360 



EXUMEKATioN OF [Gramme^B 



bus ; folm lanceolafcis, acuminatis, basi rotundatis, subcordatis ; pant- 

 cula aperta ; spiculis majusculis, solitariia, longe pedicellatis j glumis 

 ovato-lanceolatis, acutis, infcriore 5-ncrvia, parum brcviorc, superiore 

 ynervm ; Jlo)\ ^fer. bipaleaceo, joa/c-a iujhriore gluma superiore con- 

 lormi ; Jlor. hermaphr. obtuso, eadem paruin broviore.— c.p. 894. 



nr^r^^' Forcsts of thc Central Province, at an elevation of 4000 to 

 6000 feet. 



Tota planta viUosola vel suhglabra, saplus purpurascens. Culmi i-2-pe(lalos. 

 ^oha ia-o poll, longa, 4-10 lin. lata, var^ina ad margincm snperne villosa, ligi'Ja 

 brevi, erosa, Pamcula 3-fi poll. longa. Spicule lJ-2 lin. longw. 



Ihis species bears a very great general resemblance to Tsachne ffa/Jteti, W. et A., 

 but IS quite distinct from it. The mnch larger spikclets of the preseut distinguish it 

 at once from P. monfanum, Roxb. \ 



moutanuxu 



rior. Hongk. p. 412.— P. CoM/VaZ W,' N. a'b Es.'; Steud. l.J. p. Ss! 



Hab. Central Province, not very common. 



23 P. antidotale, Ectz, Obs. iv. p. 17; Kth. I.e. p. 125; Steud. I.e. 



p. 77.— c.p. 971. r . r » 



Hab. Hotter parts of the island. 



Used medicinallj by the Chiglialeae. 



24. P. plicatum, Lam, (Ztb. 1. c. p. 94.)-P. Nf^paleme, Spr. ; Kth. 



Q10 ^- i>^«^«^«f , P. /2er6'o^«»^, et P. costaium, Koxb. Fl. Ind. pp. 311, 

 ol^. i^. neurodes, Schultz.— c.p. 890. 



uncommon up to an elevation of 2000 



25. P. mmaceum, Linn. (Eoxb. I.e. p. 310; Kth. I.e. p. 104) 

 F.mihare, Lam. (Koxb. 1. c. p. 309 ; Kth. ]. c.)~c.r. 882, 893. 

 Hab. Very common. Norn. vulg. " Mainairee." 



M^^p^" v^-'^°^°*^'''^V^"°- ^'^^^' ^-c- p. 100, cum 8yn.)-c.p. 23e'. 

 (An 1*. mihacei var. ? Hook, f.) 



Hab Equally common with the preceding, and also cultivated by th^ 

 Cinghalese under the same name. i 



27 P.repens Linn. (Kth. 1. c. p. 103, cum syn.)— C. paludosimh. 

 atoxo. 1. c. p. d07. P. ischmmoides , Eetz, Obs. 4, 17.— c.p. 883 (3049 J. 

 iiAB. Very abundant. Norn. vulg. " Attora." \ 



_ Much valued by the CingLalese as a good fodder for cattle, but a troublesoiuc we^ J 

 in gardens. ' J 



28. P. humile, N. ab Es. (Steud. 1. c. p. 84.)-c.p. 3243. 

 Hab. South of the island. 



w' **-Tj*tP*°*=^*°^' ^- ab Es. (Steud. 1. c. p. 62.)— c.p. 918. 



:i000 '■ ' * 



30 P. nodosum Kth. Lc.p. 97, cum syn.; Benth. Flor. Hon,gk. 

 p. 412, cum syu.-P. Amottianum, N. ab Es. ; Steud. 1. c. p. 59.-c°P. 



yo4. ^ ) 



isl^ d^' Common in damp shady plaees in the warmer parts of the 



dl. P. curvattun 



C.p. 3240. 



Hab. Hotter parts of the island. 



Ghtma mperior basi saccata. 



cum syn.— C.P. 892. / 





