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nerves (of each half) and along the margins ; upper floral glume oblong- 

 lanceolate, acutely acuminate, almost as long as the spikelet, thinly 

 chartaceous, pale or slightly purplish, brownish when ripe. Grain oblong, 

 plano-convex, whitish, scutellum less than half the length of the 

 grain. 



This species is not identical with Paspalum sanguinale, Lamk. of the F. 

 B.I. or with Digitaria sanguinalis, Scop, in Cooke's Flora or in Haines 7 

 Bot. of Bihar & Orissa. D. sanguinalis, Scop, (sensu stricio) is a plant of 

 S. Europe and has not been found either in India or tropical Africa, as was 

 pointed out by Pilger (in Engl. Jahrb. xxx, 118) and Stapf. Most of the 

 numerous synonyms given by Hook. f. in the F. B. I. would have to be men- 

 tioned under the different varieties. Here we have to deal only with one 

 variety which was described by Cooke as var. ciliaris, Prain and which was 

 called var. fimbriala by Stapf. 



var. fimbriata, Stapf, 1. c. 440. — Digitaria fimbriata, Link Hort. Berol. 1. c. 

 226.— D commutata, Schult, Mant. ii, 262. — D. chrysoblephora, Fig. & De 

 Not. in Mem. Ace. Tor. ser ii, xiv, 364. — Digitaria ciliaris, var. quadristachya, 

 Wight.— D. sanguinalis, var. ciliaris, Rendle in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. ii, 163, 

 and in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. xl, 228. — Digitaria sanguinalis , var. ciliaris, 

 Prain Beng. PL 1181 ; Cke. ii, 940 — Panicum ciliare, Retz. Obs. iv, 16; Kunth 

 Enum. i, 82 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. i, 290 ; A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii, 360 ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Fl. Bomb. 290 ; Duthie Indig, Fodd. Grass, t. 9— P. fimbriatum, Presl 

 Rel. Haenk. i, 298 ; Kunth Enum. i, 81. — P. sanguinale var. ciliare, Franch.' 

 Contr. Fl. Congo Franc. 46. — P. sanguinale var. blepharanthum, Hack, in 

 Durand & Schintz Consp. Fl. Afr. v, 762. — P. sanguinale, var. macrostachyum, 

 Hack. 1. c. 763. — Paspalum sanguinale var, ciliare, Hook. f. in F. B. I. 

 vii, 15. 



Description : Upper involucral glume usually much exceeding the middle 

 of the fertile floret and frequently equalling f of its length. Indumentum of 

 spikelets uniform or more often more or less varied in the same inflorescence ; 

 hairs of the upper involucral glume and low r er floret partly in fine lines, all of 

 one kind, very fine, thin-walled, obtuse-tipped, partly more thick-walled with 

 slightly clavate tips, and up to 1 mm. long, spreading out at maturity and 

 forming a rigid double fringe on each side of the spikelet, the inner fringe 

 often mixed with a varying number of tubercle- based acute yellow bristles 

 which ultimately also spread out at right angles. 



It is well to remember what Stapf says in a note, 1. c. 441 : ' The peculiar 

 indumentum cf the spikelets, which in the mature state leads to the formation 

 of spreading fringes, may extend to all spikelets alike or it may be, at least in 

 its perfect development, confined to the long-pedicelled member of each pair 

 of spikelets or only to some of them, in which case the indumentum of the 

 fringeless spikelets approaches more or less that of var. Linkii.' Var. Linkii, 

 Stapf is Hooker f.'s var. commutatum of Paspalum sanguinale in F. B. I. 

 vii, 15. 



Vern. Names : Tara (Surat) ; Shikaol or Arotaro (Dohad) ; Chansarieu 

 (Broach) ; Taro, Modhan (Sind) ; Fakri, Fakria, Kurad, Suka, Revga, Dinohi, 

 Shikar koli, Kalam hullu (Bijapur) ; Shimpigyan hullu (Belgaum) (ex Burns). 



Locality: Sind: Sanghar (Sabnis B903!) ; Mirpurkhas, in cultivated fields 

 (Sabnis B1209!) ; Bughar, Indus River (Blatter & McCann D686!); Ghula- 

 malla, garden (Blatter & McCann D687 \)— Gujarat : Cutch (Blatter 8742 !) ; 

 Ahmedabad (Herb. Econ. Bot. Poona!). — Khandesh : N. slope of Chanseli 

 (McCann 9535!) ; Bor, Tapti Island, on sand and mud (Blatter & Hall berg 

 5463!) ; Muravat, Tapti Bank (Blatter & Hallberg 3839!) ; Umalla (Blatter 

 & Hallbere 5178!); Amalner (Blatter & Hallberg 4443!); Sumit (Blatter 

 & Hallberg 5188!) ; Bor, Bori River (Blatter & Hallberg 5213!) ; Dadgaum 

 (McCann 9531 !)— Konkan : Victoria Gardens, Bombay (McCann 9831!); 

 Versova, Salsette (McCann 4308!); Malabar Hill (McCann 4300!); very 

 common through the Islands of Bombay and Salsette (McCann !) ; Parsik, 

 railway line (McCann 9530 !) ; Bassein (McCann 4485 !) ; Alibag, sandy shore 

 (Ezekiel!). — Deccan : Khandala (McCann 3650!); Igatpuri (McCann 9833!); 

 Purandhar (McCann 5606!); Chattarshinji (Ezekiel!); Pashan (Gammie!); 

 Deolali (Blatter & Hallberg 4556!); Gangapur (Blatter & Hallberg 4581!); 

 Panchgani, Maratha Well (Blatter & Hallberg B1233!).— S. M. Country. 

 Haveri, dry ground, compound of P. W- D. (Talbot 2228 !) ; Dharwar (Sedg- 



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