Jan. 15, 1928.] Revision of the Flora of the Bombay Presidency 418 



and Hallberg B1277!).— 5. M. Country : S. W. of Dharwar (Sedgwick and 

 Bell 4436!) ; Derikop (Sedwick 2022!) ; Belgaum, Fort wall (Sedwick 

 3013!). 



Distribution : More or less throughout India, Tropical Arabia and Tropical 

 Africa (Nileland). 



3. Arthraxon Meeboldii, Stapf in Cke. ii, 969, in Kew Bull. (1908), 449. 

 Locality : Western Ghats : Khandala, in open, grassland on a hillbide, 600 m. 



(Meebold 9132); Khandala, common (McCann 9949!, 9948!); Lonavla, 

 common (Bhide !, McCann!); Panchgani (Blatter and Hallberg B1238 !, 

 B1225!), Tableland (Blatter 3804 ;); Mahableshwar (Sedgwick and Bell 4523). 

 —N. Kanara : Tinai (Talbot 2569!). 

 Distribution : W. Peninsula, apparently endemic. 



4. Arthraxon lancifolius, Hochst. in Flora (1856), 188; Stapf in Fl. Trop. 

 Afr. ix, 165.— A. microphyllus . Hochst. in Flora (1856), 188; Hack. Monogr. 

 Androp. 351, incl. var. lancifolius ; Hook.f. in F.B.I, vii, 147 ; Cke. ii, 970 ; 

 Haines Bot. Bihar and Orissa 1026.— A. Schmidtii, Hochst. (1856), 189.— A. 

 minor, Hochst. I.e. 188, partim.—A. SchimPeri, Hochst. I.e. partim. — A. 

 molle, Balf. f. Bot. Socotra 315. — A. ciliaris, Henriq. in BoJet. Soc. 

 Brot. xiii, 133, non Beauv. — Andropogon lancifolius, Trin. in Mem. Acad. 

 Petersb. 6 ser., ii (1833), 271.— A. molle, Duthie Grass. N.W. Ind. 17.— 

 A. muliicaulis, Steud. Syn. PL Glum, i, 383. — Batratherum molle, Nees & 

 Arn. in Edinb. New Phil. Journ.,xviii (1835), 181; Aitchis. Cat. Panj. PI. 

 174. — B. Schimperi, Nees ex Hochst. I.e. 179 — Psilopogon Schimperi, Hochst. 

 ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii, 447. — Pleuroplitis ciliaia, J. Schmidt Beitr. 

 Fl. Cap. Verd 152.— P. Schimperi, Regel in Bull. Acad. Petersb. x (1866), 

 369. — Lucceaciliata, Steud. I.e. 414. 



Description : Cke. I.e. 



Locality: Gujarat: Surat (Herb. Dehra Dun !, Cooke!). — Konkan : Tun- 

 gar hill, Thana District (Herb, Econ. Bot. Poona!); Parel (Herb. Econ. Bot, 

 Poona!); Ktnla (Garade!); Salsette (Jacquemont 713). — Deccafi : Trimbak, 

 Nasik District (Herb. S. X. C, Bombay!).— 5. M. Country : Belgaum 

 Fort walls (Sedgwick 3012!); W. of Dharwar, banks of road, in forest 

 (Sedgwick 1851 !); Castle Rock (Bhide I). —Kanara : Karwar (Talbot 1308 !) 

 Yellapore (Talbot 2084 !). 



Distribution: More or less throughout India, Ceylon to Tonkin and S. W. 

 China, tropical Africa (Upper Guinea, Nileland). 



5. Arthraxon quartinianus, Nash in North Americ. Fl. xvii (1912), 99, 

 Merrill in Phillip, Journ. Sc. Bot. vii (1912), 229; Stapf in Fl. Trop. Afr. ix 

 166.— A. major, Hochst. in Flora (1856), 188.— A. coloratus, Hochst. I.e. — 

 A. plumbeus, Hochst. I.e. 189. — A violaceus Hochst. I.e.— A. Schimperi, 

 Hochst. I.e. partim. — A. ciliaris, Rendle in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. ii, 138, non 

 Beauv.— A. ciliaris, subsp. quartinianus, Hack. Monogr. Androp. (excl. vars. 

 Hookeri et glabrescens) . — Alectoridia quartiniana, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, 

 ii, 448, t. 99.— Luccsa major, Steud. Syn. PI. Glum, i, 414 ; Hochst. I.e. 179 — 

 L. plumbeaet violacea, Steud. I.e.— L. Schimperi, Hochst. in Flora (1856), 180 

 (the genuine). — Pleuroplitis plumbea, Nees ex Steud. I.e. — P. violacea, Nees 

 ex Steud. I.e.— P. major, Regel in Bull. Acad. Petersb. U866), 369, partim, — 

 P. quartiniana. Regel I.e. 376, partim. —Andropogon violaceus, Heyne ex Steud. 

 I.e.— A. Alectoridia, Steud I.e. 383. 



We wish to substitute A. quartinianus, Nash in place of A. ciliaris, Beauv. 

 This latter species which was described in 1812 has been emended repeatedly 

 since then, and that to such an extent that it is scarcely possible to recognize 

 the original plant. Hackel made five subspecies : Langsdorffii, submuticus> 

 nudus, Quartinianus , and Vriesii, and nine varieties. The subspecies were 

 arranged by him in two leading groups : 



1. Joints of rhachis glabrous, or with a few scattered hairs towards the tip 

 {Langsdorfii, subnnclicus, nudus). 



2. Joints of rhachis, at least the upper, more or less ciliate {Quartinianus , 

 Vriesii).— To these two groups Hooker f„ added a third one (F.B.I., vii, 146): 



3. Spikes silkily villous, spikelets 5-7 mm. long, lower involucral glume 

 entire or minutely 2 toothed, awn 12 mm. or more. (This is Arthraxon 

 cuspidatus, Hochst., considered by Hackel as a distinct species. 



Arthraxon quartinianus, Nash, and adopted by Stapf 1. c<, cowers part of the 

 subspecies Quartinianus in Hackel 's group 2, including var. Quartinianus 



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