35f5 



BKTTMERATION OF \_Gr amine cB, 



Hab. Horton Plains, and in the more elevated parts of the Ambaga- 



mo'n a District. 



12. C. phacota, Spr. (Syst. iii. p. 82(5 ; N. ab Es. I. c. p. 126 ; Boott, 

 Ulustr. Car. p. 63, t. 168, cum syn.)— c.p. 2965. ^ ^ .^ . 



Hab. Not uncommon in the higher parts of the Central irovmce. 



13. C. Arnottiana, Drejer, Symb. t. 5.— c.p. 3219. 



Hab. Newera EUia and other of the more elevated parts ot the Cen- 

 tral Province, common. 



3-4-pedalis,/oftw culmo subtcquilongis. Spica cylindricffl, nnmerosfe, plcrumque 

 louffiuscule pedunculatfe, intennedise aadrogyiise. Squama oblonp;8C, subacute, lusco- 

 purpureffi, carina cum apice cuspidato glabro viridi. Stigmata 2. Pengymum 

 squama subfcquilougum, ovoideum, compressum, fusco-ferrugineum, dimidio supenore 

 scabriusculum, rostro brcvi cyliudrico truncate. 



14. C. lobulirostris, Drejer, Symb. t. 14.— C. Arnottiana, Boott. 



Ann. Nat. Hist. xvii. p. 56.— c.p. 2633. ■, .• n r(\n(\ +« 



Hab. Horton Plains and Newera EUia, at an elevation ot 6U0U to 



7000 feet. 



2-8-pcdalis, foliis culmo lon-ioriljus. Bradece loug;£e, basi vaginautes. _ Spica 

 4-5, eylindricEe, contigure, bipollicares, terminalis mascnla, reliquse fceminea;, interior 

 pedmiculata. Squamte lanceolate, iiigro-sanguiueee, medio trincrviEC fusco-virides, 

 aristato-acuminatse, acumine scabro. Stigmata 3, bievia. Perigynium ampulU- 

 forme, nervosum, fuscum, rostio truncate demum parum fisso. 



15. C. Jackiana, Boott, Illustr. Car. p. 9, t. 25.— C instaUUs, Boott, 

 in Herb. Ind. Or. Hook. f. and Thorns.— c.p. 3198. Var. ^ ; hrevicuL- 



mis. — c.p. 3781. 



Hab. Horton Plains. Yar. 0. Ambagamowa District. 



16. C. breviculmis, R. Br. (Prod. 242 ; Kth. 1. c. p. 522.)— c.P. 



2750. 

 Ha 



5000 



4000 



H-2-pedalis, bracteis longis, foliaceis. Spiccefoem. 2-4, plus minus coutiguje^ 

 squamis late ovatis, acutis, brevicuspidatis, pallida ferrugineis carina vindi, quam 

 perigynium tomentosum ovoideum rostratum multo brevioribus. Sjiica masc. squani 



muticis. rr I • /wjf 



The present plant agrees very weU with Brown's description of his C. orfVicttim^> 

 but not having an authentic specimen of the latter I cannot be quite certain ot mei 

 identity. Can C. ILoyleana, N. ab Es., be a starved form of this species .'' 



CLXVII. GRAMINE.^. 



1. LEERSIA, Soland. 



1.' L. hexandra, Sw. El. Ind. Occ. i. p. 131 ; Kunth, Enum. i. P- 6, 



TT^'t, V^r^ onmrv^ar^ nr» to an elevation of 4000 feet- Nom. vulg. 



c.p. 877. 



Hab. 



Layoo. 



2. HYGROBYZA, N. ab Es. 



aristata, N. ab Es. in Edinb. PhU. Journ. {i^6^} V- •'-' ' 



vnoDS. Gram. p. 5.—Pofamochloa Retzii, Gn£f. Notul®, pa" 



