240 Jour., Bom. Nat. Hist. Soc, Vol. XXXIII, No. 2 [Fed. 15, 1929. 



whether it belongs to A. Adscensionis . If it is Retz.'s species we would have 

 to add A depressa, Retz. to the Bombay Flora, as it is considered to be a 

 species distinct from A. Adscensionis. 



For the benefit of botanists who wish to clear up this point we quote 

 from Henrard, p. 137, where he points out the difference between the two 

 species. ! Well -developed plants (of A. depiessa) have sterile innovation- 

 shoots but the root-system is rather faint and much resembles that of annual 

 grasses. The blades are thin and setaceously coavolute and the panicles are 

 very loose and open. The spikelets differ from those of A. Adscensionis in the 

 very unequal length of the glumes, the lower glume is about fas long as the 

 upper and both are moreover very acute, the lower distinctly awned.the upper 

 without a bifid apex and slightly pointed.' 



Locality: Sind : Laki (Bhide! ) ; Sehwan to Laki, foot of hills (Sabnis 

 B612 !) ; Umerkot, sand dunes (Sabnis B1075 !) ; Tatta (Blatter & McCann 

 D626 !), Kullan Kote Lake (Blatter & McCann D62S ! ) . — Gujarat : Ahmedabad 

 (Saxton 1066!); Bhuj Hill, Cutch (Blatter 3769!); road to Lasandra 

 (Chibber!); Sevalia (Chibber !) ; road to Gogka (Chibber!); Jetalsar, 

 Kathiawar (Woodrow ±3) .—Khan desk : Bor, Tapti River (Blatter & Hallberg 

 5412 !) ; Toranmal (McCann A230 \).—Deccan : Pashan (Gammie !) ; Manmad 

 (Blatter 9973 !) ; Happy Valley, Ahmednagar District (Chibber !) ; Panchgani 

 (Blatter & Hallberg B1315 !) ; Poona (Cooke, Woodrow) ; Bowdhan Hill near 

 Poona (Woodrow 38).— 5". M. Country : Dharwar, 2,400ft., rainfall 34 inches 

 (Sedgwick & Bell 4346 !) ; Haveri (Talbot 2181 !) ; Ranibennur (Jouvhkat !) ; 

 Gokak Hills (Bhide !). 



Distribution : Most warm countries. 



2. Aristida setacea Retz. Obs. iv (1786), 22; Hook. f. in F.B.I, vii, 225 ; 

 Cke. ii, 1008 ; Haines Bot. Bihar & Orissa 977. 



We are not in a position to say how far Hook, f.'s synonymy is correct. 



Description : Cke. I.e. 



Locality : Gujarat : Rajkot, Kathiawar (Woodrow).— Khandesh : Dadgaum 

 (McCann 9764 !) —Konkan : Vetora (Sabnis 33677 !) ; Vengurla, sea coast 

 (Chibber !) ; Salsette ( Graham) . —Deccan : Manmad (Blatter 229 !) ; Khandala 

 (Graham) ; Ganeshkhind Botanic Gardens (Patwardhan !).— 6". M. Country : 

 Kappatgudd Hills, 2,600 ft., rainfall 30 inches (Sedgwick & Bell 5217!) ; 

 Dharwar, 2,500 ft., rainfall 34 inches (Sedgwick 1822 !); dry hills and fields 

 N. of Dharwar (Sedgwick 3778 !) ; Byadgi (Talbot 1759 !) ; Badami (Bhide !).- 

 Kanara : Karwar, common (Sedgwick & Bell 5065 !) ; Halyal (Talbot 2161 !). 



Distribution : Bihar, W. Peninsula, Mas. arene Islands. 



3. Aristida Hystrix, Linn f. Suppl. (1781), 113 [non Thunbg.) ; Roxb. Fl. 

 Ind. i, 350 ; Graham 335 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 295 ; Hook. f. in F.B.I, vii, 225 ; Cke. 

 ii, 1009. 



Description : Cke. I.e. — Hooker f.'s statement (I.e.) that the callus is 

 naked is not correct. Cke. (I.e.), however, is right when saying that it is shortly 

 villous. 



Locality: Gujarat: Daman, on sand hills (Bhide !).— 5. M. Country: 

 Tadas, dry hillsides, 2,000 ft., rainfall 35 inches (Sedgwick 3823 !) ; Dharwar 

 (McCann !, Sedgwick !) ; Haveri (Talbot 2182 !) ; Badami (Bhide !, Cooke, 

 Woodrow). 



Distribution : Central Provinces, W. Peninsula. 



4. Aristida mutabiHs, Trin. & Rupr. in Mem. Acad. Petersb. ser. vi (1842), 

 150 ; Hook, f . in. F.B.I, vii, 226, excl. aliquib. syn.—A. articulata, Edgew. in 

 Journ. Proc. Linn. Soc. vi (1862), 209 ; Aitchis. Cat. Panjab PI. 164 ; Duthie 

 Grass. N. W. Ind. 26, Fodd. Grass. N, Ind. 47.-^? mulabilis, Trin. & Rupr. 

 var. tangensis, Henrard I.e. ii (1927), 3Q&.—A. longeradiala, Steud. Syn. PI 

 Glum. (1855), 140.— A. hoggariensis, Batt & Trib. Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. Tome 

 liii, serie iv, Tome vi (1906), Sess. extraor. avril 1906, p. xxxii.— A. mutabilis, 

 Trin. & Rupr. var. hoggariensis, Henrard 1 c. ii (1927), 239 



The following synonyms given by Hook. f. I.e. must be excluded : Aristida 

 Kunthiana, Trin. & Rupr. in Mem. Acad. Petersb. ser. vi (1842), 151, a dist- 

 inct specie?,.— Aristida meccana, Hochst. ap. Trin. & Rupr. I.e. 152, a distinct 

 species. 



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