GramineceJ ceylon plants. 373 



55. ERAGBOSTIS, Beauv. 



f aria, W 



ana A. (feteud. bynops. Gram. p. 264.)— -E'. ^^- 

 cunda, N. ab Es. j Steud. l.c, Poa bifaria, Valil; Kth. Eaum. i. 

 p. 327,— c.p. 60- 



Hab. ]S"ot uncommon up to an elevation of 5000 feet. 



2. E. unioloides, E. and S. (Steud. 1. c. ; Benth. Flor. Ilon^k. 

 p. 432.)—^. amahilis, W. and A. Poa unioloides, Ketz; Ktli. i!c. 

 p. 335, cum syn. — CvP, 930. 



warmer 



Bro^mei 



p. 432, cum syn.)— Poa polymorpha, E. Br, P. BrowneL Etli. 1. c. 

 p. 333.— c.p. 931. 



Hab. Very abundant tlirougliout the island. 



4. E. Zeylanica, K ab Es. (Steud. 1. c. p. 265 ; Benth. L e. p. 433.) 

 — c.p. 3251. An prceccdentis varletasp 



Hab. Hotter parts of the island. 



5. E. oHentalis, Trin. (Steud. L c. p. 267 ; Benth. 1. c.)— c.p. 925. 

 An P. Broivnei, N. ab Es., varietas ? 



Hab. Central Province, not uncommon. 



6. E. pilosa, Beauv. (Steud. 1. c. p. 263 ; Benth. he. cum syn.)— c.p. 

 P.pilosa, Linn., et P. verUcillata, Cav. ; Kth. 1. c. p. 329. P. JEffyj>ti' 

 aca, Willd. ; Kth. 1. c. p. 336. P. elegantula, Eth. I. c. p. 346.— c.p. 



Hab, Very abundant. 



7. E. me^astachya, Link. — Poa megastacJiya, Keel. ; Kth. ]. c. 

 p. 333, cum syn.— c.p. 3163. 



Hab. Hot drier parts of the island. 



8. E. paniculata, Steud. 1. c. p. 266.— P. nigra, N. ab Es. ; Steud. 

 1. c. p. 267- Poa paniculata, Roxb. Fl. Jnd. i. p. 340.— c.p. 2626, 



Hab. Doombeera and Maturatte Districts. 



Floscidi scabriusculi. 



9. E. nutans^ Steud. I.e. p. 264, cum syn. — Poa nutans, E«tz; 

 Joxb. L c. p. 335. P. K(jenigii, Kth. 1. c. p. 346. P. iniermpta. 

 Keen. ; Eoxb. 1. c.—c.p. 3259 (933 partim). 



Hab. Hot, drier parts of the island, 



10. E. plumosa^ Link | Benth. I. c. p. 431. — Poa pluinosa, Ectz ; 



Kth. 1, c. p. 328, cum syn. P. viscosa, Kth. 1. c. p. 336. An P. ciUan's, 

 Linn.?— c.p. 70, 926, 927 (928). 



Hab. Very common in the warmer parts of the island, and an ex- 

 tremely variable plant. 



56. CCELACHNE, E. Br. 



1. C. pulcheUa, E. Br. (Steud. Synops. Gram, p. 284; Benth. FI. 

 Hongk. p. 4S0.)—Isachne simvlimtscula, W. A. ; Steud. 1. c. p. 96. — 

 c.p. 884. 



Hab. Common in marshy places in the Central Province. 



2. C. perpusilla, Thw- — Isachne perpiisiUa, Arn. ; Steud, 1. c— C.P. 

 130(450). 



