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Laki (Sabnis B63 !) ; Hyderabad (Sabnis B49 !) ; Pad-Idan (Sabnis B516 !) ; 

 ChuarCh. (Blatter & McCann D616!, D621 !) ; Baghar (Blatter & McCarm 

 D617!); Mirpnr Sakro (Blatter & McCann D618!, D620!); Ghulamalla 

 (Blatter & McCann D619) ; Shikarpur (Woodrow).— Gujarat : Lasundra 

 (Chibber!); Anjor (Cutch), brackish water (Blatter 3743!); Ahmedabad 

 (Cowper !) ; Morvi, Kathiawar (Wcodrow). — Khandesh : Muravad, Tapti 

 bank (Blatter & Hallberg 4435!); Bor, Tapti Island (Blatter & 

 Hallberg 4439!); Dadgaum (McCann A104!); N. slope of Chanseli 

 (McCann A105!).— Konkan ; Bombay, salt swamps (Woodrow!); 

 Vetora (Sabnis 33589!); Charni Road, Bombay (Sabnis 4292!); 

 Bombay, very common (McCann!); Alibag, rice fields (Ezekiel!). — Deccan : 

 Pnrandhar Fort (Bhide !, McCann 5520 !); Nira Canal, Poona District (Chib- 

 ber !); Khandala, very common (McCann A101 !); Sholapur (D'Almeida 

 A102!); Igatpuri (Blatttr & Hallberg 5487 ! ; McCann 4331!); Deolali (Blatter 

 A103!); Poona, canal (Ezekiel !).— S. M. Country : Dharwar (Sedgwick 2655!) ; 

 Castle Rock (McCann A106!); Londa (Woodrow). — Kanara : Dongi Nallah 

 (Talbot !); Karwar (Talbot 614!). 



Distribution : Throughout the plains of India, Ceylon, all over the tropics and 

 the warm-temperate regions of the world. Probably of African and Indian 

 origin according to Stapf . 



The same author is of opinion that Panicum frumentaceum, Roxb. which 

 is grown in India as a grain crop, is evidently descended from Echinochloa 

 colona. Roxburgh's species may, therefore, be treated as a variety : 



y ■ var. frumentacea, Blatter & McCann . — Echinochloa frumentacea, Link. Hort. 

 Berol. i, 204 ; Aitchis. Cat. Panjab PL 161.— Panicum frumentaceum, Roxb„ 

 Fl. Ind. i, 304 ; Schult. Mant ii, 230; Trin. Sp. Gram. Ic. t. 164; Duthie 

 Grass. N. W Ind. 4, Field & Gard. Crops 3. t 24, Fodd. Grass. N. Ind. 8— 

 P. Crus-Galli, var. frumentaceum, Trim. Cat. Ceyl. PL (1885), 104.— 

 Echinochloa Crus-Galli, var. frumentacea, Haines in Bot. Bihar & Orissa 

 998. — Panicum siagninum, Retz. var. frumentacea, Cooke in Cke. ii, 931.— 

 Oplismenus frumentaceus, Kunth Rev. Gram, i, 45, Enum. PL i, 146; Dalz. 



6 Gibs. Bomb. FL Suppl. 98. 



Description : Tall, robust. Stems erect, from 60 to 120 cm. high. Panicle 

 often nodding. Spikes secund, incurved, crowded. Spikelets mostly 3-nate, 

 unequally pedicelled, one at least sessile, varying from hispidulous to almost 

 glabrous, and from acute to cuspidulate or rarely distinctly cuspidate. 



Locality : Cultivated in and near the Ghat districts. 



2. Echinochloa Crus-Galli, P. Beauv. Agrost. 161 ; T. Nees Gen. Fl. Germ. 

 Monocot. i, t. 21 ; Reichenb. Ic. Fl. Germ, i, t. 29, fig. 1411, 1412 ; Hitchc. in 

 Contr. U.S. Nat. Herb, xii, 213 ; Stapf in Prain Fl. Trop. Afr. ix, 610 ; Haines 

 in Bot. Bihar & Orissa, 998.— E. commutata, Schult. Mant. ii, 267.— 

 E. hispidula, Nees in Royle 111. Bot. Himal. 416; Dalz. & Gibs. Fl. Bomb, 

 Suppl. 98.— Panicum Crus-Galli, Linn. Sp. PL ed. i, 56 ; Fl. Dan. t. 1564 ; 

 Host, Gram. Austr. ii, 15, t. 19 ; Knapp Gram. Brit, xi, Trin. Sp. Gram. 

 Ic. t. 161, 162 ; Nees FL Afr. Austr. 58 ; Steud. Syn. PL Glum, i, 47 ; 

 Benth. Fl. Austr. vii, 479 {partim) ; Duthie List. Grass. N.W. Ind. 3 

 {partim) t. A. fig. 1; Boiss. Fl. Or. v, 435 ; Hook. f. in F.B.I, vii, 30 

 (partim) ; Stapf in Dyer FL Cap. vii, 397.— P. hispidum, Forst. Prodr. 



7 ; Nees Agrost. Bras. 257. — P. hispidulum, Retz. Obs. v, 18 ; Lam. 111. i, 171 ; 

 Roxb. Fl. Ind. i, 306 ; Nees FL Afr. Austr. 57 ; Royle 1. c. 420 ; Steud. Syn. 

 PI. Glum, i, 47. — P. oryzinum, Gmel. Syst. i, 157. — P. stagninum, Host. Gram. 

 Austr. iii, t. 51 (non Retz.).— P. Hostii, Marsch. Bieberst. Fl. Tauro-Cauc. iii, 

 57. — P. limosum, Presl ex Nees Agrost. Bras. 257. — Milium Crus-Galli, Moench 

 Meth. 202. — Oplismenus Crus-Galli, Dumort. Agrost. Belg. ; Kunth Rev. 

 Gram, i, 44, et Enum. i, 143 (excl. syn. P. zonale). — O. limosus, Presl. Rel. 

 Haenk. i, 321 : Kunth Enum. i, 144. — Orthopogon Crus-Galli, £pre]g. Syst. i, 

 307.— O. Retzii, Spreng. I.e. 



Description : Annual, up to 1 m. high. Stems geniculately ascending, 

 branched below, compressed towards the ba.se, glabrous and smooth, inter- 

 nodes enclosed or exserted. Leaf-blades linear, base scarcely narrowed, 

 narrowed to an acute point, 7-25 cm. by 6- over 12 mm., flat, subflaccid, 

 glabrous, more or less dull greyish-green, smooth or scaberulous below, 

 particularly towards the tip, margins finely cartilaginous, scabrid to almost 

 smooth. Sheaths somewhat loose, the lower often compressed, whitish and 



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