FLORA VITIENSIS. 320 
guinosum, Sol. Prim, Fl. Ins. Pacif. (ined.) p. 214. Orthopogon compositus, Brown, Prodr. vol. i. 
p. 194. Digitarie species, Willd. Enum, p. 91. Orthopogon remotus, Trin, O. compositus, 
var. 2-5, Trin. Ie. p, 16. t. 189, 190.—Common throughout Viti (Seemann! n. 681), Also col- 
lected in the Society (Banks and Solander! Forster!) and New Hebrides group (Milne and M‘Gil- 
livray !), and at Easter Island (Forster !). 
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XI. Panicum, Linn. Gen. n. 76; Endl, Gen. n. 770. Spicuisw 2-flore, flore inferiore ¢ v. 
neutro, superiore 6. Glumz 2, inequales, concave, mutice. FL >: Palew 2; stamina 3, inter- 
dum palea superiore et staminibus abortivis neuter. Fl.3: Palezw 2, submquales, concavze, inferior 
superiorem parinervem amplectens, Squamule 2, collaterales, dolabriformes y. truncato- 1-2-3- 
lobes. Stamina 3. Ovarium sessile. Styli 2, terminales, clongati; stigmata penicillata, pilis sim- 
plicibus denticulatis—Gramina plamfolia; floribus spicatis paniculatisve; rhachi continua.—Digi- 
taria, Scop. Carn. vol. 1. p. 52. 
1. P. sanguinale, Linn. Spec. p. 84; Kunth, Enum. vol. i. p. 82; Willd. Spec. vol. i. p. 342; 
Schreb. Gram. t, 16; Engl, Bot, t. 849; Flor, Dan. t. 388; Host. Gram. p. 2. t. 17; Trin, Te. p. 
8. t. 93, 94; spicis digitatis, erecto-patulis, subquaternis v. pluribus; foliis vaginisque subpilosis ; 
flosculis oblongis, margine pubescentibus. — Syntherisma vulgare, Schrad. Germ. vol. i. p. 161. 
Paspalum sanguinale, var. a, Lam, Ill. vol.i, p.176; Cand, Gall. vol. iii. p. 16. Phalaris velutina, 
Forsk. Deser. p. 17 (teste Lam.). Digitaria sanguinalis, Scop. Carn. n. 72; Willd. Enum. p. 92, 
Dactylon sanguinale, Vill, Delph. vol. ii. p. 69. Digitaria marginata, Link, Hort. vol, i. p, 102. 
Panicum Linkianum, Kunth, Gram, vol.i, p. 33. Syntherisma precox, Walt. Carol. p. 76 (ex Mich.). 
Digitaria precox, Willd. Enum. p. 91. Cynodon precox, Roem. et Schult, Syst. vol. u. p. 412.— 
Common on roadsides in most Vitian islands (Seemann! n, 690; Sir E. Home!), Also collected in 
the Tongan (Barclay! Home!), Marquesas (Barclay!), and Hawaiian Islands (Barclay!), as well 
as in the Isle of Pines (M‘Gillivray !), 
2. P. trigonum, Retz. Obs. vol. iii. p, 9; Steud. Glum. vol. i. p. 91; culmo prostrato radi- 
cante folioso; foliis angustis glabris; panicula parva erecta, pedunculis raris parum flexuosis 2-floris ; 
glumis inequalibus obtusis hispidis 1-floris; seminibus 3-gonis.—P. patens, Burm, Ind, t. 10, f. 2, 
P, pilipes, Nees ab Esenb.—Ovyalau and Vanua Levu (Seemann! n, 693; U. 8. Expl. Exped.!), 
Gau (M'‘Gillivray !). Also collected in Aneitum, New Hebrides, in salt marshes (M‘Gillivray !), in 
Tonga (U. 8S. Expl, Exped.!) and the East Indies and Ceylon. 
3, P. ambiguum, Trin, Mem, Petr,; Steud. Syn. Glum. yol.i. p. 61 ; culmo prostrato ramoso ; 
nodis puberulis; foliis lanceolato-linearibus glabriusculis, subtus minutissime pilosis; racemis (3) 
alternis interstitiis longioribus; spiculis 2 laxiuscule imbricatis fere bilinearibus ovato-lanceolatis 
acutis glabris; glumis 5-nerviis inferiore ovata acutissima flosculis }—! breviore; 3 obtuso aciculato 
tenuissime punctato.— Urochloa paspaloides, Presi, Reliq. Heenk, vol. i. p. 318.—Vanua Levu (U. 8. 
Expl, Exped.!). Also collected in Tonga (U. 8. Expl. Exped.!), and in Manila. 
XII. Paspalum, Linn. Gen. n. 73; Endl. Gen. n. 761. Spiculze 2-flore, cum pedicello articu- 
latee, flore inferiore neutro, superiore ¢. Gluma 1 y. rarissime 2, inferior minuta, superior 
(antica) florem nentrum squans. Neutr.: Palea membranacea, mutica. Fl. %: Palea 2, coriaces, 
muticze, inferior concava, superiorem 2-neryem amplectens, Squamulz 2, carnoss, breves. Ova- 
rium sessile. Styli 2, terminales; stigmata aspergilliformia, pilis subsimplicibus, denticulatis. 
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