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There is no date to them or collector's name, and no C. P. number 

 was given to them. 



Fanlcum hlcphailphuUiuii Trim., n. sp. 



ChnjsoiKujon muntanus Trim. {Andropogon monticola Schultes, 

 A. montanus Roxb. ?). — I am informed by Mr. Ridley that this 

 agrees with A. niontunus Keen. MS. in the Banksian Herbarium at 

 the British Museum. It was collected by Mr. W. Ferguson 

 between Puttalam and Anuradhapura in 1882. This is a Peninsular 

 Indian species, and Bentham ('Fl. Austral.' vh. p. 538) appears to 

 combine it with the Australian Holcus pan-iflorus Br. (= Andro- 

 poi/ou micrantluts Kunth) under the name of Chrysopogon parvijionis, 



Anthistiria prostrata Willd. — A common Indian species not 

 noticed in Ceylon till collected by Mr. W. Ferguson near Chilau. 



Sporobolus virginicHs Kunth [Agrostis L.). — This is not an un- 

 common grass on our sandy sea- shores. I have specimens from 

 Kalpitiya and the small islands off that pensinula, from Chilau, and 

 from Kn-inda ; it is also common south of Colombo, but does not 

 flower there. A widely-spread species over the warm parts of both 

 hemispheres. 



S. humifusus Kunth {Vilfa H. B. K.). — In similar places to the 

 last, but less common ; its general range is also much the same. 

 Very fine and abundant on Karetivo off Kalpitiya. It is dis- 

 tinguished by its narrow pyramidal rather lax panicles, and the 

 lowest glume being only one-third the length of the second and 

 third. 



S. orientalis Kunth [Agrostis tenacissima L.). — Abundant about 

 Kirinda and Bundala, on south-east coast, and also at Kalpitiya. It 

 creeps very widely, and, when not in flower, is very liable to be 

 mistaken for Zoysia piingens, which often grows with it. Common 

 in Peninsular India. 



S. coromandelinus Kunth (Agrostis Retz.). — A very pretty little 

 grass, abundant on the sandy coast near Kirinda, but not as yet 

 seen elsewhere. Found also in India and Arabia. 



Knteropogon meUcoides Nees in Steud. [IscJmmum Keen.). — This 

 fine species was collected in several places near Kirinda. Its range 

 extends to East Tropical Africa {^= Chloris simplex Schum. & 

 Thorm.), and probably the Mascarene Islands (= / Ctenium 

 seycheUense Baker). 



Eragrostis [Harpadine) brevifolia Benth. {Dactylisl{.o&i\.). — Pro- 

 bably common in the dry districts. I found it copiously about 

 Hambantota, Tissa-maha-rama, &c. There is also an unnamed 

 specimen in the herbarium here (C. P. 3250) labelled " Jaffra ? 

 Moon." This may represent the PomtnercuUa of Moon's Cat., p. 7, 

 a grass which has not been truly found in Ceylon. 



Lepturus repens Br. (L. acicnlatHs Steud.). — Sea-shoro south of 

 Colombo, January, 1881; first collected by Mr. W. Ferguson. The 

 plant is abundant in places, and will probably be found, if searched 

 for, in other parts of the south coast. It is the only tropical member 

 of the genus. I find the upper flower of the spikelet frequently per- 

 fectly developed ; the lowest glume is very long (over half an inch), 

 reaching to the base of the one above on the same side ; during 



