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364 EJSTTJMERATION OF ■IGramviecB. 



hcellia com^ressa, Linn,; Eosb. PI. Cor. ii. t. 156. S. fasciculata^ 

 Kth. L c. — c.p. 3254 



Hab. Wanner parts of the island, not uncommon, 



21. MNESITHEA, Kth. 



1. M. Isevis, Ktli. Enum. i. p. 466, cum syn. — Rotthaillia Icevis, 

 Eetz ; WOld. Sp. PI. i. p. 465.— c.p. 873. 

 Hab. Hotter parts of the island. 



22. ROTTBCELLIA., Linn. ; E. Br. 



1. R. exaltata^ Linn. (Kth. Enum. i. p. 466, cum syn.) — c.p. 2386. 

 Hab. Common in the hotter parts of the island. 



2. R- nigrescens, Thw. ; culmis suberectis, ssepe elongatis, nodis 

 glabris ; foliis lineari-lanceolatis, acumiuatis, basi late subcordatis cilia- 

 tisque ; ligida rotundata, lacerato-ciliata ; spicce axil lares terminales- 

 que, solitaria) vel binss ; gluma exteriore spiculce sessilis ovata, rigida, 

 tessellato-punctata, apicc membranaceo-auriculata ; spieula peditncu- 

 lata parum breviore, epunctata, biflora, flore altero masculo, altero 

 neutro. — c.P- 867. 



Hab. Central Province, at an elevation of 4000 feet. 



Siccitate uigresceiis. Folia 4-8 poll, longa, 4-7 lin. lata, pilosa vel glabra, mar- 

 gine scabra. Spica 2-3-pollicare9. Sjnculcv li lin. longa;. 



Allied to B. slriaia, N. ab Es., but tlie pedicellate spikclet of the present species 

 is mucli more developed, and the outer glume of the sessile one is wider and more 

 entirely tessellated. 



23. MANISURIS, Linn. 



+ 



granularis 



n. ; Eoxb. PI. 



Cor, ii. p. 118.) — c,p. 81. 

 Hab. Common in the hot, drier parts of the island. 



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24. APLITDA, Linn. 



1. A. aristata, Linn. (Elth. Enum. 1. p. 516, cum syn.; Steud. Syn. 

 Gram. p. 403, cum syn ; Eoxb. Fl. Ind. i, p. 324.)—^. rostrata, N.ab 



Eg. ; Steud. L c— c.p. 59, 3165, 3166. 



Hab. Very abundant up to an elevation of 4000 feet. 



25. ISCHJSMUM, Linn. 



1. 1. muticnm, Linn. (Kth. Enum. i. p. 512, cum syn.)— c.r. 868, 

 3048. 



Hab, Common in the hotter parts of the island. 



2. I. rugosum, Salisb. (Willd. Sp. PI. iv. p. 940; Ga?rtn. de Fruct. 

 iii. p. 2, t. 181.)— J. segetum, Trin. ; Steud. Synops. Gram. p. 376,^cura 

 syn. Andi^opogon Tong-dong, Steud. 1. c. p. 375, cum syn. — C.P. 870. 



Hab. Hotter parts of the island, 



3. I. barbatum, Eetz. fW^iUd. 1. c. ; Kth. 1. c. p, 513, cum syn. ; 

 Benth. Fl. Hoiigk. p. 425.) — Meoschium lodiculcire, N. ab Es,^ M- 

 Nees'uaium, Am., et M. Meyenianum, IN", ab Es. ; Steud. 1. c. p- 375. 

 c.p. 700, 869, 994. 



