318 BOTANY OF SOCOTRA. 



1. A. (Chsetaria) adscensionis, Linn. Sp. 121; Kunth Enum. i. 190. 



A. deprcssa, Retz. Obs. iv. 22; Kunth loc. cit. 



A. car alt set us, Desf. Flor. Atl. i. 109, t. 21, f. 2; Kuuth loc. cit.; Ach. Rich. Tent. Flor. Abyss. 



ii. 391. 

 A. mauritiana, Kunth Gram. i. 265, t. 44. 



Socotra. Very common. B.C.S. n. 94. Schweinf. n. 694 

 Distrib. Tropics of the old world. 



Our Socotran plant is the cwridescens form of this species, having almost 

 glabrous glumes which are curiously spotted. 



2. A. (Arthratherum) murina, Cav. Ic. v. 44. t. 469, f. 1 ; Kunth Enum. i. 192. 



A. funiculata, Trin. et Rupr. in Act. Acad. Petrop. ser. 6, v. 159 {funicular is, Edgw. in Journ. 



Asiat. Soc. Beng. xxi. (1852), 59). 

 A. Kotschyi, Hochst. in herb. Kotsch. Nub. n. 31. 



Socotra. Near Galonsir. B.C.S. n. 240. 



Distrib. North-east tropical Africa and south-west Asia. 



18. SPOROBOLUS. 



Sporololus, R. Br. Prod. 169; Benth. et Hook. Gen. PL i Li. 1148. 



A large genus widely spread over the temperate and warmer regions of the 

 globe. 



Sp. spicatus, Kunth Eevis. Gram. i. 67, and Enum. i. 210 ; Ach. Eich. 

 Tent. Flor. Abyss, ii. 394. 

 Agrostis spicata, Vahl; Delile Fl. iEgypt. 20, t. x. 



Socotra. Not uncommon. B.C.S. n. 221. 



Distrib. From the Atlantic islands and the dry regions of tropical Africa to 

 south-west Asia. 



19. CYNODON. 



Cynodon, Rich, in Pers. Syn. i. 85; Benth. et Hook. Gen. PI. iii. 1164. 



A small genus, including three species endemic in Australia, and one widely 

 spread as a weed of cultivation over the whole tropical globe. 



C. (Fibichia) dactylon, Bich. in Pers. Syn. i. 85; Kunth Enum. i. 2.59: 

 Ach. Rich. Tent. Flor. Abyss, ii. 405. 



Socotra. Near Galonsir. B.C.S. n. 121. ■ 

 Distrib. Cosmopolitan weed in warmer countries. 



20. CHLORIS. 



Chloris, Swartz Prod. 25; Flor. Ind. Occid. 189, t. 3; Benth. et Hook. Gen. PL iii. 1165. 



A considerable genus widely spread in the warmer regions of the whole world. 



C. barbata, Swartz Flor. Ind. Occid. i. 200; Kunth Enum. i. 264. 

 C. meccano., Hochst. et Steud. in herb. Schirap. Arab. n. 802. 



