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Poir. Encycl. vi, 51 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 294. — Phalaris retacea, Forsk. Fl. Aegypt. 

 — Arab. 20. — Panicum dichotomum, Forsk. I.e. 



Description: Cke. I.e. 



Locality: Sind : On sand hills (Stocks, Wood row ) ; Bholari (Bhide f) ; 

 Nasarpur, sandy plains (Sabnis B1050 !) ; Sehwan, sand dunes (SabnisB673 !). — 

 Gujarat : la hedges (Dalzell & Gibson). 



Distribution : Punjab, N. W. Provinces, W. Peninsula, Afghanistan, Persia, 

 Arabia, Syria, Sinai, Egypt. 



Uses : Collected for fodder, one of the most valuable of desert plants. 



3. Pennisetum orientale, Rich, in Pers. Syn. i (1805), 72 ; Boiss. Fl. Or v, 445 ; 



Duthie Grass. N. W. Ind. 10 ; Hook. f. F.B.I, vii, 86 ; Cke. ii, 915 ; Muschler 

 Fl. Egypt (1912), 66; Haines Bot. Bihar & Orissa 986. — P. arenosum, Edgew. 

 in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xxi (1852), 180 ; Aitchis Cat. Pan jab PI. 162 ; Duthie 

 Grass. N. W. Ind. 10.— P. persicum, Boiss. & Biihsein Nov. Mem. Soc. Nat. 

 Mosc. xii (1860), 232. -P. sinaicum. Dene, in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 2. ii (1834), 11 ; 

 Aitchis. I.e. ; Duthie I.e.— P. tiberiadis, Boiss. Diagn.ser. i, xiii. 4£.—Cenchrus 

 orientalis, Willd. ex Trin. Diss, ii, 69.— Panicum orientate, Willd. Enum, Hort. 

 Berol. ii 1031. 



Description : Cke. ii, 915. 



Locality: Sind: Hyderabad (Woodrcw !) ; Mirpurkhas (Mankhad !). — 

 Konkan : Victoria Gardens, Bombay (McCann 4385 !). 



Distribution : W. Himalaya, Punjab, W. Peninsula, Persia, Syria, Cilicia, 

 Sinai, Egypt, Algeria. 



4. Pennisetum pedicel latum, Trin. in Mem. Acad. Petersb. ser. 6, iii, pt. 2 (1835) ¥ 

 184 : Hook. f. F.B.I, vii, 86 ; Cke. ii, 916 ; Haines Bot. Bihar & Orissa 986.— 

 P. lanuginosum, Hochst. in Flora xxv (1842), Beibl. i, 133 ; A. Rich. Tent. Fl. 

 Abyss, ii, 385 ; Lisboa in Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. v (1890), 339.— For 

 further synonyms see Hook, f . 



Description : Cke. ii, 916. 



Locality: Gujarat: (Lisboa); Rajkot ( Woodrow).— Khandesh : Toranmal 

 in watercourse (McCann 9868 \).—Deccan : College Farm, Poona (Garade !). 

 Distribution : Bihar, Rajputana, W. Peninsula, tropical Africa. 



5. Pennisetum setosum, Rich, in Pers. Syn. i (1805), 72; Hook, f F.B.I, vii, 87, 

 Cke. ii, 916 ; Haines Bot. Bihar & Orissa 986.— P. barbaium, Schult. Mant 

 ii, 147.— P. holcoides, Schult I.e. 148 ; Duthie Grass. N.W. Ind. 10, lndig. Fodd. 

 Grass, t. 49, Fodd. Grass. N. Ind. 17.— P. purpurascens, H. B. & K. Nov. 

 Gen. & Sp. i, 113.— Panicum barbatum, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i, 282 . — Panicmrt 

 holcoides, Roxb. I.e. 285. 



Description : Cke. ii, 916. — Our specimens from Khandesh have the bristles 

 quite free from hairs. 



Locality : Sind: Hyderabad (Woodrow). — Gujarat: Ahmedabad, No. 6 

 grass plot Bhadar (Sedgwick \) .— Khandesh : To Toranmal (McCann 9869 !) ; 

 Chanseli Hill, S. slope (McCann 9867 !). 



Distribution : India (W. Bengal, Bihar, Upper Gangetic Plain, W. Peninsula) y 

 tropical Africa and America. 



6. Pennisetum ciliare, Link. Hort. Berol. i (1827), 213 ; Boiss. Fl. Or. v, 445 ; 

 Aschers.-Schweinf. 111. Fl. d'Eg-161, no. 1132 ; Sickenberg Contrib. FL d'Eg. 

 301 ; Muschler FL Eg. i, 65.-Cenchrus ciliaris, Linn. Mantiss. ii, 302 ; Desf. 

 Fl. Atlant. ii, 387 .-Pennisetum cenchroides, Rich, in Pers. Syn. i (1805), 72 ; 

 Beauv. Agrost. 59, t. 13, f . 5 ; Aitchis. Cat. Panjab PL 162; Lisboa in Journ. 

 Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. v (1890), 338 ; Duthie Grass. N.W.Ind. 10, lndig. Fodd. 

 Grass, t. 12, 13, Fodd. Grass. N. Ind. 17. 



Fern. Names : Jiral, Anjan, Dhaman (Sind), Vaghnoru (Gujarat). 



Description : Cke. ii, 916. 



Locality: Sind: (Burns I); Mirpurkhas (Mankad !, Sabnis B1043!); Jaco- 

 babad (Deputy Commissioner!;; Sanghar (Sabnis B892!); Clifton, near 

 Karachi (Sabnis B805 !); Jamadar kaLanda, near Karachi (Stocks); Sehwan 

 to Laki (Sabnis B620!); Nasarpur (Sabnis B1056!); Umerkot, sand dunes 

 (Sabnis B1079f); Tatta, Kullan Kote Lake (Blatter & McCann D630 !, 

 D631 !, D633!), Tatta (Blatter & McCann D632 !, D634 !, D635 !)!; Indus Delta 

 (Blatter & McCann D636l).-Gttjarat: Nadiad (Chibber !); Dohad, (Chibber !); 

 Daman (Bhide !); Surat (Gammie !); Ahmedabad (Sedgwick !.)'; near Madalpur, 



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