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Gramine^. * 



Digitaria Rich. 



Digitaria sanguinalis, Scop. Fl. Carn. ed. 2, I (1772) 52. 



Loc. : Jodhpur : Balarwa (No. 4910 a ! ), Osian (No. 4143!). Jaisalmer: 

 Between Phalodi and Bap (No. 4885 !), Sodakoer, near tank (No. 

 4097 !), Amarsagar (Nos. 4974 !, 4180 !, 4179 !). 

 Distrib. : All warm countries. 

 Fruits iu October and November. 

 Digitaria sanguinalis var. ciliaris, Prain Bang. PI. 1181. 



Loc. : Jodhpur: Bhikamkor (No. 4666 a!), Balarwa (No, 4903!), 



Mandor (No. 9750 !). 

 Jaisalmer : Amarsagar (Nos. 4883 !, 4878 !), Vinjorai dunes (No. 4797 !). 

 Distrib. : Most warm countries. 

 Fruits in October and November. 

 Digitaria pennata, Cooke Fl. Bomb. Pres. II. 941. 



Loc. : Jodhpur: Kailana (Nos. 4981 a !, 4980!, 4618!, 4629!), Barmer, 



rocks,' in Euphorbia bush (No. 4881 !). 

 Distrib. : Gujarat, Eajputana, Sind, Baluchistan, Abyssinia. 

 Fruits in October and November. 



Panicum L. 



Panicum fluitans, Retz Obs. fasc. 5 (1789) 18. 



Loc: Jodhpur: Kailana, tank (No. 4677!). 



Distrib. : From tropical Africa to India, trop. America. 



Fruits in October. 

 Panicum colonum, L. Syst. ed. 10 (1759) 870. 



Loc. : Jodhpur : Jodhpur (No. 4648!). Jaisalmer : Sodakoer, tank (Nos. 

 4101 !, 4096 !). 



Distrib. ; Most warm countries. 



Fruits in October and November, 



Panicum ramosum, L. Mant. ( 1767 ) 29. 



Loc. : Jodhpur : Balarwa (Nos. 4900 ! 4913 ! ), Jaisalmer : Jaisalmer 

 ( No. 4830 !), Vinjorai, sandy plain (No. 3993 I, 3995 !), Vinjorai, on 

 rocks (No. 4764 !), neighbourhood of Jaisalmer (No. 4120 !). 



Distrib. : India, Ceylon, Afghanistan. 



Fruits in October and November. 

 Panicum turgidum, Forsk. Fl. Aegypt. Arab. (1775) 18. 



Vern. N. : Munt, Muruta gas. 



Loc. Jodhpur: Kailana (Nos. 4627 !, 4630 !), Osian (Nos. 4145 ! 4138 I, 

 4134 !, 3997 !), Bhikamkor (Nos. 4661a !, 4659 !, 4665a !), Phalodi (No. 

 4937 !), Barmer, sand (No. 4199 !). Jaisalmer: Neighbourhood of Bap 

 (No. 4044 !), Sodakoer (No. 4087 !), Loharki (Nos. 4845 !, 4841 !, 4696 !), 

 Amarsagar (No. 4865 !), Vinjorai (No. 4799a !), Vinjorai, sand dunes 

 (No. 4927 !) 



Distrib. : Gujarat, Rajputana, Sind, Baluchistan, Egypt, Arabia, Trop. 

 Africa. 



Fruits in October and November. 



Panicum trypheron, Schult. Mant. II (1824) 244. 

 Loc. : Jaisalmer : Amarsagar (Nos. 4956 !, 4961 ! ). 

 Distrib. : Trop. Africa, Indo-Malaya, China. 



* We have to thank Mr. L. J. Sedg-wick and Mr. C. McCana for kindly naming- 

 the grasses. 



