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Fodd. Grass. N. Ind. 7 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. vii, 474 ; Hook. f. in F.B.I, vii, 28 ; 

 Cke. ii, 929.— P. brizoides, Jacq. Eclog. Gram. (1813), 2, t. 2; Roxb. Fl. Ind. 

 i, 293 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 290 ; Duthie Grass. N. W. Ind. 2 ; Aitchis, 

 Cat. Panjab PL 159 ; Baker Fl. Maurit 433. — P. floridum Royle 111. Bot. 

 Himal. 420. 



Description : Cke. ii, 929. 



Locality : Sind : Sanghar (Sabnis B762!). — Gujarat: Near Surat (Dalzell & 

 Gibson teste Cooke) ; Morvi, Kathiawar (Woodrow teste Cooke) ; Porbandar, 

 Kathiawar (Woodrow teste Cooke).— Konkan : Mulgaum (McCann 9579!); 

 Thana (McCann 8726!); N. & S. Konkan (Laws teste Cooke).— Deccan : 

 Poona (Bhide !) ; Mr. Gammie's compound, Kirkee (Bhide 894 !) ; Khandala 

 (Woodrow teste Cooke!). — 5. M. Country: Konankeri, in a small tank, 

 elevation 1,800 ft., rainfall 40 inches (Sedgwick & Bell 4954!) ; Belgaum 

 (Herb, Econ. Bot. Poona \),—Kanara : Yellapore (Talbot!); Halyal (Talbot 

 2095!). 



Distribution : Plains of India, Ceylon, tropical Asia (not in tropical Africa as 

 reported by Hook. f. and Cooke). 



2. Paspalidium punctatura, A. Camus in Lecomte Fl. l'lndo-Chine, vii, 419 ; 

 Haines in Bot. Bihar & Orissa 1001 {erronee attribuens combinationem 

 Stapfio).—Panicum punctatum, Burm* Fl. Ind. (1768), 26; Hook. f. in 

 F.B.I, vii, 29 ; Cke. ii, 929. 



Description : Cke. I.e. 



Locality : Deccan : Poona (Woodrow, Lisboa) ; Ahmednagar (Woodrow). 

 Distribution : Throughout India in marshes, Ceylon, Malaya (not in tropical 

 Africa). 



3. Paspalidium geminatum, Stapf in Prain Fl. Trop. Afr. ix (1920), 583 ; 

 Haines in Bot. Bihar & Orissa 1002.— Panicum geminatum, Forsk. Fl. 

 Aegypt.— Arab. 18 ; Schweinf. in Bull Herb. Boiss. ii, App. ii, 19 ; Hack, in 

 Bull Herb. Boiss. iv, App. iii, 14 ; Hitchcock & Chase in Contrib. U.S. Herb, 

 xv, 30.— P. fluitans, Retz. Obs. iii, Set v, 18 ; Willd. Sp. PL i, 338 ; Kunth Enum. 

 i, 78 ; Steud. Syn. PL Glum, i, 59 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. iii, 455 ; Baker Fl. Maurit. 

 433 ; Cke. ii, 929.— P. brizoides, Lam. 111., 1, 170 (non Retz.).— P. paspaloides, 

 Pers. Svn. i, 81 ; Kunth Enum. i, 77 ; Steud. I.e. 60 ; Boiss. Fl. Or. v, 436 ; 

 Balfour f . Fl. Socotra 310 ; Hook. f. in F.B.I, vii, 30, in Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v, 135.— 

 P. beckmannitzforme, Mikan ex Trin. in Spreng. Neue Entdeck. ii, 83 ; 

 Spreng. Syst. i, 309.— P. truncatum, Trin. Diss. ii. 130, et Sp. Gram. Ic. t. 168. 

 — P. affine, Nees Agrost. Bras. 113.— P. brizaeforme, Presl Rel. Haenk. 302 ; 

 Steud. I.e. 60.— P. numidianum, Sieb. ex Schult. Mant. ii, 267 {non Lam.). 

 P. carnosmn, Saizni. ex Steud. I.e.— P. appressum, Doell. in Mart. Fl. Bras, ii, 

 ii, 184. — P. glomeratum-, Buckl. Prel. Rep. Geol. Agr. Surv. Tex. app. 3 {non 

 Moench.).— P. turgidum, Cheval Sudania 2S.—Paspalum appressum, Lam. 111. 

 i, 176. — Digitaria appressa, Pers. I.e. 85.— D. affinis, Roem. & Schult. Syst. 

 ii, 470. 



Description : Cke. ii, 929. 



Locality: Sind: Munchar Lake (Stocks teste Cooke) ; Tatta (Blatter & 

 McCann D611 !, D612 !).— Gujarat : Porbandar (Bhide !) ; Lasundra (Chibber!); 

 Ahmedabad, canal banks (Sedgwick !) ; Cutch, Anjar, tank (Blatter 3745 !). — 

 Khandesh : Dhulia (Chibber !) ; Borod, growing in water, partly submerged 

 (McCann A97 !). — Konkan: Mahaluxmi (Sabnis 5449!) ; opposite Kantwadi, 

 sandy shore, Bandra (Vakil A99 !) : Victoria Gardens (McCann A100 !) ; common 

 in Bombay Isl. (McCann ^.—Deccan : Bund Gardens, Poona (Garade 343!) ; 

 sides of stream Dangar Guy, Ahmednagar (T. Cooke 6 !) ; Manmad, river bed 

 (Blatter A94 !) ; Sholapur Tank, in water (D'Almeida A95 !) ; Pashan 

 (Gammie !) ; Igatpuri (Blatter & Hallberg 5492 !).— S. M. Country : Dharwar 

 (Sedgwick 3692 !) ; Shiggaon (Sedgwick 2081 \).—Kanara : Halyal (Talbot 

 2149!). 



Distribution : More or less throughout India, Ceylon, Afghanistan, Arabia^ 

 tropical Africa and America. 



48. Urochloa, Beauv. Agrost. 52, t. xi, fig. 1 ; Stapf in Prain Fl. Trop. 



Afr. ix, 586. 

 Perennial or annual . Leaves linear to lanceolate, flat; ligules aciliate rim. 

 Racemes sessile or subsessile on a common axis, simple or nearly so ; rhachis 

 more or less triquetrous with a low almost straight or zigzag facial angle or keel, 



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