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F. dichotoma. Vahl. 
A densely tufted plant ; the lower leaves numerous, flat ; in- 
volucral bracts, two or three. 
Remirea maritima, Aubl. 
A common plant on the coast sands, with long running stems 
forming tufty plants at the joints a few inches high. 
Rhynchospora Wallichiana, Kunth. 
Stems 1 to 2 feet high ; spikes numerous in a dense globular 
head ; involucral bracts spreading, 2 or 3 inches long. 
Schenus sparteus, R. Br. 
Stems very wiry, | to 3 feet high; the brown leaf-sheaths bearded 
with white hairs at the orifice. 
Graminee., (Grass: Family.) 
Paspalum scrobiculatum, Linn. |“ Ditch Millet.” 
A strong tufty, rather hard, grass. 
P. distichum var. littorale. ‘Seaside Millet.” 
A creeping coast grass. 
Panicum sanguinale, Linn. ‘ Summer Grass.” 
A large decumbent annual. 
P. semialatum, R. Br. ‘Cockatoo Grass.” 
A tall-stemmed grass, panicle of from two to five long, erect, 
branches. 
P. argenteum, R. Br. 
A softly hairy grass. The spikelets particularly silvery. 
P. colonum, Linn. <A small form. 
Somewhat decumbent. Panicle of from eight to ten one-sided, 
distant short spikes. 
P. indicum, Linn. 
A wiry, erect grass ; panicle spikelike. Found on damp land. 
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P. effusum, R. Br. A tall form, 
A tall branching grass, 3 to 4 feet high, with large spreading 
panicles, 
Oplismenus compositus, Beauv. 
A hairy, spreading grass, commonly met with in scrubs. 
Setaria macrostachya, H. B. and K. 
A tall, leafy grass, of scrub lands, mostly found on the border 
of scrubs. 
Cenchrus elymoides, F v.M. ‘Scrub Burr-grass.” 
A tall, coarse, erect grass ; spikes often 6 inches long. 
Thuarea sarmentosa, Pers. 
A creeping grass, met with upon the coast sands. The erect 
stems short. 
