242 Jour., Bom, Nat. Hist. Soc, Vol. XXXIII, No. 2 [Feb. 15, 1929. 



Locality: Sind (ex Boiss.). 



Distribution : Pturjab, Sind, Baluchistan. 



6. Aristida hirtigluma, Steud. Norn. ed. 2, pt. 1 (1840), 131, et Syn. Gram. 

 (1855), 144 ; Trin. & Rupr. in Mem. Acad. Petersb. (1842), 171 ; Aitchis. Cat. 

 Panjab. PI. 164; Duthie Grass. N. W. Ind. 26; Fodd. Grass. N. Ind. 47 ; 

 Boiss. Fl. Or. v. 496 ; Hook, f . in F. B. I. vii, 227, excl. aliquibus syn. ; Cke. 

 ii, 1009.-^4. ciliata, Steud. Hochst, herb. arab. un. it. no. 165 (non Desf.) ex 

 Henrard.— A. ciliata, Steud. & Hochst. ex Steud. Nom, ed. 2, pt. 1 (1840), 

 131 {non Desf.).— A. Schimperi, Hochst. & Steud. ex Steud. I.e. 143.— Arthra- 

 therum ciliatum, Nees Fl. Afr. Austr. i, Gramineae (1841), 182, excl. syn. 



The following synonyms cited by Hook. f. in F. B. I. vii, 228 have to be 

 excluded : 



Aristida decorata, Steud. Syn. PI. Glum. (1855), 421, which is A. Raddiana* 

 Savi.— Aristida paradisea, Edgew. in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xvi, ii (1847), 

 1219, which is a distinct species. See Blatter Fl. Aden in Rec. Bot. Survey 

 Ind. vii, 3 (1916), 380.— Aristida pogonoptila, Boiss. Fl.Or. v. (1884), 496, a 

 distinct species. 



Description: Cke. I.e. 



Locality : Sind: Bholari (Bhide!) ; Sehwan, sand hills (Bhide !) ; Laki 

 (Bhide !) ; hills near Bullo Khan (Woodrow !) ; Sehwan to Laki, foot of hills 

 (Sabnis B614 !). 



Distribution: Tunis, Upper Egypt, Sinai, Syria, Nubia, Abyssinia, Eritrea,. 

 Highlands of Somaliland, Arabia, Sind, Punjab. 



7. Aristida hystricula, Edgew. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vi (1862), 208; Aitchis. Cat. 

 Punjab PL 164 ; Duthie Grass. N. W. Ind. 26 ; Fodder Grass. N. Ind. 47 ; 

 Hook. f. F. B. I. vii, 227 ; Cke. ii, 1009. 



Description: Cke. I.e. — Henrard I.e. ii (1927), 251, points out that ' the most 

 striking character, a character neglected by all the authors who studied the 

 species, is the densely hairy bifid callus.' Hooker I.e., therefore, when saying 

 that the callus is ' minute, glabrous ' is not correct. Cooke does not describe 

 the callus. — Apparently no Indian species has a naked callus. 



Locality: Sind: Laki (Bhide !) ; Bholari (Bhide !) ; Hyderabad (Bhide !) ; 

 Jamadar ka Landa near Karachi (Stocks 1187). 



8. Aristida funiculata, Trin. & Rupr. in Mem. Acad. Petersb. ser. 6, vii (1849), 

 159 ; Aitchis. Cat. Panjab PI. 164 ; Boiss. Fl. Or. v, 492 {partim) ; Duthie Fodd. 

 Grass. N. Ind. 47 ; Hook. f. in F. B. I. vii, 226 ; Cke. ii, 1010 —A. macrathera, 

 Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii (1851), 393; Boiss. I.e. 493 {Macranthera).— A.Mai lica, 

 Edgew. in Journ. Proc. Linn. Soc. vi (1862), 206.— A. funiculata, Trin.&Rupr. 

 var. mallica, Henrard I.e. ii (1927), 328. —A. paradoxa, Steud. ap. Schmidt 

 Fl. Cap. Verd. (1852), 140.— A. funiculata, Trin. & Rupr. var. paradoxa, Hen- 

 rard I.e. ii (1927), 425. 



Description: Cke. ii, 1010. 



Locality: Sind: Mirpurkhas (Sabnis B1038 !) ; Gharo (Blatter & McCann 

 D622 !) ; Tatta, tombs (Blatter & McCann D623 !) ; Ghulamalla (Blatter & 

 McCann D624 !) ; Jam village (Woodrow 19). — Gujarat : Red earth upland N. 

 of Taloda (Sedgwick!) ; dry waste land, Ahmedabad (Sedgwick!) ; Bhuj, 

 Bhodir Maka, Cutch (Blatter 3728 \).—Khandesh : Bor, Tapti River (Blatter & 

 Hallberg 4416 !) ; Amalner, Bori River (Blatter & Hallberg 5108 \).—Deccan : 

 Poona (Lisboa) ; Dapuri near Poona (Jacquemont 489) ; Pashan near Poona 

 (Gammie !) ; Kirkee to Poona, railway line (Garade 816 !) ; Katraj Ghat (Bhide 

 1041 !) ; Panchgani (Blatter & Hallberg B1310 !) ; Satara (Lisboa) ; Sholapur 

 (Lisboa) ; Wai (Talbot 4483!); Nasik (Bourke !) ; Bairawadi, Purandhar 

 (McCann 5062 !) ; Rahuri (Nana A227 \).-S. M. Country: Dry fields Yelvigi 

 1,800 ft., rainfall 28 inches, (Sedgwick & Bell 4898 !) ; Belgaum (Woodrow) ; 

 near Belgaum (Woodrow !) ; Badami (Bhide !), 



Distribution: Punjab, Rajputana, W. Peninsula, Baluchistan, Arabia, tropical 

 Africa. 



9. Aristida redacta, Stapf in Kew Bull. (1892), 85 ; Hook, f, in F. B. I. vii, 

 227; Cke. ii, 1010.— Stipa aristoides, Stapf ex Lisboa in Journ. Bomb. Nat. 

 Hist. Soc. vii (1893), 358 ; Prain Beng. PL 1211. 



Description: Cke. I.e. 



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