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Widely distributed in America, Africa, and Asia. 



The late General Munro seems to have regarded it as a form of the equally common 

 Cenchrus echinatus. 



Spartina juncea, Willd. 



Spartina juncea, Willd., Enum. PI. Hort. Berol., p. 81 ; Kunth, Enum., PI. i. 1, p. 278; Chapm., Fl. 

 Southern U.S., p. 556; Gray, Manual, ed. 5, p. 620. 



Bermudas. — Indigenous. Rocks in the sea near the hospital — Reade. 



Sandy and marshy places near the sea from Canada to Florida. 



There are several closely allied forms or species on the eastern coast of North America, 

 and some of them reappear iu South America. 



Stenotaphrum americanum, Schrank. 



Stenotaphrum americanum, Schrank., Hort. Monac, t. 98; Griseb.,Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 544; Chapm., 

 Fl. Southern U.S., p. 579. 



Bermudas. — Indigenous. Everywhere in dry, rocky places — Rein ; Lefroy ; Moseley ; 

 Reade. 



Widely distributed both in America and the Old World, chiefly in maritime districts. 



Polypogon monspeliensis, Desf. 



Polypogon monspeliensis, Desf., Fl. Atl. L, p. 66 ; Kunth, Enum., i. p. 232 ; Gray, Manual, ed. 5, 

 p. 612. 



Bermudas. — Introduced. Common — Rein; Lefroy. 



A European plant now very widely diffused, especially in maritime districts. 



Phalaris canariensis, Linn. 



Phalaris canariensis, Linn., Sp. PI., p. 54; Kunth, Enum., i. 1, p. 31 ; Gray, Manual, ed. 5, p. 643. 



Bermudas. — Introduced. Cavendish — Lefroy. 



Mediterranean region, and naturalised in many other countries. 



Sporobolus indicus, R. Br. 



Sporobolus indicus,^. Br., Prodr. Fl. N. Holl., p. 170; Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 533; Chapm., 



Fl. Southern U.S., p. 550. 

 Sporobolus elongahis, R. Br., 1. c. 

 Vilfa tenacissima, Trin., Spec. Gram., t. 60. 

 Sporobolus tenacissimus, Beauv., Agrost., p. 26. 



Bermudas.— Indigenous ? Common— Rein; Moseley; Jones; Reade. 

 Generally diffused iu tropical and sub-tropical countries. 



