[Ftom the Journal of the Bombay Natural Hist. Soc., May 31, 1929.] 



REVISION OF 

 THE FLORA OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY 



BY 



E. Blatter, s.j., ph.d., f.l.s. 



PART IX 



GRAMINE^E 



BY 



E. Blatter and C. McCann 



{Continued from page 243 of this Volume) 



TRIBE IX. ZOYSIE/E 



74. Trachys, Pers. ; Cke. ii, 1013. 



1. Trachys mucronata, Pers. Syn. i (1805), 85 ; Beauv. Agrost. 107, t. 21, f. 7 ; 

 Hook. f. F.B.I, vii, 96 ; Cke. ii, 1014. — T. muricata, [per errorem pro mucro- 

 nata) Steud. Syn. Gram. 1\2.— Cenchr us muricatus , Linn. Mant. 302. — C. trip- 

 saceus, Herb. Linn, ex Munro in Journ. Linn. Soc. vi (1862), 55. — Trachy- 

 siachys geminata, A. Dietr. Sp. PI. ii, \Q. — Tripsachum distachyum, Herb. 

 Linn, ex Munro I.e.— Panicum dimidiatum, Burm. Fl. Ind. 25, t. 8, f . 3. — 

 P. squarrosum, Retz, Obs. iv (1786), 15, t. 1 ; Roxb. Cor. PI. iii, t. 206 ; Fl. Ind. 

 i, 288. 



Description : Cke. ii, 1014. 



Locality: S. M. Country: Badami (Bhide!, Cooke, Woodrow) ; Gokak 

 (Talbot !) ; Dharwar (Woodrow). 



Distribution : W. Peninsula, Ceylon. 



75. Nazia, Adans. Fam. PI. ii (1763), 581 ; Hitchcock Genera of Grass . 

 Unit. St. in Unit. St. Dept. Agric. Bull. 772 (1920), 165. 



{Tragus, Haller Stirp. Helv. ii (1768), 203 ; Cke. ii, 1014). 



The type species is Cenchrus racemosus, Linn, and the genus Nazia, Adans. 

 is based on this species. As to Tragus, Haller, this author, according to 

 Hitchcock, cites pre-Linnaean writers who connect Tragus with Cenchrus 

 racemosus, Linn. 



Species 3. — Tropical regions of both hemispheres. 



1. Nazia raceuiosa, Kuntze Rev. Gen. PI. iii, 357 ; Hitchcock Genera of 

 Grass. Unit. "St. in Unit. St. Dept. Agric. Bull. 772 (1920), 165.— Tragus 

 racemosus, Scop. Introd. Hist. Nat. 73 ; Desf. Fl. Atlant. ii, 386; Duthie 

 Grass. N. W. Ind. 13, lndig. Fodd. Grass, t. 14, Fodd. Grass. N. Ind. 22; 

 Hook. f. in. F. B. I. vii, 97 ; Cke. ii, 1014 ; Haines Bot. Bihar & Orissa (1924), 

 979.— T. brevicaulis, Boiss. Diag. PI. Or. Ser. i, xiii, 44. — Lap Pago racemosa, 

 Honck. Syn PI. Germ, i, 440 ; Host. Gram. Austr. i, t. 36 ; Sibth. Fl. Graec. 

 ii, t. 101 ; Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ, i, t. 30 ; Thw. Enum. PI. Zeyl. 362 ; Aitchis. 

 Cat. Panjab PI. 163 ; Benth. Fl. Austral, vii, 506 ; Miq. Fl. Ind Bat. iii, 473.- 

 L. biflora, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i (1832), 281 ; Grah. Cat. 234.— L allena, Dalz. & 

 Gibs. 295 {non Spreng.). — L. occidentalis, Nees in Schimp. PL Arab. Fel. ed ii, 

 No. 793. — Cenchr -us racemosus, Linn. Sp. PI. 1049. — C linearis, Lam. Fl. Franc. r 

 iii, 631.— Phalaris muricata, Forsk. Fl. Aeg —Arab. 302. 



Description : Cke. ii, 1014. 



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