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Eajmahl {Wallich n. 3328 A [C. canescens, Ham.'], h. Calcutta). 



Oudh {B. Thompson n. 362, h. Calcutta). 



Bengal {Wallich n. 3343 K, h. Calcutta). 



India centralis et mons Aboo {G. King, h. Calcutta). 



Canton {Ranee n. 9308 [0. ? racemosus, Betz], h. Calcutta). 



Var. /3. amcena ; spiculis multifloris, in spicas nutantes densas 

 antice fastigiatis. 



0. amoenus, Koenig ; Roxb. Ic. ined. t. 731 tn hh. Kew, Calcutta ; non 



Kunth. 

 0. alopecuroides, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. p. 208, Ic. ined. in h. Calcutta ; non 



Rottb. 



Spicula) longae 10-14 mm., lata? 1-2 mm., usque ad 20-50-florse. 



Calcutta {Sort. Bot. Calcutta [C. seminudus], h. Calcutta ; 

 Kurz [C. rotundus?], h. Calcutta; C. B. Clarice n. 12532). 



Madras Peninsula {Wallich n. 3329 B [C. alopecuroides, 

 Wight], h. Calcutta ; Wight n. 2863 ; Seyne in Wallich 

 n. 3343 A [C. maximus,C. distachyos?, Vahl], hh. Calcutta, 

 Madras [C. fastigiatus], h. Calcutta ; Heyne in Wallich 

 n. 3343 D [C. spicatus], h. Calcutta ; Gringee, Wight in Wal- 

 lich n. 3343 H [C. verticil] atus, Boob.], h. Calcutta). 



Zeylania {Thwaites C. P. n. 3788 [C. venustus, B. Br.], h. Cal- 

 cutta) . 



[Forma assamica ; spiculis minus numerosis, majoribus, lati- 

 oribus. Assam {Wallich, Griffith et Jenkins, h. Calcutta).] 



Var. y. dives, Delile, Egypt, v. t. 4. fig. 3 (sp.) ; spiculis dense 

 spicatis, undique rectangulatim patentibus, lucide brunneis aufc 

 aureis ; glumis approximatis, breviter mucronatis ; rhachillae tenuis 

 alis angustis, insolubilibus ; stylo trifido; nuce ellipsoidea aut 

 subovoidea, trigona, cum § parte glumae vix sequilonga. — Kunth, 

 Enum. ii. p. 71. 



C. alopecuroides, Boeck. in Linncea, xxxvi. p. 322, var. a, nee Rottb. 



Umbella quam in C. exaltato typico rigidius, divaricato-corym- 

 bosa, lutescens ; spiculae longiores, crassiores, subturgidae, lucide 

 flavido-brunneae, 30-40-florae ; gluma ima saepius longe setaceo- 

 acuminata. 



The type specimens of this at Kew agree exactly with my 

 Calcutta example, so that if C. dives is a distinct species, it is an 

 Indian one. The specimens differ from those of Eetz's exaltatus 

 by the much more numerous glumes to the spikelet, while they 

 differ from those of Koenig's amoenus in the rigid, not tasselled, 



