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Locality : Khandesh : Dadgaum (McCann 9815 ! ) ; Toranmal (MeCann 

 9818 ! ).—Konkan : common (Cooke); I am doubtful (McCann). — Deccan : 

 Lonavla (Garade !).— S. M. Country : Castle Rock (Gammie 15634 !). — Kanara : 

 Mirjan (Hallberg & McCann A295 !). 



Distribution : W. Peninsula, Ceylon. 



4. Themeda tretnula, Hack. Monogr. Androp. 667 ; Cke. ii, 995,- Anthistiria 

 tremula, Nees ex Steud. Syn. Gram. 401 ; Hook. f. in F.B.I, vii, 214.— Andros- 

 cepia tremuia, Anders, in Nov. Act. Upsal. ser. iii, ii (1856), 247. 



Description : Cke. 1. c. 



Locality: Konkan : Trombay (McCann A293 !) ; Ghatkoper, Horse-shoe 

 Valley (McCann A327 !).— Deccan : Khandala (McCann 5359!); lgatpuri 

 (Blatter & Hallberg 5484!) ; Purandhar, northern foot (McCann 5041!); 

 Poona (Woodrow teste Cooke).— 5". M. Country : Devaranji, elevation 1,800 ft., 

 rainfall 90 inches (Sedgwick & Bell 4428 !) ; Castle Rock (Gammie 15687 !).— 

 Kanara : Devimani Ghat (Kulkarni !) ; Jugglepet (Talbot 1568 !) ; Tinai Ghat 

 (Sedgwick & Bell 3196 !) ; Sirsi to Siddhapur (Hallberg & McCann A294!). 



Distribution : From the Central Provinces and the Konkan southwards, 

 Ceylon. 



41. Pseud anthistiria, Hook. f. ; Cke. ii, 992. 



Species 4. — Indian. 



Cooke has described one species : P. hispida, Hook, f . We add two others ; 

 P. umbellata, Hook. f. and P. heteroclita, Hook. f. 

 I. Ligule exauriculate 



1. Ligule a truncate glabrous membrane, much 



divided to the base, the tips minutely ciliolate. 



Sessile spikeleis glabrous ... ... 1, P. hispida, 



2. Ligule short, membranous. Sessile spikelets 



not glabrous ... ... ... ... 2. P. heteroclita* 



II. Ligule auricled ... ... ... ... 3. P. umbellata* 



i. Pseudaothlstiria hispida, Hook. f. in F. B. I. vii, 219 ; Cke. ii, 992. 



Description : Cke. I.e. 



Locality : Gujarat : Surat (Garade I) .—Konkan : Dahe Forest (Ryan 705 !) ; 

 Matheran (D'Almeida A329 !) ; Ghatkoper, Horse-shoe Valley (McCann A326 !); 

 Sion (McCann 5247 !) ; St. Xavier's College compound, Bombay (McCann 

 4524 !) ; Kalyan (Woodrow).— Deccan : Lonavla (Gammie !) ; Purandhar Fort 

 (Gammie 1010!); lgatpuri Ghats (McCann 4343!); Khandala, common, 

 railway line (McCann A331 !) ; Panchgani (Woodrow). — 5. M. Country : Castle 

 Rock (Gammie 15634, McCann A328 !) ; Derikop (Sedgwick 2061!); Londa 

 (Gammie 15863!, Woodrow).— Kanara : Birchy (Talbot 2096 !) ; Yellapore 

 (Talbot 1522 !) ; Devimani Ghat (Kulkarni !). 



Distribution : C. Provinces, W. Peninsula. 



2. Pseudaothlstiria heteroclita, Hook. f. in F. B. I. vii, 219.— A ndropogon 

 heteroclitus, Nees Fl. Afr. Austr. 115; Steud Syn. Gram. 389; Hack, in 

 Monogr. Androp. 400.— A. monomeros, Hocbs' in Hohen. PI. Ind. Or. no. 

 183.— Anthistiria heteroclita, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 2*9. 



Description : Stems 30-80 cm. high, geniculate, slender, terete, smooth, sub- 

 simple or branched. Leaves linear, 15-30 cm. long, 3-5 mm. broad, glabrous 

 or more or less ciliate on both surfaces, nerves distinct, margins with long, 

 tubercle-based hairs or nearly glabrous ; sheaths much shorter than the 

 internodes, quite glabrous ; ligule short, membranous, exauriculate. Panicles 

 20-30 cm. long, "leafy, compound, with many shortly peduncled fascicles, 

 fascicles of spikes about 12 mm. broad, proper spathes 7-10 mm. long, hardly 

 longer than the spikes, towards the margin with long, tubercle- based bristles ; 

 spikes 6-8 mm. long. Sessile spikelets 3-4 mm. long, linear-oblong, hispidu- 

 lous all over. Lower involucral glume furrowed. Upper floral glume awned, 

 awn 18-24 mm? long, thin. Pedicelled spikelets lanceolate, with a few long, 

 tubercle-based bristles, keel ciliate. 



Locality : Konkan (Law ex Hook. f). 



Distribution : Bengal, Konkan, S. Kanara. 



3. Pseudanthistiria umbellata, Hook. f. in F. B, I. vii, 220 — A ndropogon 

 umbellatus, Hack. Monogr. Androp. 401. 



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