325 



46.— APLUDA. 



] . A mutica, Linn. ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 422. Victoria Peak, 

 Mt. Kellet, Mt. Gough, and. Causeway Bay, Hongkong ; 

 GLndrinkers' Bay ; Taimoshan and Castle Peak, Hong- 

 kong New Territory ; Canton ; Whampoa ; Macao ; 

 Pybus Island. Fl. September — December. 



47.— ALOPEOURUS. 



1. A. japonicus, Steud. Syn. Glum. 149. Hongkong without 



locality. ■ Fl. early Summer ? 



2. A. aequalis, Sobol. ; A. geniculatus, Linn. ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 



408. Hongkong without locality ; fields near Swatow ; 

 a common weed of cultivated ground. Canton. Fl. April. 



3. A. agrestis, Linn. ; Benth. 1. c. 407. Hongkong without 



locality. Fl. early Summer ? 



48.— ARISTIDA. 



Key to species. 



Spikelet \-^ inch long without awn ... 

 Spikelet -^2~k ^^''•'^ ^o'^S without awn . . . 



1. chinensis. 



2. Cumingiana. 



1. A. chinensis, Munro ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 427. Aberdeen, Hong- 



kong ; Cumsingmoon ; Canton ; Whampoa. Fl. August. 



2. A. Cumingiana, Trin. et Rupr. ; Hook, f . Fl. Brit. Ind. vii. 224. 



Steep rocks near the sea between Aberdeen and Victoria, 

 Hongkong ; dry stony hills, Canton. Fl. October. 



49.— SPOROBOLUS. 



Key to species. 



1. Panicle branches crowded with flowers 



to base 

 Panicle branches with base usually bare 



2, Glumes I, II and ill nearly equal 

 Glumes I equal to ^ of III 



2. 



1. diandrus. 



2. Hancei. 



3. indicui. 



1. S. diandrus, Beauv. ; Hook, f, Fl, Brit. Ind. vii. 247. Macao; 



Pakhoi. Fl. November to December. 



2. S. Hancei, Rendle in Hemsl. Enum. PI. China, iii. 387. 



Canton. Fl. May. 



3. S. indicus, R. Br. ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 426, In Botanic 



Gardens, Mt. Victoria and common on roadsides, Hong- 

 kong ; Castle Peak, Hongkong New Territory ; Canton ; 

 Whampoa. Fl, April — September. 



