Spffroholtis.] CLXxiii. graminejE. (J. D. Hooker.) 251 



gl. I mimite, II lanceolate acute, grain obliquely oblong. Boiss. Fl. Orient. 

 V. 512. S. orientalis, Serb. Wight n. 3303, 3304, Gat. n. 1745 {in part). 

 Tilfa spicata, Beauv. Agrost. 16; Trin. Diss. 1, 152, 8j>. Gram. Ic. t. 12 ; 

 Sieud. Syn. Gram. 160. PAgrostis involnta, Pair. Encycl. Suppl. i. 252. 

 A. spicata, Vahl 8ymb. i. 9 ; Del. Fl. ^gypt. 20, t. 1 0, f. 1. A. virginica, 

 Forsk. Fl. ^g. Arab. 20 (ex ^m/A).— Sporobolus, Wall. Cat. n. 3773. 



TheDECCAN PEiflHSULA,ffei/»e J Palamcottah,TI%A«.—DiSTRiB. Arabia, Egypt, 

 trop. Africa. 



8tem 6-12 in., from a hard stoloniferous rootstock, stiff, strict above the geniculate 

 base. Leaves 1-2 in., divaricate, pungent, scabrid above ; ligule 0. Panicle spici- 

 form, 2-3 in. by -^ork '"• diam. Spihelets sessile, persistent on the branchlets, pale. 

 Glumes hyaline, I rounded ; II 1-nerved ; III ovate-lanceolate; palea as long as the 

 gl. Grain obliquely oblong or orbicular-oblong. — Agrostis involuta, Poir., referred 

 here by Spreugel, is a Marocco plant, which may be 8. tirginicus or pungens. 



10. S> orientalis, Xunth Enum. PL i. 211 ; stoloniferous, leaves 

 pungeat, margins serrulate, panicle narrowly oblong, spikelets i^-j^Lin.^gub- 

 sessile, gl. I = i III or shorter tip rounded, II = III or longer obtuse, grain 

 obovoid. Dalz. Ss Gibs. Bomh. Fl. 295. S. humifusus. Trim. Gat. Geyl. PI. 

 108 {non Kunth). Vilfa diandra, Trin. Diss. i. 154 (e.vcl. 8yn. Betz.). V. 

 orientalis, Nees etc Trin. in Mem. Acad. Petersb. Ser. vi. 8c. Nat. v. II. 

 (1840), 65; Wight Gat. n. 1745 {in part); Steud. 8yn. Gram. 156. Agrostis 

 elongata, Rotli. Nov. Sp. 41. A. orientalis, Nees Agrost. Bras. 393 {excl. 

 8yn. Boirb.). A. pungens, Serb. Heyne ex Wall. Cat. n. 3772. A. tena- 

 cissima, Lmn. f. Suppl. 107 {excl. 8yn. Jacq.). — Sporobolus, Wall. I. c. 



The Decoan Peninsula, Heyne, Wight. Ceteon, at Calpentyn, Trimen. 



Stem 6-18 in., base stout, hard, branchiug, branches and flowering stems usually 

 geniculate below. Leaves very variable, 1-6 in., suberect or spreading, more or less 

 pungent, glabrous or hairy above; ligule 0. Panicle H-i in,, erect, subspiciform 

 or more open with here and there short horizontally spreading branches that are 

 naked below, usually pale. Spikeletb closely packed ; gl. I nerveless, II and III 

 , 1-nerved. — The Ceylon and Heyne's specimens are 12-18 in. high with long flat 

 leaves and narrow open panicles, Wight's are shorter and stouter with spicil'orm 

 panicles, and closely resemble states of S. tremulus, from which the short obtuse 

 gl. I at once distinguishes it. Although in Herb. Wight Prop, the four species 

 mentioned in the notes to S. virginicus are all included under No. 1745, 8. orientaUs, 

 the latter alone bears that number in Herb. Hook, and Herb. Benth. 



11. S. piliferus, Kunth Enum. PI. i. 211 (var. a) ; annual, leaves 

 hairy serrulate, panicle linear branches very short erect, spikelets 2V-1V 



"in., gL I ^— I ill lanceolate, II longer than III oblong-lanceolate,. Ill 

 oblong, grain oblong compressed. 8. ciliatus, 3funro in Serb. Ind. Or. 

 Ef. Sf T.; Duthie Grass. N.W. Ind. 29 {non Vilfa ciliata, Presl.). Vilfa 

 pilifera, Trin. Diss. i. 157, ii. 23, Sp. Gram. Ic. t. 58. Triachyrum 



• nilagiricum, Steud. in Sohen. PI. Ind. Or. n. 931. — Sporobolus, Wall. Gat. 

 n. 3774. 



Western Himalaya ; from Kashmir to Nepal, alt. 3-8000 ft., Wallich, &c. 

 The Khasia Hills, alt. 5000 fc. Mysore, at Belgaum, Ritchie. Nilghiei 

 HiLis, Wight, &c. Malacca, Berveg. 



Stems 3-12 in., densely tufted, erect, roots fibrous. Leaves 1-4 in., chiefly radical, 

 narrowed from the base to the tip, flat or convolute, sparsely hairy above and at 

 the mouth of the sheath, margins serrulate below or nearly to the tip ; ligule 0. 

 Pa»icZe 1-3 in., strict, erect, dense-fld., often interrupted. Spikelets hrov/n; gl. I 

 nerveless; II and III 1-nerved, callus minute ; palea oblong. Stamens 2, anthers 

 v«ry short.— Trinius figures this plant from a Brazilian and a Nepalese specimen. 



