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Khandala, in watercourse, on sandy soil (McCano 9824 !).— 6". M. Country \ 

 Konankeri, Dbarwar District, elevation 1,800 ft., rainfall 40 inches (Sedgwick 



6 Bell 4966!); W. of Dharwar, elevation 2,000 ft. rainfall 40 inches (Sedg- 

 wick & Bell 4452 !) ; Dastikop, elevation 2,500 ft., rainfall 35 inches (Sedgwick 

 2109!) ; Dharwar (Garade!) ; Beloaum (Herb. Bot. Gard. Cah \).~Kanarai 

 Halyal (Talbot 2297 !) ; Karwar (Herb. Econ. Bot. Poona 2297 !, 6181) ; Castle 

 Rock (Gammie !). 



Distribution : Tropics of the Old World. 



*2. Paspalum dilatatum, 1 Poir. Encvcl. v, 35; New South Wales Agric. 

 Gaz. x (1899), 32, with plate ; Trin. Diss. 11, 113, with plates; Agric. Grass. 

 U. S. 31-32; H. H. Mann in Dept. Agric. Bomb. Bull. 77, 68.— P. ovatum, 

 Nees ex Trin. Gram. Panic. 113.— P. pratense, Spreng Syst. i, 247.— P. Selloi, 

 Spreng. ex Nees Agrost. Bras. 43. 



Popular Names : Golden Crown Grass, Hairy-flowered Paspalum. 



Description : A tall, erect grass, about 1-1*5 m. high. Culm developing 

 from a thick rootstock with 3-5 leaves ; leaf at base of culm often about 30 cm. 

 long, 8-12 mm. broad, smooth on both sides, rugose along the margins. 

 Raceme 12-30 cm. long, having 5-10 somewhat spreading spikes, which are 



7 cm. or more in length, 2*5-5 cm. apart, upper ones gradually shorter. 

 Spikeiets closely arranged in 4 rows, two on each side of the narrow and nearly 

 straight axis in alternate pairs, 1*5-2 mm. wide, and 3-4 mm. long, ovate, 

 acutely pointed, crowded and overlapping each other, compressed, margins 

 clothed in silky hairs. Involucral glumes ovate, acute, 5-nerved, nearly smooth 

 except the fringe of white hairs on the margin. Floral glumes thick, hard, and 

 firm, very minutely punctate. Pale fitting inside the flowering glume and 

 enclosing the stigmas and styles. Anthers linear. Styles 2 ; stigmas blackish- 

 purple, plumose. 



Locality : Cultivated. See Mann, 1. c. 



Distribution : Virginia, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, S. America, especially 

 Brazil. 



Uses : One of the best fodder grasses in N. America and is extensively 

 •cultivated there. For a full account see Kew Bull. (1902), 1-4. 



3. Paspalum compactum, Roth Nov. PL Sp. (1821), 36 ; Kunth Enum. PL i, 61 ; 

 Sterna. Syn. Gram. 31 ; Hook. f. in F. B. I. vii, 12 ; Cke. ii, 943.— P. miliaria, 

 C. Muell. in Bot. Zeit. xix (1861), 325.— P. Canarce, Steud. 1. c. 58.— P. imper- 

 fecta n, Roxb. ex Kunth I.e. 



Description : Cke. I.e. 



Locality : Konkan : Tiwari-Pada, Bassein {Herb. Econ. Bot. Poona 1690 !) ; 

 Matheran, to Louisa Point (D'° Almeida A243 !).— Deccan : Khandala, growing 

 in gravelly soil, very common (McCann 9823 !) ; Igatpuri, very common 

 (McCann 4587 ! ) ; Panchgani, First Tableland (McCann B1300! , B1265 ! ) , Second 

 Tableland (McCann B1242 !, B1292 !) ; Mahableshwar (Cooke, Woodrow).— 

 *S\ M. Country : Londa (Bhide !) ; Belgaum (Hole 15 !). — Kanara : Yellapore 

 (Talbot 657 !) ; Tinai (Talbot 2566 !) ; Castle Rock, elevation 1,900 ft., rainfall 

 250 inches (Sedgwick 2752!); Karwar, Bingy Ghat (a very villious form, 

 McCann) (Talbot 1529 !) ; Devimani, elevation 1,300 ft. (McCann A17 !). 



Distribution : W, Peninsula of India. 



4. Paspalum \aginatum, Sw. Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. 21, Fl. Ind. Occ. i, 135; 

 Trin. Gram. Pan. 94, Panic. Gen. 53, Sp, Gram. Ic. t, 120 ; Kunth Enum. i, 

 52 ; Steud. Syn. PI. Glum, i, 20 ; Hitchcock & Chase in Contrib. U. S. Nat. 

 Herb, xviii, 307 {non P. Beauv. FL Owar.) ; Stapf in Prain FL Trop. Afr. ix, 

 570. — P. vaginaium, forma longipes, Lange in Vidensk. Medd. Naturh. Foren. 

 Kjobenh. (1854), 42, Pug. PL Hisp. i, 28.— P. distichum, N. L. Burm. Fl. Ind. 

 23 ; Gaertn. Fruct ii, 2, t. 80 ; Kunth 1. c. ; Steud. 1. c. 29 ; Baker Fl. Maurit, 

 431 ; Benth, FL Austr. vii, 460 ; Hack, in Forschungsr. S. M. S. ' Gazelle ' iv, 

 6 ; Hook. f. in F. B. I. vii, 12 ; Rendle in Journ. Linn. Soc„ Bot. xxxvi, 319 ; 

 Cke. ii, 943 ; Ridley Mat. Fl. Mai. Pen. iii, 124 ; Stapf in Dyer Fl. Cap. vii, 371 : 

 Merrill in Philipp. Journ- Sc. i, Suppl. i, 346 (non Linn.).— P. disti-chum, var. 

 vaginaium, Griseb, FL Brit W. Ind. 541— P. littorale, R. Br. Prodr. 188 ; Trin. 



1 We have to thank Mr. K. Biswas, the Curator of the Herbarium of the 

 Sibpur Botanic Garden, for most of the information contained under this 

 species. 



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