159. GRAMISEE, 421 
2. Lophatherum sinense, Rendle, n. sp. 
Herba; culmus (e specimine unico quod ex internodiis culmi 
superioribus tribus constat) teres, 1 lin. crassus, internodium 
supremum, ad panicule basin, 14 poll. longum. Foliorum vaginee 
internodia haud squantes, striate, sparsius scabridulo-pilose : 
ligula obsoleta; lamina vix petiolata, lanceolata, acuminata, 
flaccida, glabra, tesselata, ad 6 poll. longa, ł poll. lata. Panicula 
8 poll. longa, rami distantes 5, rigide patento-ascendentes, in- 
fimus 2 poll longus; spicule late lanceolate, 34 lin. longs. 
Glume steriles dorso rotundata, obtuse, 5-nerves, glabra, in- 
ferior late oblonga, 2 lin. longa, superior ovata, 2] lin. longa; 
fertilis latissime ovata, mueronata, 7-nervis, glabra, cum mucrone 
G lin.) 3 lin. longa, 23 lin. lata; palea 23 lin. longa. Caryopses 
ovoidea, 14 lin. longa, 3 lin. lata. 
KiaNasr: Kiukiang (Shearer!). Herb. Kew. 
Distinguished from Lophatherum gracile by the broader 
spikelet, very broad fertile glume, aud broad ovoid grain. 
1. JEluropus littoralis, Parl. FT. Ital. i. p. 461; Ledeb. FI. 
Ross. iv. p. 369 ; var. sinensis, Debeaux, Fl. Tientsin, p. 50. 
Cururi: sands at Peiho, Tientsin (Debeaux). 
The species occurs in the Mediterrancan region and Nor.h 
Asia. 
1. Dactylis glomerata, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 71; Steud. Syn. Gram. 
p. 297 ; Franchet, Pl. David. i. p. 146; Pilger, in Engl. Bot. 
Jahrb. xxix. (1900) p. 225; Franch. et Savat. Enum. Pl. Jap. ii. 
p. 179; Hack. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. vii. (1899) p. 708; .Hook. f. 
Fl. Brit. Ind. vii. p. 335. 
Hurrun: Hsingshan (A. Henry, 6530 A !), Patung (4. Henry, 
4673!); SzECHUEN : Tachienlu (Pratt,121!); Yunnan: Mengtze, 
grass mountains to south, 5000 feet (A. Henry, 10740!). Mus. 
Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
Europe, North Africa, West and North Asia, and Himalayas. 
1. Briza elegans, Osbeck, Resa, p. 246. 
Kwanorune: near Canton (Osbeck). 
I have not seen this specimen. It is described as an exceed- 
ingly fine grass, which grew near the highest plantations, having 
