248 CLXXiri. gramine^. (J. D- Hooker.) [Sporoholus. 



in. long, gl. I and II obtuse hyaline 1-nerved, III opaque, grain broadly 

 obnvoid. Unk Sort Beq, Berol. i. 87; Kunth Enum. PL i. 211; Thw. 

 Enum. PI. Zej/l 370; Trim. Cat. Ceyl PL 108; DutJiie Fodd. Grass. 

 N. Ind, 49 ; Be7ith. FL Hongk. 426, Fl AustraL vii. 622 ; Griseh. FL 

 Brit. W. Ind. 533. S. angustus, BucH. in Proc. Acad. So. Philad. (1862) 

 88. S. elongatus, Br. Prodr. 170; Sook. HandKN. ZeaL FL 327; Miq. 

 FL Ind. Bat. iii. 376 ; EutUe Grass. N. W. Ind, 29. S. Lamarckii, Besv. in 

 Ham. Prodr. FL Ind. Occ. 4. S. minor, Kunth Emm. PL i. 212. S. 

 tenacissimns, jBeaw. Agrost. 26; Kunth Lc. 212, S^tppL 167; T. Nees Gen. 

 EL Germ. Moiioc. i. n. 28 ; Buthie Fodd. Grass. N. Ind. 49, Vilfa capensis 

 & elongata, Beauv. Agrost. 16 ; Trin. Gram. Diss. i. 154 ; Steiid. Syn. Gram. 



159. V. exilis, Trin. in Mem. Acad. Petersh. Ser. vi. Sc. Nat v. IL (1840) 

 89 ; Steud. L c. 159. V. indica, T)nn. ex Steud. Norn. Ed. 11. ii. 767, Si/n. 

 Gram. 162 ; Balcer Fl Maurit 449. V. tenacissima, H. 5. ^ K. Nov. Gen. 

 & Sp. i. 138 ; Nees Agrost Bras. 393 ; Trin. Sp. Gram. Ic. t. 60 ; Steud. Ic. 



160. P. rupestris, Trin. Diss. ii. 22; Steud. /. c. 161. Agrostis elongata. 

 Lamh Illustr. i. 142. A. fertilif, Steud. L c. 170. A. indica, Linn. Sp. -r** 

 63. A. tenacissima, Jacq. Collect, i. 85, Ic. Bar. 3, t. 16 (excL Syn.). 

 A. tenuiaaima, Spreng. Svst i. 258.— Sporobolus, Wait Cat n. 37t)t), o, 

 3767. 



Throughout India, ascending the Himalaya to 5000 ft., Burma and CETtON.- 

 DiSTEiB. All warm countries. ni 



Stem 2-3 ft., sometimes as thick as a small goose-quill at the base. Leaves b-^^* 

 in., convolute or flat, rarely J in. dium,, margius smooth ; ligule a few hairs. Fanic 

 6-18 in., often interrupted ; rachis stout, erect, or curved; branches crect,^ i in. o 

 longer, often whorled, densely clothed usually to or to near the base^ with g^^ 

 spikelets, which are erect and imbricate. Spikelets larger than in S.diander.^ vr. 

 I = about i III; II not twice as long; III acute. Pi'rica?-^ adherent— It is no 

 always easy to distinguish this from S. diander, which is much the most ^^"^"^^Yib 

 India. In its normal state indicus is a far more robust plant, with a ^^"^^^.-l^^ .^ 

 and branches of the panicle, larger and more herbaceous more crowded spikele , 

 and a broader grain ; but both vary greatly in the panicle. 



3. S. minutiflorus, Link Enum. Hort BeroL i. 88 ; tall, slender, 

 leaves long, panicle very large effuse supra-decompound, bitinchescapi 



lary, spikelets ^ in., gl. I minute subquadrate, II = J lH *^^^ ^'Ifa 

 ovate obtuse, grain broadly obovoid. Ktinth Enum. PL i. 214. Vi 

 capillaris, Wight & Am. ex Wight Cat. n. 2036 {non Miq). V. i?2"fy 

 flora, Trin. Diss. i. 158 ; Steud. Syn. Gram. 158. V. mangalorica, BochS}- 

 ex Miq. Analect Dot. ii. 24.; Stend.Lc.U9. Y.te-auiBsimei, Schult Mant.n^ 

 479. Panicnm tenuiflorum, Jfor^. Movac. ex Link. Lc. P. tenuiesiniii > 

 Mart, ex Schrank in Denksclir. Bat. Ges. Begensh. ii. (1822) 26. 



The Dkccan Peninsula, Wlglit. CANiRA, Hohenacker. .i. . 



Btem 2-3 ft. Leaves nnrro\v - ^ - ' • ■ -'- "'*- «mooiu , 



igule of minute hairs. Fani 



nv, flat, finely acuminate, margins quite ^^^ ' 

 icle 12-18 in., erect; rachis quite ^^^^^\\^J^ 



iigme 01 mmute nairs. j^anicte lis-io in., erect ; racnis quuu di»-"--- ' . ^ 

 slender; branches innumerable, 1-2 in., spreading, and branchlets excessively ^ e * 

 flowering at the tips. Spikelets ellipsoid, dark colrd. ; gl. I truncate; II f*^ ^j^ 



ovate, obtuse, nerveless; III ovate-oblong, obtuse, nerveless; palca shorter 

 truncate. Stamens 2. 



aniclc 



4. S. Walllchll, Munro mss. ; very tall, erect, leaves long, PYj^ts 



tall oblong or eubpyramidal decompound branches capillary, b^^",V/or 

 .divaricate few-fld., spikelets ^^tj in., gl. I minute truncate, 11=3^^ 



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