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Grass. N.W. Ind. 2\{excL Syn.), Fodd. Grass. N. Ind. 38, t. 25; Boiss. Fl. Or. 

 V. 464 ; Balf. f. Bot. Socotra 316 ; Hook. f. F.B.I, vii, 173 ; Cke. ii, 978.— 

 Lepeocercis pertnsa, Nees ex Steud. Syn. PI. Glum, i, 364. 



Vern. Names : Ghanga, marvel (Satara, Sholapur, Poona), payen, palva, 

 pal van . 



Description : Cke. ii, 978. A very variable plant. We must confess we 

 find it impossible to follow various authors who have described a number of 

 varieties. It would be easy to increase their number on merely morphological 

 grounds, but the results would be highly unsatisfactory. It is only from 

 genetical tests that we can expect to get an insight into the natural variations 

 of this and other species of this genus. 



Locality: Gujarat: Perim Island, Gulf of Cambay (Blatter 3814!).— 

 Konkan : Daman (Bhide!); St. Xavier's College compound, Bombay 

 {McCann 9630!, 96311).— Deccan : Nasik (Bourke 11!); Rahuri (Nana 

 -A278 !) ; Khandala, Campoli (McCarn 9961 !) ; Pashan (Gammie !) ; Lonavla 

 (Woodrow) ; Agricultural College, Kirkee (Bhide!); Poona (Cooke); 

 Panchgani (Blatter and Hallberg B1236 !), on edge of Tableland (Blatter 

 9962 !), on roadside 4,000 ft. (Sedgwick and Bell 4699 !) ; Satara (Lisboa) ; 

 Sholapur (Lisboa); Joonur (Talbot !).— S.M. Country: W. of Dharwar, 

 elevation 2,000 ft., rainfall 35" (Sedgwick and Bell 4494 !) ; Dharwar, elevation 

 '2,400 ft., rainfall 34" (Sedgwick and Bell 4488 !.) ; Kunur, elevation 2,000 ft., 

 rainfall 35" (Sedgwick and Bell 4953!); Badami (Talbot 2944!); Haveri 

 (Talbot 2233!); Gokak (Sheodye !).— Kanara : Halyal (Talbot 2080!, 

 2106!). 



Distribution : More or less throughout India, chiefly in the drier parts, 

 Ceylon, Afghanistan, Arabia, tropical Africa (Upper Guinea, Nileland, 

 Mozambique District). 



Uses : A good fodder grass. (See W. Burns, L. B. Kulkarni and S. R. God- 

 bole : A study of some Indian grasses and grasslands. Mem. Dept. Agr. in 

 India, xiv (1925), 47, 48.) 



4. Amphilophis Kuntzeana, Haines Bot. Bihar and Orissa 1031.— Andropogon 

 Kuntzeanus, Hack. Monogr. Androp. 478; Hook. f. F.B.I, vii, 175 ; Cke. ii, 

 979. 



Description : Cke. 1. c. 



Locality : Konkan : (Stocks). — Deccan : (Woodrow 1531) ; Mawal (Wood- 

 row). 



Distribution : Bihar, Central Provinces, W. Peninsula. 



5. Amphilophis essiformis, Blatter & McCann, comb. nov. — Andropogon ensi- 

 formis, Hook. f. in F. B. I. vii, 175 ; Cke. ii,979. 



Description : Cke. 1. c. 



Locality : Deccan : Lonavla (Woodrow I). 



Distribution : W. Peninsula, apparently endemic. 



6. Amphilophis concanensis, Blatter & McCann, comb, nov .—Andropogon 

 concanensis, Hook. f. in F. B. I. vii, 174 ; Cke. ii, 980, 



Description : Cke. 1. c. 



Locality : Konkan : Matheran (Woodrow \) .—Deccan : Yenna River, Ling- 

 mala, Mahableshwar, 4,000 ft. elevation, 200 " rainfall (Sedgwick and Bell 

 4652 !) ; Lingmala, Mahableshwar (Blatter and Hallberg B1328 !) ; Khandala, 

 in water courses, common (McCann 9651 !) ; Manmad, river-bed (Blatter 

 A283 !) ; — Kanara: Kalanadi River, Supa, on rocks, elevation 2,000 ft., rainfall 

 100 " (Sedgwick and Bell 4857 !) ; Halyal (Talbot 2221 !) ; Goond (Talbot 

 2202 !) ; Gersoppa Falls, on rocks in river bed (Hallberg and McCann A279 !). 



Distribution : W. Peninsula, apparently endemic. 



7. Amphilophis glabra, Stapf in Fl. Trop. Afr. ix, 172.— Andropogon glaber, 

 Roxb. Fl. Ind. i, 271; Steud. Syn. PI. Glum, i, 392.— A. punctatus, Trin, 

 Ic. t. 328, nan Roxb. — A. intermeduis var. punctatus, subvar. glaber, Hack. 

 Monogr. Androp. 487. — A. intermedius , K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost.-Afr, 

 C. 98 ; Hook, f in F. B. I. vii, 175 ; Cke. ii, 980.-^4. intermedius, var. 

 punctatus, Stapf in Dyer, Fl. Cap. vii, 345. — Amphilophis glabra. Haines 

 Bot. Bihar and Orissa 1028, non Stapf and partim. 



It will be seen from the above synonymy that Stapf considers Andropogon 

 glaber, Roxb. as the type of the species. Of Andropogon intermedins, R. Br. as 



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