622 CXLIV., GRAMINE. [ Sporobolus. 
lia. Murray River and Cudnaka, F, Mueller; Charlotte Waters, 
erts y peres Giles. 
e species is widely spread over the warmer — of the New and the Old 
World, extending into South Africa and North Am 
. S. indicus, R. Br. Prod. 170.—An erect e: bo: of 1 to 
2 S glabrous except a few cilia at the nia of the leaves. Leaves 
chiefly at the base of the stem, narrow, ending in fine fre the upper 
ones few with long sheaths. "Spikelike uud very narrow, 3 to 8 in. 
eve 
interrupted. Spikelets very numerous, erowded along the very short 
t almost imbricate or distant branches. Outer glumes nimon 
ada obtuse, 1-nerved, the lowest cn. 5 line, the 2nd 2 line long 
flowering glume about 1 line, of a firm r consistence, broad but Mino 
Trin. ae Vif. 68; EEA e Jens Be auv. Sunth, 
d. Brisbane ee Moreton Bay, F. Mueller, Bailey, C. Stuart; 
Rockhampton and neighbouring districts, Bowman, O'Shanesy and others; Bowen 
owns, Birch. 
N. 
Wal Port Jackson to the Blue Mountains, R. Brown, Sieber 
in eget w 78) and others; Macleay River, Beckler ; New England, C. Stuart ; 
sw eres Eaves; Mudgee, Taylor; Bulli, ‘Johnson; Lord Howe's Island, 
Victoria. Port Phillip, Mitta-Mitta, etc., F. Mueller. 
coser Australia. Alice Springs, Gi les. 
W. Australia. King George's Sound, F. Mueller, 
Generally spread over tropical and subtropical America, Africa and Asia, ex- 
tending into Norfolk Island and New Zealand. 
diander, Beauv.; Kunth, Enum. i. 213.—An erect glabrous 
grass of 1 to 2 or even 3 ft. Leaves chiefly A the base, narrow, ~ 
about. 3 line, the other shorter. Flowering glume longer, slightly 
keeled, obtuse or almost acute. Palea broad, obtuse, pst 2-nerved 
and not so readily splitting as in the other species. Grain broadly 
on the pericarp not readily pindi —Vilfa erosa, Trin, Agrost. 
emm Moreton Bay, Leichhardt, C. Stuart. 
S. Wales. Macleay iver, Beckler ; Tweed River, Guilfoyle. 
