540 CXLIY. GRAMINEX. [Sorghum. 
. S. halepense, Pers. Syn. i. 101.— Stems erect, Metti from 2 
or " to 8 or 10 tt. high, the nodes glabrous. Leaves long aud flat, 
often rather broad, the midrib usually white and prom neki Panicle 
from 3 or 4 in. to above 1 ft. ong, loose and often rauch branched. 
Fertile spikelets CPU Menu from 2 to above 3 UY long, ve 
air 
the Ateh. very fine and short, war big ce as s lon g as the ipii 
let. Yide Me ren Linn. ; : A eoa Sibth. Fl. Gr. 
i. 502 
Mediterranean species, much culti "agri in some warm countries, of which I 
have seen single specimens from Brisban ‘ley, Glendon, Leichhardt, Port ven 
son, Woolls ? and West Australia, ati wo probably all escapes from cultivation. 
F. Mueller, Fragm. viii. 119, comprises under Andropogon dgiepenwia the three follow- 
ing Sorgha all certainly o n Australia, but their aspect and haracters 
appear to me to å sufficiently M to retain them as distinct was 
. S. plumosum, Beawv. Agrost. 132.—A tall grass closely resem- 
bling S. halepense, but with the nodes bearded with a dense tuft of hairs 
and the leaves much narrower. Inflorescence and structure of the 
the base of the sessile epiheiste Spikelets serine from 2 
long, lanceolate as in S. halepense, but less flattened and ale na 
in 
en 
Hung almost black when ripe. Awn often short x. AUR but 
y longer ane stouter than in S. halepense, though never 8° long r 
as in S, intrans, Ova ary glabrous.—Holcus plumosus, R. Br. Prod, 209; 
Andropogen nin Spreng. Syst. i. 287. 
` WN. Austr Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. eal Victoria Rivet, 
ioe Pot Darwin, Schultz, n. 188; Escape Cliffs, Hwt: ; Arnhem s Land, 
n 
Queensland. Port Curtis and Port Molle, M'Gillivray ; Rockingham oy ae 
Dallachy ; Port Denison, Fitzalan ; Brisbane River, Moreton Bay, F. Mueller 
hardt Sa ves TS; ; Rockhampton n and numerous localities in ‘South "Queensland, B 
and others 
Port Jackson to the Blue Mountains, 4. arai — € 
others; N New England, C. Stuart; Hastings, Macleay and Claren e Rivers, 
Victoria. Snowy River, F. Mueller. 
Kunth's figure of iet pe tropicus, Rev. Gram. t. 97, represents rather r$. 
plumosum than S. fulvum Most dem N. Australian ind some of the Qu censland 
ropogo à Como. wi ie reng. og 
