— 269 — 
(1881) , First Census 132 (1882), Sec. Census 222 (1889), Hack, in DC. Suites Prodr. VI. 570 (1889), J. H. Maid. Usef. PI. 
Austr. 72 (1889), Tate Handb. Fl. Extratr. South Austr. 191, 266 (1890), in Horn Sei. Exp. Centr. Austr. III. 183 (1896), 
R. T. Baker in Proc. Roy. Soc. N. S. Wales XXX. 292 t. XXII. (1896), Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. VII. 196 (1897j. 
Geogr. Verbreitung: tropisches und subtropisches Afrika, Orient, Ost-Indien, China, Austrahen 
(Nord-Austrahen, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia), Polynesien. 
Queensland: Mungana im Ghilligaoe-Distrikte (Domin, II. 1910); am Walsh River nördlich von 
Chillagoe (Domin, II. 1910); bei Gloncurry und Hughenden (Domin, II. 1910) (ciliis glumae I. spiculae $ 
longissimis !). — Dieses xerophile Gras kommt auf dürren Hügeln und im Untervvuchse der Savannen- 
wälder, nicht aber auf den Rolling Downs vor. 
Die angeführten Exemplare entsprechen im ganzen der var. genuimis Hack. 1. c. 572. 
b) var. grandispiculatus v. n. 
Elatus robustusque; racemi circa 5, crassiores, elongati , usque 12 cm longi; spiculae quam in 
typo conspicue majores, gluma I. spiculae $ circa 7 mm longa. 
West- Queens] and: am Flinders River bei Hughenden (Domin, II. 1910). 
349. A. Ewartianus n. sp. 
Perennis, caespitosus; culmi basi robusti supra graciles, teretes, estriati, plerumque ad medium 
ramosi, 5 dm usque plus 1 m alti, glaberrimi, nodis infimis subpubescentibus caeteris glabris, toti foliati; 
folia glauca subrigidiuscula ; vaginae teretes, laxae, striatae, glabrae, internodiis breviores; laminae breves, 
mediae circa 9 — 12 cm longae, e basi subauriculata latiore lineares, apice setaceo-acuminatae, plurimae planae 
et circa 3 — 4 mm latae, nervo medio supra impresso et albido subtus carinatae, hic inde in pagina superiore 
pilis subtilibus basi pappilosis adspersae vel omnino glabrae et tantum ad vaginam pauciciliatae ; ligula 
truncata scariosa circa 1 mm longa margine superiore ciliata; racemi paniculati, simplices, circa 5 cm longi, 
argenteo-pilosi vel sericei, graciles, numerosi (c. 8 — 12), flexuoso-erecti, parte inferiore haud raro vaginati, 
secus rhachin communem glabram circa 2 cm longam oppositi vel verticillati , infimi interdum alterni, 
pedunculati; rhacheos articiüi et pedicelli filiformes circa 1.60 — 2 mm longi quam spicula — breviores, 
piHs albis accrescentibus , summis articulo vel pedicello (uno latere sulcato) brevioribus sericeo-cihati; 
spiculae sessiles Î cum callo 0.25 mm longo breviter barbato tantum 2.75—3 mm longae; gluma I. ovato- 
elliptica, tenuis, subscariosa, marginibus breviter implicata, dorso subconvexo nervis c. 5 haud percurrentibus, 
viridibus, parum conspicuis percursa, imo apice brevissime truncatula et subapiculata , inferne dorso et ad 
carinas pilis brevioribus cihata caeterum glabra; gluma II. vix brevior, scariosa, marginibus implexa, 
carinata; gluma IV. linearis intégra in aristam gracilem circa 12 mm vel plus longam desinens ; stamina 3; 
antherae lineares 1 mm vel paulo plus longae ; stigmata styYislongiora.; spiculae pedicelîatae nQwiiwQ, angustae, 
2.25 - 2.75 mm longae, lineari-ellipticae, vel anguste obovato-ellipticae, obtusiusculae, glabrae vel fere glabrae 
(marginibus minute ciliolatae), biglumes; gluma I. circa 6-nervis subscariosa; gluma II. brevior, scariosa, enervis. 
West -Queensland: Grastriften bei Hughenden (Domin, II. 1910). 
Species A. annulato proxima, sed ab hoc culmis plus ramosis, ramis elongatis, spiculis 2 multo 
minoribus, gluma I. praeter partem inferiorem omnino glabra subscariosa, racemis argenteo-sericeis, ligula 
ciliata etc. distinguenda. — Glarissimo A. J. Ewart, D. Sc, B. Sc, Ph. D., F. L. S., universitatis ^lel- 
bournensis professori, dedico. 
100. Sorghum Pebs. 
350. S. halepense Pers. 
Pers. Syn. I. 101 (1805), Benth. Fl. Austr. VIT. 540 (1878), F. M. Bail. Syn. Queensl. Fl. 645 (1883), Catal. Plants 
Queensl. 56 (1890), Queensl. Fl. VI. 1869 (1902), Compreh. Catal. 620 (1913), J. H. Maid. Usef. PI. Austr. 107 (1889), Man. 
Grass. N. S. Wales 87 cum tab. (1898), Turner in Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales XXVIII. 440 (1903), XXIX. 178 (,1904\ 
XXX. 87 (1905). 
Holcus halepensis L. Spec. pl. 1047 (1753). 
Andropogon arundinaceum Scop. Fl. Cam. ed. 2. II. 274 (1772). 
Androjjogon halepensis Brot. Fl. Lusit. I. 89 (1804), F. v. Muell. Fragin. VIII. 119 (1873) p. p.. First Census 132 
(1882) , See. Census 222 (1889), Moore Handb. Fl. N. S. Wales 480 (1893), Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. VII. 182 a897), Aschers. 
und Graebn. Syn. mitteleur. Fl. II. 46 (1898), Ewart Weeds Victor. 71 (1909). 
