen: Ichang 
(A, Henry, 137, 2220 !), Changyang (A. envy, 7738!) ; Bouri 
Cura (Petersen, in herb. Hance, 3376 in part); IKwANGTUNG : 
Lienchau, Canton (amont!) North River, Canton (Ford, 7 !), 
Lantao (Ford, 14!), Whampoa (Robertson! Hance!) Mus. 
Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
Japan; Tropical Asia. 
