FROM UPPER BURMA AND THE SHAN STATES. 147 
Themeda Forskalii, Hackel in DC. Monogr. Phanerog. vi. 
p. 659; syn. Anthistiria ciliata, Roxb., et A. polystachya, Roxb. 
Fl. Ind. pp. 247 et 248; Clarke’s Reprint, p. 83.—Meiktila. 
Asia, Africa, and Australia. 
Themeda ciliata, Hackel in DC. Monogr. Phanerog. vi. p. 664 ; 
syn. Anthistiria scandens, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. p. 248; Clarke's 
eprint, p. 83.—Shan hills at 4000 feet. 
North and South India and Mascarene islands. Also from 
South Africa, but perhaps originally introduced. 
GRAMINE®: Poaceae. 
Aristida Cumingiana, Trin. et Rupr.; Steud. Gram. p. 140.— 
Shan hills at 4000 feet. 
Eastern India, China, and Eastern Africa. 
Aristida Hystrix, Linn.; Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. p. 350; Clarke's 
Reprint, p. 118.—Meiktila. 
Widely spread in India, and also found in Mauritius. 
Aristida Adscensionis, Linn. ; Kunth, Enum. Pl. i. p. 190.— 
Meiktila. 
Atlantic islands, Africa, Mascarene islands, Arabia, Persia, 
and India. 
Sporobolus coromandelianus, Kunth, Enum. Pl. i. p. 213 ; syn. 
S. commutatus, Kunth.—Meiktila. 
Widely spread in India. 
A beautiful variety was collected having narrow, bright brown 
panicles of great symmetry. 
Sporobolus indicus, R. Br.; Kunth, Enum. Pl.i. p. 212; Benth. 
Fl. Austral. vii. p. 622; syn. S. elongatus, R. Br., et Vilfa 
elongata, Trin.—Shan hills at 4000 feet, Manders. 
Tropical and subtropical Asia, Africa, Australia, and America. 
Cynodon Dactylon, Pers.; Kunth, Enum. Pl. i. p. 259; syn. 
Panicum Dactylon, Linn.; Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. p. 289; Clarke's 
Reprint, p. 97.—Meiktila. 
Now generally spread in warm countries, but often only as a 
colonist. 
