CXLTII. ORAMI^EJi:. 1019 



p. 261 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) p. 439 ; Praiu' 

 Beng. PI. p. 1213; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, part 3, p. 341.— 

 Flowers : Oct. 



Deccan: Kolbapur, IVoodrow. — Distkib. Throughout India; Ceylon, most warm 

 coimtries. 



4. Sporobolus minutiflorus, Lhil; Hort. Beg. Berol. v. 1 (1827) 

 p. 88. (Stem 2-3 ft. liigli, sleuder, smooth ; nodes glabrous. Leaves 

 0-10 by jiT-^ in., flat, finely acuminate, with smooth margins ; sheaths 

 long, ribbed, smooth ; ligule a minute ring. Panicle 12-18 in. long, 

 reaching 3 in. broad, effuse, supra-decompound ; branches capillary. 

 Spikelets -Jv- in. long, dark-colored. Grluraes 3; lower invol.-glume 

 about Jq in. long, subquadrate; upper invol.-glume -^ in. long, broadly 

 ovate, subobtuse, nerveless ; floral glume -^-^ in. long, ovale-oblong, 

 subobtuse, nerveless ; palea shorter, broad, truncate. Stamens 3, 

 quickly falling with age. Grain 3^ in long, obovoid, compressed. Fl. 

 B. I. V. 7, p. 248 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) p. 439. 

 — Flowers : Oct. 



KoNKAN : Parel (Bombay), Woodrow\ — Distrib. India (W. Peninsula). 



5. Sporobolus ioclados, Nees, Fl. Afr. Austr. (1841) p. 161. 

 An elegant perennial grass; stems 10-18 in. long, densely tufted, 

 rather stout, erect, smootb, glabrous ; nodes glabrous. Leaves 2-4 by 

 jL-g in., flat or convolute, linear, tapering to a fine point; sheaths 

 ribbed, glabrous, smooth ; ligule a pubescent ridge. Panicle 4-6 by 

 2-3 in., ovate or subpyramidaT, effuse ; branches opposite, or ajteruate, 

 or the lower whorled, spreading, remotely branched, filiform, smooth. 

 Spikelets yV ii'- long, oblong-lanceolate, pale. Glumes 3 ; lower invol.- 

 glume -^ in. long, oblong-lanceolate, hyaline ; upper invol.-glume yL in. 

 long, ov;ite, acute, 1-nerved ; floral glume ^7^ in. long, ovate-lanceolate, 

 acute, 1-nerved ; palea slightly shorter than the glume, oblong, obtuse. 

 Stamens 3, anthers 3L in. long. Grain linear-oblong, 3-L in. long. 

 Fl. B. L V. 7, p. 249 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) 

 p. 439. 



SiND : Stocks ! — Distrib. S. Africa. 



6. Sporobolus glaucifolius, Hochst. in Flora, v. 25, part 1 (1842) 

 Beihl. p. 133 {nouten nudum), et ex Steud. Syn. PI. Oram. (1855) p. 154 

 (under VUfa). Perennial ; stems 12-18 in. long, densely tufted, leafy ; 

 nodes glabrous. Leaves l|-5 by yo~» ^"-i narrowed from a subcordate 

 base to an acuminate tip, strict, glaucous, flat or undulate, not pungent; 

 sheaths ribbed, glabrous; ligule a line of hairs. Panicle 3-5 in. long, 

 contracted, interrupted, pale yellowish-white; branches short, erect. 

 Spikelets crowded, yV iu- long ; pedicels very short. Glumes 3 ; lower 

 invol.-glume ^^ in. long, lanceolate, hyaline, acutely acuminate, 1-nerved ; 

 upper invol.-glume jL. in. long, broader than the lower, ovate-lanceolate, 

 acutely acuminate, hyaline, 1-nerved ; floral glume y^^ in. long, ovate, 

 acute, 1-nerved; palea as long as the glume. Stamens 3; filaments 

 very short ; anthers -gL in. long. Fl. B. I. v. 7, p. 250 ; Woodr. in 

 Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) p. 439.— Flowers : Nov. 



Dalzell without locality in Herb. Kew. ! Sind : (S^c^-s, (i66 I ; Karachi, ]Voodrow,\S \ 

 — Distkib. India (Paiijab, W. Peninsula) ; Tropical Africa. 



