384 
FLOBA OF ADEN. 
Distribution-.-^-Q\i\&y in the tropical and subtropical regions of both 
hemispheres. 
Not more tl an If feet high : 
Lower involucral glume as long as the floral glume or nearly so • 1. S. glaucifolius* 
Lower involucral glume shorter than upper involucral and floral 
gluihe . ■ . . . • . . * . 2. S. spicatuff. 
More than 1 £ feet high. . . . . . * . . 3* S. robustus. 
1. Sporobolus giaucifolius Hochst. in Flora XXV, part 1 (1842), 
Beibl. p. 133 ; Hook. FI. Brit. Ind. VII, 250 ; Cooke FI. Bomb. Pres. 
II, 1019. 
Vilfa glaueifolia Stend. Syn. Gram. 154. 
Vilfa seabrifolia Hochst. ex Edgew. in Journ. Linn. Soc. VI (1862) ^ 
196 ; Aitchis. Cat. Panj. PI. 165. 
Agrostis barbata 3 senegalensis Pers. Syn. 1, 76. 
Agrostis littoralis /3 Lamk. Iilustr. 161 ; Poir. EncycL Suppl. I, 
251. 
Description : —Perennial ; stems 12-18 inches long, densely tufted, 
leafy ; nodes glabrous. Leaves JL|-5 by y 1 ^-- 1 inch, narrowed from a 
subcordate base to an acuminate tip, strict, glaucous, flat or undulate, 
not pungent ; sheaths ribbed, glabrous ; ligule a line of hairs. 
Panicle 3-5 inches long, contracted, interrupted, pale, yellowish- 
white ; branches short, erect. Spikelets crowded, y 1 ^ inch long ; 
pedicels very short. Glumes 3 ; lower involucral glume y 1 ^ inch long, 
lanceolate, hyaline, acutely acuminate, 1-nerved; upper involucral 
glume r \ inch long, broader than the lower, ovate-lanceolate, acutely 
acuminate, hyaline, 1-nerved ; floral glume -£-- e inch long, ovate, acute, 
1-nerved ; pales as long as the glume. Stamens 3 ; filaments very short ; 
anthers T V inch long. 
locality : — Aden (Bird wood). 
Distribution -.—Tropical Africa, Punjab, Sind, W. Peninsula of 
India. 
2. Sporobolus spicatus Kunth Revis. Gram. 1 ; Enum. PI. I, 210 ; 
A. Rich. Tent. FI. Abyss. II, 394 ; Boiss. FI. Or. V, 512 ; Hook. FI. 
Brit. Ind. VII, 250 : Balfour f. Bot. Socotra 318 ; Durand & Barratte 
FI. Lib. Prodr. (1910) 254. 
Sporobolus orientalis Herb. Wight n. 3303, 3304, Cat. n, 1745 
(partim) . 
Vilfa spicata Beauv. Agrost. 16 ; Trin. Diss. 1, 157, Sp. Gram. Ic. 
t. 12 ; Steud. Syn. Gram. 160. 
Agrostis spicata Vahl. Symb. I, 9 ; Del. FI. Aegypt. 20, t. 10, f. 1. 
Agrostis virginica Forsk. FI. Aegypt- Arab. 20 (ex Kunlh). 
