510 CXLIY. GRAMINEX. [ Elionurus. 
The genus is spread over tropical and subtropical America and Africa, extending 
sparingly into Western Asia. The only Australian species is endemic. 
Queensland, Northumberland Islands, R. Brown ; * Native Wells,” Arif. 
19. HEMARTHRIA, R. Br. 
and the palea in the 4th thin and hyaline. Styles distinct. Grain 
enclosed in the glumes but free from them. 
A small genus of closely allied species, widely spread over the warmer regions of 
the globe especially on the Pi dimi of Old World, the Australian 
species very closely allied to, if not identical with, a common Asiatic and Mediter- 
. 1. H, compressa, R. Br. Prod. 207.—Stems decumbent or creep- 
ing at the base, rather rigid, ascending to 1 ft. or rather more, slightly 
branched. Leaves narrow, glabrous or the lower ones sprinkled with à 
