Cenchrus.) ` CXLIV. GRAMINEX. 497 
genus is spread over os yous regions of both the New and the Old 
Worl li The Australian specie: all erm bue ri one of them differs but 
very little from a New Calodohiit ph Polynesia: 
rona, glabrous.  Involucres under 4 ong, the 
cr bristles or lobes ape eee at the ate Spikelets . 
1. C. australis. 
Leaves tios " Involucre under 4 lines long, the inner 
= or lobes lanceolate, not ciliate, inflexed when 
3 à 2. C. inflexus. 
ges o ous. Involucres 5 lines lo ong, the inner 
bristles or hes shortly ciliate. Spikelets usually 3 . 3. C. elymoides. 
nse ensland. Northumberland Islands, R. Brown; Brisbane River, Moreton 
av, F. Muell pt P eru Rockhampton and neighbouring districts, Bowman, 
0 [t sy aisi 
Aue Ver s. Gece s Head, R. Brown; A: Jackson to the Blue Mountains, 
Woolls, C. Moore, and others ; Macleay and Claren e Rivers, Beckler, Wilcox ; Rich- 
mond Rive r, C. Moore ; New England, C. Stua 
Very nearthe €. "— Cav. (C. anomopleris, Labill.) i the South Sea 
Islands and New Caledonia, which however seems to differ chim aape n 
nclosing frequently 2 ikeleta, » i — eun rd onger and more acute 
and other ar illeren nae Bo s vary in er bristle much longer 
€ others or not exceeding Quá 
"deca australis. Spikelets erat, ME o R. Brown, 
d 
lune rather acute, ine 2nd and 3rd 5-nerved, all membranous enclos- 
e grain 
iy Arnhem N. Bay, R, Brown. 
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