616 CXLIV. GEAMINER. [ Eleusine. 
Trin, Spec. Gram 715. E: mun Fragm. viii. 112; E. marginata, 
Lindl. in. Mitch. Throo eG 
Queensland. Moreton Bey, Leichhardt, Bailey; Rockhampton, O'Shanesy, 
Thozet ; ; Nerkool (hod Bowma 
N. s. s. Tweed pvo C. Moore, Eaves. 
À common tropical and subtropical weed. 
3. E. verticillata, Rozb.; Fl. Ind. ed. Me et Wall. i. 846.—An 
erect annual of 1 to n ft., with the habit of Æ. indica. Leaves flat, 
n e ed sheaths. Spikes or pace randi 6 to 12 or 
—F. 
0; tochloa serit 
an racemosa, unth, num. i. 272 ; pet ds enses dit Nees 1 
Herb. "Wight, n. 118 and 1760. 
. Australia. Dampier's E Sos dE and Exmouth Gulf, JFaleot. 
recen Bowen River, Bow; 
Widely spread over tropical Asia and Africa. 
viii. are E. racemosa, Roth, Des Sp. PL 
75. LEPTOCHLOA, Beav. 
The genus is generally spread over tro me = subtropical regions both in the New 
and the Old World. Of the three Austra s is epe cies io are also East rd the 
verdi erg They have been p faved d he one in Cynodon, the tw jor 
ies gps from both genera more in inflorescence than in the ulii 0 
spikele: 
levels 5- or 6-flowered. Flowering glumes rather 
Spikes dense, mostly crowded at the end of the rhachis . 1. L. subdigitata 
Spit slender, scattered along the long slender rhachis. 2. L. chinensis. 
elets 1-flowered. ane glumes acute. Spikes 
slender, scattered along the long slender rhachis . . 3. D. polystachya. 
