1020 CXLVII. GRAMINE.E. 



7. Sporobolus piliferus, Kwith, Eaum. PI. v. 1 (1833) p. 211 

 (var. t(). Anuual ; stems 3-12 in. high, tiifted, erect; roots fibrous. 

 Leaves 1-4 by -jV^tV ^^-j chiefly radical, narrowed from the base to a 

 fine point, flat or convolute, with scabrid or subserrulate margins; 

 sheaths hairy at the mouth ; ligule a n)inute narrow line. Panicle 

 linear, 1-3 in. long, strict, erect, dense-flowered, often interrupted ; 

 braiiclies very short, erect. Spikelets -pg— pj in. long, pale brown ; 

 pedicels short. Glumes 3 ; lower invol. -glume ^ in. long, ovate- 

 lanceolate, hyaline, nerveless ; upper in vol.-glume y^ in. long, oblong- 

 lanceolate, 1 -nerved, slightly longer than the floral glume ; floral glume 

 ■jig- in. long, oblong, obtuse, 1-uerved ; palea oblong. Stamens 2. Grain 

 ellipsoid, compressed, with a very loose pericarp, reddish-brown. Fl. B. 

 I. V. 7, p. 251 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) p. 439. 



S. M. Country : Belgaura, Eitchie, 836 ! — Distkib. India (W. Himalaya, Khasia 

 Hills, Nilghiri Hills, W. reninsula) ; Malacca. 



8. Sporobolus orientalis, Kunth, Enum. PI. v. 1 (1833) p. 211. 

 tStoloniferous, growing on saline soils ; stolons stoat or slender, rooting 

 at the nodes; stems G-18 in. high, stout at the base, hard, branching; 

 brandies and flowering stems usually geniculate below. Leaves coria- 

 ceous, variable, 1-8 by ytre ^'^•' usually more or less pungent, tapering 

 to the tip, glabrous or hairy above and with scabrous or subserrulate 

 margins ; sheaths close, glabrous ; ligule a slender ciliate membrane. 

 Panicle narrow, oblong ; branches ^-| in. long, suberect. Spikelets 

 ■j^ in. long. Glumes 3, hyaline ; lower invol. -glume 3^- in. long, ovate- 

 oblong, obtuse, nerveless ; upper invol.-glume -^ in. long, ovate, sub- 

 obtuse, 1-nerved ; floral glume ovate-oblong, obtuse, scarcely longer 

 than the upper invol.-glume, 1-nerved ; palea ovate-oblong, obtuse, 

 slightly shorter than the glume. Fl. B. I. v. 7, p. 251 ; Dalz. & Gibs, 

 p. 295 ; Trim. Fl. Cevl. v. 5, p. 263 ; Duthie, Fodd. Gra'^s. N. Ind. 

 p. 49 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) p. 439; Watt, Diet. 

 Econ. Prod. v. 6, part 3, p. 341.-^Flowers : Nov. 



Gujarat : Umrat, on salt land, Woodrow. — ]jistrib. India (Panjab, W. Peninsida) ; 

 Ceylon. 



9. Sporobolus arabicus, Bohs. Diar/n. ser. l,fasc. 13 (1853) p. 47. 

 Perennial; stems many from a woody stoloniferous base, sometimes as 

 tliick as the middle fingei% and sending out rigid often geniculate 

 stolons and stout or slender flowering branches 0-24 in. high. Leaves 

 1-10 by ^-^ in., rigid, narrowed to the tip from the rounded base, flat 

 or convohite, soaberulous above, with finely ciliato-serrulate margins; 

 sheaths glabrous ; ligule a fringe of hairs. Panicle 2-6 in. long, ettuse ; 

 branches whorled, capillary, reaching \^ in. long, naked below, with 

 spikelets spictitely arranged on the short branchlets. Spikelets y\j- in. 

 hmg ; pedicels short. Glumes 3 ; lower invol -glume 3',,- in. long, ovate, 

 Eubobtuse, hyaline, nerveless ; upper invol. -<:lume j"^ in. long, oblong, 

 obtuse, 1-norved ; floral glume as long as the upper invol.-glume, oblong, 

 obtuse, 1-nerved; palea as long as the glume. Grain subglobose. 

 Fl. B. I. V. 7, p. 252; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) 

 p. 440, 



SiND : S/oc/cs, fin?!; Jcnindnr ka I.andn near Karachi, Stores, 663!; ICarachi. 

 Woodrow; between Karaelii and Mngar Peer, Wijkchani Perrt/l — Dipthib. India 

 (Panjdb) ; Belucliistan, Arabia. 



