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involucral glume 5 mm. long ... 7. A. hystricula. 



b. Stems reaching 2 ft. high. Lower invo- 

 lucral glume 22 mm. long ... 8. A. funiculata. 

 II. Column of awn not truly articulate on the 



floral glume, though readily separating 9. A. redacta. 



1. Aristida Adscensionis, Linn. Sp. PI. (1753), 82 ; Kunth Enum. PI. i, 190 ; 

 S eud. Syn. Gram. 13b> ; Hook, f in F. B. I. vii, 294, excl. synonymis aliqui- 

 bus ; Cke. ii, 1008. — A. abyssinica, Trin. & Rupr. Sp. Gram. Stip. in Act. 

 Acad. Petrop. ser. vi, v (1842), 134.— ,4. canariensis, Willd. Enum. (1809), 

 99.— A. modatica, Steud. Syn. PL Glum. 1855), 139.— A. curvata, Nees var. 

 abyssinica, Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii (1851), 392.-^4. divaricala, Jacq. Eclog. 

 Gram. (1813), 7, t. 6 {non Humboldt <?/ Bonpl. nee Lagarca). — A. Heymanni, 

 Regel in Act. Hort. Petrop. vii, 2 (1881), 649—^4 hysirix, Duthie Fodd. Grass. 

 N.lnd, 47, t. 31 (non Linn, f.) — A. aethiopica, Trin. et Rupr. I.e. (1842), 134, 

 non 167 sicut habet Hook. f. — A. Adscensionis , Linn. var. aethiopica, Hook. f. 

 in F. B. I. vii, 225.-^4 Ehrenbergii Trin. et Rupr. I.e. (1842), 136.— A. Adscen- 

 sionis, Linn. var. Ehrenbergii, Henrard I.e. i (1926), 158.— A. festucoides, Poir, 

 Encyclop. i (1810), 453. — A. Adscensionis, Linn. var. festucoides, Henrard I.e. 

 i (1926), 177. — A. Adscensionis, Linn. var. angustifolia, Pilger in Henrard I.e. 

 i (1926), 9. — A. Adscensionis, Linn. var. typica, Stapf in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 

 vii, 224.-^4. Adscensionis, Linn. var. bromoides, Henrard I.e. i (1926), 62.— A. 

 coarctata, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. i (1815), 122.— A. debilis. Mez. in Fedde 

 Rep. sp. nov. xvii (1921), 151. — ^f. fasciculata, Torrey in Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. 

 New York i, pt. 1 (1824), 154.— A. Grisebachiana , Fournier Mex. PL pt. ii, 

 Gram. (1881), 78.— A. Adscensionis, Linn, subsp. guineensis, Henrard I.e. i 

 (1926), 216.-^4. Hermanni, Mez in Fedde Rep. sp. nov. xvii (1921), 153.-^4. 

 Adscensionis, Linn. var. humilis, Henrard I.e. (1927), 247. — A. interrupta, 

 Cav. lc. v. (1799), 45, t 471, fig. 2.— A luzoniensis, Cav. Ic. v (1799), 45, t. 

 470, fig. 2.— A. Adscensionis, Linn. var. condensata, Henrard Lc. ii (1927), 

 318. — A. macrochloa, Hochst. in Flora xxxviii (1855), 200. — A. maritima, 

 Sleud. Syn. PL Glum. (1855), 137.— A. mauritiana, Hochst. ex A. Rich. Tent. 

 Fl Abyss, ii (1851), 392.-^. mongholica, Trin. & Rupr. Lc. (1842), 133.-^4. 

 ?iana, Steud. Syn. PL Glum. (1855), 137.— A. nigrescens, Presl. Reliq. Haenk. 

 i (1830), 223.— Chcetaria canariensis, P Beauv. Agrost. 30. 



The above is a list of synonyms which have been included by Henrard under 

 A A iscensionis, Linn, either as representing the typical plant or as subspecies 

 and varieties. 



The following is a list of synonyms which Hook, f . in the F.B.I, (vii, 224, 225) 

 had cited under A. Adscensionis, but which have to be excluded according 

 to H en rard's recent investigations. 



Aristida ccerulescens, Desf. FL Atl. i (3798), 109, t. 21, f. 2, treated as a 

 distinct species by Henrard i, 99. — A. chcetophylla, Steud. Syn. PL Glum. 

 (1855), 420, no. 1086.-^4. depressa, Retz. Obs. iv (1786), 22 (ex Henrard i, 136). 

 —A. elatior, Cav. Ic. vi (1799), 65, t. 581, fig. 1 (non Doell), put by Henrard (p. 

 161) under A. ccerulescens, Desf.— A. gigantea, Linn. f. Suppl. (1,781), 113. 

 Henrard (i, 199) is doubtful about the identity of this species, as he has not seen 

 the type.— A. Jacquiniana, Tausch in Flora ii (1836), 508, considered by 

 Henrard (ii, 268) as a distinct species —A. paniculata, Forskal in FL Aegypt. 

 —Arab. (1775), 25. Hook. f. considers it to be identical with A. Adscensionis 

 ' ex descript.' Trinius, however, observes that Forskal's diagnosis agrees with 

 nearly all the Aristidas with naked awns. Before we can find Forskal's type it 

 will be impossible to place his plant with anything like certainty. (See Henrard 

 ii, 418).— A. mutabilis var. cequilonga, Trin. & Rupr. I.e. (1842), 150. Henrard 

 I.e. ii (1827), 366 retains A. mutabilis as a distinct species and considers the 

 specimen mentioned under the variety cequilonga as the type-specimen of A. 

 viutabilis .— Chcetaria ccerulescens, P. Beauv. Roem & Schult. Syst- ii, 294, 

 identical with A. ccerulescens, Desf. — C. depessa, P. Beauv. Agrost. 30.— C. 

 elatior, P. Beauv. Agrost. 30.— C. gigantea, P. Beauv. Agrost., doubtful. 



Description : Cke. ii, 1008. 



Note: Cooke includes under A. Adscensionis the plant called A. depressa, 

 Retz. Obs. iv (1789), 22 by Dalz. & Gibs, in their Flora of Bombay, and stated 

 by them to occur ' on dry hills \ Neither Cooke nor we have seen the speci- 

 men and so we cannot know whether it is the real 'Aristida depressa of Retz or 



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