134 



Fimbristylis obtusifolia, Kunth; Baker in Kew Bull., 1894, 



p. 151; Dupont, Report, 1907, p. 41. 



Abbott: Fox 276; Fryer 24; Thomasset 250. 



Distr. Tropical and South. Africa, Mascarenes and tropical 

 America. 



Fimbristylis spathacea, Vahl, forinae; Fimbristylis glomer- 

 -ata, Nees, formae; Baker, Flora, p. 419. 



Dupont 17; Thomasset 263. 



Distr. Common in all the Mascarene Islands. 



Small plants, less rigid, with finer leaves and laxer inflores- 

 cences of fewer spikes than in the type. 



Fimbristylis ferruginea, Vahl; Baker, Flora, p. 419; Corde- 



moy, Fl. Keunoin, p. 131. 

 Dupont 17; Fryer 12, 28. 

 Distr. In tropical and warm temperate countries nearly 



throughout the world. 



Gramineae. 



(By 0. Stapf.) 



Ischaemum rugosum, Sal. 

 Fox 230. 



Distr. Throughout the Indo-Malayan region. 



Digitasia horizontalis, WiUd.; Panicum sanguinale var. 

 ciliare (partly), Baker, Flora, p. 435. 

 Fryer. 



Distr. Throughout Tropical Africa, the Mascarenes and 

 Tropical America. 



Panicum maximum, J acq.; Baker, Flora, p. 436; Schinz in 

 Ahhandl. Senckenh. xxi. p. 82, 



Fox 208; Voeltzkow 33, 38. 



Distr. A native of Tropical Africa and Sub-tropical South 

 Africa, introduced into most warm countries and often grown 

 for fodder. 



o 



Panicum Meyerianum, Nees. 



Dupont 75, 99; Fryer; Fox 293. 



Distr. Eastern Tropical Africa, Natal, Madagascar, Tropical 

 Arabia. 



Stenotaphrum subulatum, TVmwim; Baker, Fl< ra, p. 440. 



Dupont 55. 



Distr. Galega, Mascarenes, Polynesia, including New Cale- 

 donia. 



m 



setosum, Rich.; Baker, Mora, p. 441, in nota. 

 Fennisetum -polystachyum, Schutes; Schinz in Abhandl. 

 Senckenb. xxi, p. 82; Dupont, Eeport, 1907, p. 41. 

 Dupont; VoeltzJcow. 



Distr. Widely distributed through the tropics of both 

 hemispheres. 



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