368 ENUMEKATiON OF [GraminecT. 



10. A. scandens^ Eoxb. I.e. p. 258.— c.p. 3258. 

 Hab. Hot, drier parts of the island. 



Closely allied to the preceding, and differing from it principally in the prominently 

 nerved, hairy, and raorc acute inferior glume of the spikelets, and which I have in no 

 instance observed foveolate. 



11. A. lancifolius, Trin. (Steud. I.e. p. 382, cum synA—Batraae' 

 rum molle, N. ab Es. MSS.— c.p. 3136. 



Hab, Badulla District. 



Basin versus spicarum spiculai pedicellate ssepissime desiint. 



12. A. rudis, Steud. L c. p. m^,—BatratJierum rude, N. ab Es, MS. 

 — c.p. 866. 



Hab. Not uncommon in the Central Province. 



13. A. muricatus, Eetz (Kth. Enum. i. p. 505, cum ^jii.)~Anathe' 

 rum muricatitm, Beauy. — c.p. 871. 



Hab. Hotter parts of the island. 



14. A. Zeylanicus, Arn, (hand N. ab Es.) ; Benth. El. Hon^t. 

 p. ^2Z,—A.pseiidograya, Steud. I.e. p. 395. A. semiherhis, Steud. I.e. 

 bclnzackyrium semiherhe, N, ab Es.— c.p. 3079. 



Hab. Central Province, at an elevation of 3000 to 4000 feet. 



32. HETEROPOGON, Pers. 



1. H. hirtus, Pers. Syn. ii. p. 533 ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 4SL—An- 

 dropogoncontortus, Lmn. ; Kth. Enum. i. p. 486.— c p. 69. 



Hab. Common throughout the island. 



2. H. concinnus, Thw. ; culmis tenuibus, ramosis ; foliis linearibus, 

 superneglanduloso-pilosis; spicitl sessiL ffluma inferiore ohovata, oh- 

 tusa, ciliata, 9.nervia, vix convoluta, superiore lanceolata, 3-nervia, 

 quam inferior parum longiore ; spicuL pedicelL gliima inferiore obovata, 

 viJlosula, plurinervia, superiore lanceolata, S-nenaa, flare masculo. uni- 

 paleaceo, 3-andro.— c.p. 3556. 



Hab. Bibili, in the BaduUa District, at no great elevation. 



Sjiica 1-li-poUicaris, pallide viridis, rachi pedicellisque longe alho-pilosis. Spi- 



"" w-.V" ?* ^"""^T'. ^"^'"^^ ^^'- ^c^aphr. 7 hn. longa, pilosula. 



vvithout a cai-eful examination, this might easily be taken for a species of Jpo- 



copis. 



33. POLLINIA, Trin. Benth. Fl. Hongk. 



'EalaUay Kmith. 



1. p. tristachya.— ^;2j/'o/)o^o7i tristacliyos, Eoxb. F]. Ind. i. p. 256. 

 ha^arum trutachjum, Steud. Synops. Gram. p. 408.-C.P. 995. 



±|orma spiculis majorlbus.— c.p. 949, 



iiAB. central Province, up to an elevation of 7000 feet. 



Valde variabilis Spicm 2-10. l^-G poll. long*. Spicul<^ l-2\ lin. longaj. 

 i.<e lorm with larger spikelets occurs at the greatest elevations, and in wet peaty 

 sou, and has most commonly two spikes to the panicle. 



1 ^" ^"q?^"^'"^"' ^' ^^ ^8- '^^■—J-ndropogon aureo-fuhus, Steud. 

 1. c. p. 676, cum syn. An A. aureo-villosus, Steud. 1. c. p. 380 ?— c.p. 



Hab. More elevated part? of the Central Province. 



