22 Jour., Bom. Nat. Hist. Soc, Vol. XXXIII, No. 1 (\S>M 30, 1928. 



S59D !) ; Malhargad (Woodrow) ; Poona (Woodrow) ; Mahableshwar (Lisboa) ; 

 Pauchgani (Lisboa).— 5. M. Country: Badami (Bhide !, Woodow 23). 



Distribution: India (Rajputana, W. Peninsula), Arabia, CapeVerd Islands. 



5^. Pennisetum, Pers. Syn. i, (1805), 72 ; Cke. ii, 914. 



Species about 40.— In most warm countries. 



Cooke has 6 indigenous and 1 cultivated species. We add another cultivated 

 species : P. purpureum, Schum. & Thoun. The name P. cenchroides , Rich, has 

 to cede to P. ciliare, Link., and P. typhoideum. Rich, to P. spicatum, Roem. & 

 Schult. 



A, Anther-cells not bearded at the tips 



I. Bristles of involucel free to the base 



1. Inner bristles of involucel scaberulotis, 



not ciliate 



(a) Leaves 30-45 cm. long ... 1. P. Alopecuros. 



(b) Leaves 7-15 cm. long ... 2. P. dichotomum* 



2. Inner bristles of involucel ciliate below 



the middle, but naked at the base. 



Involucel stripitate ... ... 3. P. orientate. 



3. Inner bristles of involucel densely 



villous or ciliate below the middle, not 

 naked at the base. Involucel sessile 

 {a) Inner bristles of involucel den- 

 sely villous ... ... 4. P* pedicellatum* 



(<b) Inner bristles of involucel laxly 

 ciliate with long silky hairs, 

 not villous ... ... 5. P. setosum. 



II. Inner bristles of involucel dilated below, 

 their bases confluent in a coriaceous 

 disk ... ... ... ... 6. P. ciliare. 



B. Anther-cells more or less bearded at the tips 



Styles connate 

 I. Culms less than 2 m. high. Pale of upper 



floral glume truncate ... .. 7. P. spicatum. 



II. Culms more than 2 in. high. Pale of upper 



floral glume minutely 2-toothed ... 8. P purpureum. 



1. Pennisetum Alopecuros, Nees ex Steud Syn. Gram. (1855), 102; Duthie 

 Grass. N. W. Ind. 10 ; Lisboa in Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. v. (1890), 338; 

 Hook. f. F.B.I, vii, 84; Cke. ii, 914.— P. Uohenacheti, Hochst. ex Steud. I.e. 

 103. — P. aureum, Dalz. & Gibs. 294 — Gymnothrix Alopecuros, Nees in Wight 

 Cat. no. 1663 ; SteudA.c.—G. cenchroides, Roem. & Schult. Syst.ii, 499. 



Description : Cke. I.e. 



Locality: Sind: (Dalzell).— Gujarat : N. Sonasan, on dry sandy bank 

 (Sedgwick \).—Khandesh : Toranmal, very common around lake (McCann 

 9862 \).—Deccan : Poona (Woodrow !, Lisboa, Jacquemont 407) ; near Poona 

 (Gammie 15314!); Nasik (Bourke ! , Blatter & Hallberg 9863!, Lisboa); 

 Purandhar, N. foot (McCann 5045!); Lohagad, plain (McCann 9502!); 

 Panchgani (Blatter 3802 !, Blatter & Hallberg 1292 !, McCann!); Lonavla 

 (Lisboa).— S. M. Country: Dharwar (Sedgwick 3718!); Londa (Gammie 

 15827 !) ; Belgaum (Woodrow).— Kanara : Halyal (Talbot 2090 !). 



Commonly found in clumps on sandy soil near streams and lakes. It is 

 extremely tough and occupies sometimes large patches of land excluding almost 

 everything else. Dichanthium caricosum is commonly found growing together 

 with this grass. 



Distribution : Rajputana, C. India, W. Peninsula. 



Uses : ' In Poona brooms are said to be made of it, and at Mt. Abu it is 

 employed in the manufacture of cordage.' (Lisboa). 



2. Pennisetum dichotomum, Del. Fl. d'Egypt. (1813), 159, t. viii, fig. 1., Trin. 

 Diss, ii, 66, Pan. Gen. 94 ; Kunth Enum. PI. i, 161. Suppl. 110 ; Steud. Syn. 

 Gram. 105 ; Boiss. Fl. Or. v, 444 ; Aitchis. Cat. Panjab PI. 162 ; Dutbie Grass. 

 N. W. Ind. 10 ; Hook. f. F.B.I, vii, 85 ; Aschers.— Schweinf. 111. Fl. d'Eg. 161, 

 No. 1131 ; Cke. ii, 915.— P. phalaroides, Schult. Mant. ii, \\1 —Gymnothrix 

 longiglumis, Munro in Cat. Griff, etc. PI. 56 [nojnen). — Cenchrus ramosissimus 



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