318 Graminee. [ Brachiaria. 
Leaves glabrous; spikelets distant 5. B. REMOTA. 
Spikelets puberulous : 
Glume I 5-veined : . 6. B. RAMOSA. 
Glume I 1-veined 7. B. SEMIUNDULATA. 
Page 133.—For Panicum Isachne Roth. read: 
1. Brachiaria eruceformis Griseb. in Ledeb. Fl. Ross. IV, 
p. 469 (1853). Panicum eruceformis J. Sm. in Sibth. Fl. Grec. I, 
p. 44 t. 59 (1806). P. Isachne Roem. & Schultes Syst. II, p. 458 (1817). 
Brachiaria Isachne Stapf in Fl. Trop. Afr. IX, p. 552 (1917). 
Page 140.—For Panicum muticum Forsk. read: 
ta. BRACHIARIA MUTICA Stapf in Fl. Trop. Afr. IX, p. 526 (1917). 
Panicum muticum Forsk. Fl. A#g. Arlb. p. 26 (1775). Tanni- 
pillu, 7. 
Page 143.—For Panicum semiverticillatum Roth. read: 
2. Brachiaria semiverticillata (Roth.). Panicum semiverti- 
cillatum Rottl. in Ainslie. Nat. Med. I, p. 219 (1813). Panicum firmi- 
culme Mez. in Notizbl. Berl. VII, p. 63 (1917). Moodrawalie 
chamney, 7. (Rottler). 
Dry country; rather rare. Trincomalee; Tissa-maha-rama. 
Page 142.—For Panicum distachyon Linn. read: 
3. Brachiaria distachya Stapf in Fl. Trop. Afr. IX, p. 565 
(1917); A. Camus in FI. Gen. Indo-Chine VII, p. 437 (1922). Panicum 
distachyum Linn. Mant. I, p. 138 (1767). 
4. Brachiaria miliiformis Chase, in Contr. U.S. Nat. Herb. 
XXII, p. 35 (1920) pp. non Panicum miliiformis Presl. 
Stems up to 3 ft., prostrate and rooting ‘at iit moged 
below, branched, internodes 14-4 in. long, bearded; 1. 13-7 
in. by 0:2-0°4 in., ovate-lanceolate with a broad subcordate 
base, acuminate, midrib rather thin, veins about 5 pairs; 
margins scaberulous; sheath ciliate on the margin, 1-14 in. 
long; panicle erect, shortly peduncled, of 5-10 secund spikes; 
rachis of spikes angular, villous at the base of the spikelets; 
spikelets 0-1 in. long, sessile, biseriate, glabrous; gl. I short, 
adaxial, over one-third as long as el. III, acuminate, ovate- 
orbicular; II and III subequal, ovate-lanceolate; gl. IV, cori- 
aceous; styles blackish-purple. 
Low country in damp places; rather common. Ganoruva; Hara- 
gama; Getembe; Panvila. Fls. Apr., Oct.—Nov. 
Also in the Philippines and Guam. 
Page 144.—For Panicum remotum Retz. read: 
5. Brachiaria remota Haines, Bot. Bih. and Or. p. 1005 (1924). 
Panicum remotum Retz. Obs. IV, p. 17 (1780). 
Dry country, in dense shade; rather common. Negombo; Kanteiai. 
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