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var. paludosum, Cooke in Fl. Bomb, ii, 937 {non Stapf ).t-/>. proliferum 

 Haines in Bot. Bihar & Orissa 995 {non Lam.)—/*, proliferum, Prain in 

 Beng. Plants 1176 {non Lam.).— P. decompositum var. paludosum, Trim. Cat. 

 Ceyl. PI. 105. 



The explanation for the above synonymy is contained in a note given by 

 Stapf (in Prain Fl. Trop. Afr. ix, 719) to justify his new species Panicum longi- 

 jubatum, Stapf of tropical Africa which, on a previous occasion, he had describ- 

 ed as var. longijubaium of P. proliferum (in Dyer Fl. Cap. vii, 406). 



• The P. proliferum of authors covers a number of allied yet clearly distinct 

 species. The name is Lamarck's, but since Hitchcock (in Contrib. U. S. Nat. 

 Herb. xii. 147) has shown that his plant so named is identical with P. miliare, 

 Lam., P. proliferum becomes a synonym unconnected with any of the forms 

 so far referred to it. Of these, one, namely Hooker's P. proliferum (Fl. Brit. 

 Ind. vii. 50) , is identical with Roxburgh's P. paludosum (Roxb. Fl., Ind. ed. 

 Carey, i. 307), another, a native of America, is P. dichotomiflorum, Michx. 

 (Fl. Bor. Am. i. 48). Both appear to me sufficiently distinct from the African 

 plant described above ; P. paludosum mainly by its conspicuously larger and 

 more finely acuminate spikelets ; P. dichotomiflorum by its pronounced 

 branching habit and the smaller number of nerves of the upper glume 

 (mostly 7) and lower valve (5-7, mostly 5).' 



Description : Cke. I.e. 



Locality : Konkan : Byculla (McCann A140 ! ) ; Sewri (McCann 3641 ! ) ; 

 Salsette (Lisboa teste Cooke).— Deccan: Khandala (McCann 5310!); Poona 

 (Lisboa teste Cooke) ; Lonavla ( Lisboa teste Cooke). — S. M. Country : Devarayi 

 (Sedgwick 4118 !). — Kanara : Gersoppa Falls, on rocks in river bed, common 

 (Hallberg & McCann A139 !) ; Karwar (Hallberg & McCann A124 !). 



Distribution: India, Ceylon. (It certainly does not occur in tropical and 

 S. Africa, but whether it extends eastwards beyond India we are not able to 

 say). 



10. Panicum antidotale, Retz. Obs. fasc. 4 (1786), 17 ; Hook f. in F.B.I, vii, 



52 ; Cke. ii, 937 ; Blatter Fl. Aden 372.— For other references and synonyms see 

 Hook. f. I.e. 



Description ■ Cke. I.e. 



Locality : Sind : (Stocks 659 teste Cooke) ; Karachi to Landi (Burns !) ; Laki 

 (Bhide!;; Sukkur ( Woodrow teste Cooke) ; Clifton, near Karachi (Sabnis 

 B797 !) ; Umerkot, sand dunes (Sabnis B1080 !) ; Mirpurkhas (Bhide !) ; 

 Mirpurkhas, in fallow fields (Sabnis B1208!); J amesabad, in fields (Sabnis 

 B1154 !) ; Sanghar (Sabnis B769 ! ) ; Gharo ( Blatter & McCann DS06 ! , D608 ! ) . 

 —Gujarat: Bhuj, Rhodi Maka, Cutch (Blatter 3751 !) ; Sumrasar, Cutch 

 (Blatter 3760 !) ; Kathiawar (Woodrow teste Cooke).— S. M . Country: Dharwar 

 (Garade !) ; Londa (Woodrow teste Cooke). 



Distribution: Arabia, Afghanistan, Punjab, Upper Gangetic Plain, W. Pen- 

 insula, Ceylon, Australia. 



11. Panicum montanum, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i (1832), 313 [excl.descr. gluma sup. 

 florali) ; Kunth Enum. PL 126 ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 412 ; Hook. f. F. B. I. vii, 



53 ; Cke. ii, 938 ; Haines Bot. Bihar & Orissa, 996.— .P. courtallense , Nees & 

 Arn. ex Wight Cat. no. 2342 ; Steud. Syn. Gram. 83.— P. euchroum, Steud. 

 I.e. 98. 



Description: Cke. I.e. 



Locality: Konkan : Pen, hills (Bhide!) ; Kenery Caves (McCann A134 !, 

 A136 !).— Deccan : Lohagad, halfway up (McCann A137 !) ; Khandala 

 (McCann A136 !) ; Lonavla (Garade !).— 5. M. Country : Castie Rock, on hill 

 behind station (Bhide \).— Kanara : Dandeli (Talbot 2243 !) ; Kala Nuddie 

 (Herb. Econ. Bot. Poona!); Karwar, hillside in shade of trees (Hallberg & 

 McCann A135 !, Talbot !) ; Sumpkhund (Hallberg & McCann 9935 !). 



Distribution : Hotter hilly parts of India, Ceylon, Penang, Malaya, China^ 

 Philippines. 



12. Panicum auritum, Presl ex Nees Agrost. Bras. 176 ; Rel. Haenk. i, 305 ; 

 Trio. Pan. Gen. 176 ; Kunth Enum. PI. i, 113 ; Steud. Syn. Gram. 70 ; Baker 

 Fl. Maurit. 437 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. hi, 45S ; Hook. f. F.B.I, vii, 40; Haines 

 Bot. Bihar & Orissa. 995.— P. insulicola, Steud. 1. c. 78.— P. javanum, Nees 



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