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GraminecB.'] cetlon plants. 359 



Hab. Central Province, under the sliade of trees. 



9. P. compositum, Linn. — Oplismenus compositus, E. and S. ; Kth. 



1. c. p. 141, cum syn. — c.p. 913, 



Hab. Common throughout the island. 



An extremely variable species, some examples beiug neai'ly glabrous, and others 

 densely pubescent. 



10 P. Crus-galli, Linn. — Oplismenm Crus-galU,'Kih.. I.e. p. 143, 

 cum. syn. P. stagninum, Koen. in Willd. Sp. PI. i. p. 337. O^lism. 

 stagninus, Kth. 1. c. p. 144, cum syn.— c.p. 900, 3237. 



Var. ^ ; minor. — P. Colonum, Lmn. Ophsm. Colonus, H. and Ji.. ; 



Kth. 1. c. p. 142, cum syn.— C.P. 901. ^ , . , , 



Hab. V ery common in the hotter parts of the island. 



11. P. fluitans, Ketz. (WiUd. Sp. PL i. p. 338 ; Eoxb. Fl. Ind. i. 

 p. 293 ; Kth. 1. c. p. 78.)-P. affine, N. ab Es.-c.p. 864, 897 (898). 



Hab. Abundant in wet places in the hotter parts of the island. 



12. P. brizoides/ Linn. (Jacq. Eel. i. t. 2 ; Kth. I.e. cum syn.) 

 P.Jlavidum, Retz ; Kth. 1, c. cum syn.— c.p. 902. 



Hab. Very common in the warmer parts ot the island. 



13. P. cruciforme, Sibth. (Kth. 1. c. p. 78.)— P. Caucasicum, Trin. 



jP. WigUii, N. ab Es. ; Steud. L c. p. 58.— c.p. 903. 

 Hab. Not uncommon in cultivated ground. 



14. P. distachyum, Linn. (Kth. 1. c. p. 91, cum syn.)— C.P. 904. 

 Hab. Very abundant. 



15. P. prostratum, Lam. (Kth. 1. c. p. 89, cum syn. ; Steud. 1. c. 

 <. p. 62, cum syn.)— C.P. 905. Forma major, c.p. 3236. 

 V Hab. Common in the hotter parts of the island. 



16. P. coccospermum, Steud. 1. c. p. 62.-P. vestitum, N. ab Es. 



6000 



\(haud Kth.).— c.p. 3241. 

 Hab. Central Provinc, ^ 



17 P.uncinatum, Kaddi. (Trim Ic t. 216; Steud. 1. c. p. 60.) 

 Eciinolcna? ^olystachya, H. and K. ; Kth. I.e. p. 172, cum syn. 



"""hIb^' Common in the Central Province in damp, shady places. 

 18. P. ovalifolium, Poir. (Kth. 1. c. p. 113, cum syn. ; Benth. Flor. 



Hongt. p- 413.)— c.p. 889. . 



Hab Common in the warmer parts of the island. 



Ilhachis ^aniciila plus minus patentim longe pilosa, floribus apiccUibus longe 

 a^bido-villosi. 



19 P. trigonnm, Eetz. Obs. iii. p. 9 ; Willd. Sp. P . i. p. 352 - 

 P r^Icl. Eetz, iv. p. 18 ; Willd. 1. c, p. 354. F. pd^j^cs, N. ab i.s. 



c.p. 100, 880, S87, 88; 



Hab. Very abundant throughout the island. 



An extremely variable species as regards its size and hairiness. All the forms 

 have the flat callous spot at the apes of the interior palea of the fertile flower. 



20 P- Petiverii, Trin. (N. ab Es. in Mart. Bras. ii. p. Ill ; Kth, 

 1. c. p. 91, cum syn.)— C.P. 895. 



Hab. Damboul, Gardner. 



2]^_ P. Gardner!, Thw. ; culmis ramosis, basi rcpentibus, radicanti- 



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