366 ENUMERATION OP [ Gv amine (B. 



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nitiim, Trin. ; Ktli. Enum. i. p. 478, cum syn. P. refracttun^ N. ab Es. ; 

 Steud. Synops. Gram. p. 412.— c.p. 936. 

 Hab. Very common in tlie warmer parts of the island. 



29. CHRYSOPOGOlSr, Trin. 



1. C- aciculatus, Trin. — Andropogon acicularis, Eetz ; Kth. Emim. 

 i. p. 505, cnm syn.— c,p. 917. 



Hab. Extremely abundant in open ground, in tlie warmer parts of 

 the island. 



2. C. 'Wi^htianus. — Andropogon Wightlanus, Stand. Synops. Gram. 

 p. 395, cum syn. — c.p. 3248. 



Var. ^ ; leucantlia. — Spicitlis minoribus, albidis, pilosioribus ; ^^^z'- 

 cellis spicul. masc. brevibus, longe anreo-fulvo-pilosis. — c.p. 2954. An 

 species distincta? 



Hab. Doombera District. 



3. C. Zeylanicus- — Baphis Zeylanica, N. ab Es. MS. Andropogon 

 Zeylanicus, Steud. 1. c. p. 397. — c.p. 996. 



Hab. JSiot uncommon up to an elevation of 6000 feet. 



30. ANTHISTIRIA, Linn. 



1. A. ciliata, Eetz, Oba. ill, p. 11 ; Kth. Enum. i. p. 481, cum syn. 

 — c.p. 3257. 



Var. /3; major.—A. arguens, Willd.; Kth. I.e. p. 482, cum syn 

 c.p. 962. ^ 



Hab. Common up to an elevation of 4000 feet. 



2. A. tremula, N. ab Es. (Steud. Synops. Gram. p. 401.)— c.p. 961. 



Hab. Very abundant throughout the island. Non. Tulg. "Painee- 

 baroo.*' 



3. A. fasciculata, Thw. ; culmis suberectis, glabris ; ^Zm linearibus, 

 margine scabris, saipius villosulis ; pedtmculis axillaribus, 2-5-nis, folio 

 subsequilongis, singulis spicas duas 7-stachya3 gerentibus: spiciilis 

 mascuUs 6, lanceolatis, pilosulis, pedicellatis, 2 superiorum gluma inte- 

 riore apice setacea; spicula hermap/ir. glmma panimtruncatis, inferiore 

 dense pilosa; arista longissima, valde robnsta, aureo-pilosa.— c.p. 940. 



Hab. Badulla District, up to an elevation of 3000 feet. 



Calmi graciles, 2-pedales, uiio latere sulcati. Pedunculi 3-pollicarcs, filiformes, 

 infra medium articulati, bibracteati, bractea basah hyalina, superiore sscpe ad apicem 

 pedunculi attingcute. Flor. masc. : bipakacci. 



4. A. heteroclita^ Eoxb. Flor. Ind. i. p. 2iQ,— Andropogon hetero- 

 clitus, N. ab Es. ; Steud. I.e. p. 389.— c.p. 963. 



Hab. Common in the more elevated parts of the Central Province. 



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31. ANDROPOGON, Linn. 



1. A. Halepensis, Sibth. (Kth. .Enum. i. p. 502, cum syn.— c.p 

 &i4o4. 



Hae. IS'ot uncommon in the Central Province. 



2. A. tropicus, Spr. (Kth. 1. c. p. 503, cuir 

 ongk. p. ^m.)—IIolcusMvus. R. Br., and var. 



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