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wick!); Belgaum (Herb. Bot. Gard. Cal. !). — Kanara : Karwar (Talbot 

 1294 !) ; Halyal" (Talbot 2153 !) ; Kulgi (Talbot 2279 !). 



Distribution : Tropics of both hemispheres, rarely found beyond the tropics. 



3 Digitaria pennata, Chiov. in Result. Scient. Miss. Stefanini — Paoli i, 183 ; 

 Cke. ii, 941, erronee ascribens nomen Hookerof.; Stapf in Prain Fl. Trop- 

 Afr. ix, 472.— Pcmicum pennatum, Hochst. in Flora xxxviii (1855), 197; 

 Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii, App. ii, IS— Pas Palum pennatum, Hook. f. 

 in F.B.I, vii, 1G. 



Description : Cke. 1. c. 



Locality: Sind : Karachi (Stocks teste Hook, f.) ; Jemadar ka Landa, 

 near Karachi (Stocks) ; Tatta, Kullan Kote (Blatter & McCann D684 !) ; 

 Tatta (Blatter & McCann D685 !) . — Gujarat : Porbandar (Bhide !) ; Morvi, 

 Kathiawar (Woodrow). 



Distribution : Baluchistan, tropical Arabia and Africa. 



4. Digitaria pedicellaris, Prain Beng. PI. (1903), 1181; Cke. ii, 941 ; Haines 

 in Bot. Bihar & Orissa 1009,— Pas palam pedicellare, Trin. ex Steud. Norn. 

 ed. 2 (1841), 272 ; Hook. f. in F.B.I., vii, 19.— P. pedicellatum, Nees & Arn. in 

 Wight Cat. 2310 ; Duthie Grass. N. W. Ind. I.— Milium sanguinale, Roxb. Fl. 

 Ind. i, 315 {excl. syn. Burm.). 



Dssc'vi'bt'iOTi * Cke 1 c 



Locality: Konkan: Thana (McCann 8725!); Sion (Herb. S. X. C. !) ; 

 Mulgaum (McCann 3663 !).— Deccan : Chattarshinji Hill, Poona (Ezekiel !).— 

 6". M. Country: Hubli, elevation 2,000 ft., rainfall 30 inches (Sedgwick & 

 Bell 4229!). 



Distribution : Throughout India. 



5. Digitaria longiflora, Pers. Syn. i (1805), 85 {non Trin.); Cke. ii, 941; 

 Siapf in Prain Fl. Trop. Afr. ix, 469 ; Haines in Bot. Bihar & Orissa 1008.— 

 Digitaria Pseudo-Durva, Schlechtend. in Linnsea, xxvi, 458.— D. linearis, 

 Schult. f. Mant. ii, 264 {non Roem. and Schult.).— D. tenuiflora, Stapf in Dyer 

 Fl. Cap. vii, 380 [non P. Beauv.) .—Pas palum longiflorum, Retz. Obs. iv, 15 

 {non Trin.) ; Baker Fl. Maurit. 431 ; Hook. f. in F.B.I, vii, 17 {partim).—P. 

 brevifolium, Fluegge Gram. Monogr. 150. — P. Pseudo-Durva, Nees Fl. Afr. 

 Austr. 21.— P. filiculme. Nees ex Thw. Enum. PI. Zeyl. 358. — Panicum longi- 

 florum, Gmel. Syst. 158.— P. parvulum, Trin. Pan. Gen. 117.— P. argyrot- 

 richum, Durand & Schintz Consp. Fl. Afr. v, 741 {non Anders.) .—Milium 

 filiforme, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i, 314. 



Digitaria tenuiflora, P. Beauv. given as a synonym by Cke. seems to be a 

 different species. It is apparently a perennial of erect habit and with long 

 narrow leaves. 



Description : Cke. 1. c. 



Locality: Deccan: Deolali (Blatter & Hallberg 9835 !).— S. M. Country: 

 Dry uplands, Dharwar, elevation 2,400 ft., rainfall 34 inches (Sedgwick 2653 !) ; 

 Belgaum (Herb. Bot. Gard. Cal.).— Kanara : Halyal (Talbot 2310!) ; Londa 

 (Bhide!). 



Distribution : Throughout India, Ceylon, tropical and S. Africa, Mada- 

 gascar, Mascarenes, Malaya. 



6. Digitaria Royleana, Prain Beng. PI. (1903), 1181 ; Cke. ii, 942; Haines in 

 Bot. Bihar & Orissa 1008.— Paspalum Royleanum, Nees ex Thw. Enum. 

 (1864), 358 ; Hook. f. in F.B.I, vii, 18 ; Trin. Fl. Ceyl. v, 125. 



Description : Cke. 1. c. 



Locality : Konkan : St. Xavier's^ College compound (McCann 4533 !) ; 

 Mulgaum, Salsette (McCann 9523 !).— Deccan : Khandala (McCann 3651!); 

 Lonavla (Herb. Econ. Bot. Poona!) ; Purandhar Fort (Bhide!) ; Lina Hill, 

 Nasik District (Blatter & Hallberg 4542 !); Lohagad, way up (McCann 9512 !); 

 Katraj Ghat, 11 miles S.E. of Poona (Bhide!) ; Panchgani, slopes below 

 Third Tableland (Blatter & Hallberg B1229 !) ; Panchgani, Maratha Well 

 (Blatter & Hallberg B1224 !, B1281 !) ; Mahableshwar, in a garden, elevation 

 4,500 ft., rainfall 270 inches (Sedgwick & Bell 4584 !) ; Suvasni Ghat 

 (Woodrow).— 5. M. Country : Dharwar, elevation 1,600 ft., rainfall 34 inches 

 (Sedgwick 2843 !) ; Belgaum (Herb. Bot. Gard. Cal. I).— Kanara : (Talbot!) 



Distribution : Hilly districts throughout India, Ceylon ; apparently not in 

 tropical Africa. 



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