316 Graminee. [ Paspalum. 
Page 125.—For Paspalum Royleanum read: 
3. Digitaria puberula Link. Enum. Hort. Berol. I, p. 223 
(1827). D. Royleana Prain Bengal Pl. p. 1182 (1903). Paspalum 
Royleanum Nees ex Thw. Enum. p. 358 (1864). P. isochnocaulon 
Ind. Kew. II, p. 431 (1894) non Trin. Panicum puberulum Kunth 
Rev. I, p. 32 (1829). 
For Paspalum Perrottetu read: 
4. Digitaria Wallichiana Stapf in Fl. Trop. Afr. p. 436 (1917). 
Panicum Wallichianum Steud. p. 41 (1854). P. Perrottetii Hk. f. in 
Trim. Fl. Ceyl. V, p. 125 (1900) non Kunth. 
1b. Axonopus Beauv. 
Perennial grasses; spikes 2 or more; spikelets awnless; 
spikelets lanceolate, alternate; gl. I wanting; gl. Il mem- 
branous, faintly 4-5 veined; gl. III similar, veins finer; gls. 
IV chartaceous to crustaceous, margins firm; palea similar to 
el. IV; stam. 3; styles 2, free, stigmas exserted from near 
the top of the spikelet; grain elliptic, dorsally compressed, 
tightly enclosed within the slightly hardened glume and 
palea.—Sp. about 35; natives of Tropical America. 
A. COMPRESSUS Beauv. Agrost. p. 154 (1812); Chase in Proc. Biol. 
Soc. Wash. XXIV, p. 129 (1911). Milium compressum Sw. Prodr. 
p. 24 (1787). 
A glabrous, bright green, creeping or tufted perennial; 
leaf-blades 1-10 in. long, about 4 in. broad, margin minutely 
hairy; sheaths 4-3 in. long, hairy at base; culms 2 from 
each axil, 3-18 in. high, very slender; racemes 2, or rarely 3, 
14-3} in. long; spikelets elliptic-lanceolate, glabrous; styles 
pale mauve. 
Low country, in both moist and dry regions ; common in open places. 
Fis. Nov., Jan.—Feb., May. 
A native of Tropical America, where it is called carpet grass. 
Page 126.—For Eriochloa polystachya H. B..K. read: 
E. ramosa O. Ktze. Rev. Gen. II, p. 775 (1891). Milum ramosum 
Retz. Obs. VI, p. 22 (1791). Eriochloa annulata Kunth Enum. I, 
p. 30 (1833). E. polystachya Hk. f. in Trim. Fl. Ceyl. V, p. 126 (1900) 
noa Hi. B. K. 
Page 127.— 
1. Isachne Kunthiana W. & A. 
Montane zone; common. 
Hor d sclatior Sik. 4..read: 
I. Kunthiana var. elatior (Hk. f.). J. elatior Hk. f. in FI. 
Brit. Ind. VII, p. 22 (1896). 
Craig, Bandaravella (Jowitt.); Horton Plains (Jowitt.); Hakgala 
(Willis). 
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