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(McCann !) ; Alibag (Ezekiel !) ; Uran (Hallberg & McCann 5130 !) ; Parel, 

 Bombay Island (Woodrow) ; Bassein (Woodrow). — Deccan : Igatpuri (Blatter 

 & Hallberg 5192!, McCann!); Bairawadi, Purandhar (McCann 8739!); 

 Lohagad, way up (McCann 9504 !) ; Khandala, very common (Blatter 4375 !, 

 5440 !, McCann !) ; Lonavla (Woodrow 165) ; Poona (Woodrow) ; Katraj Ghat 

 (Bhide!) ; Panchgani (Blatter 5387 !, Blatter & Hallberg B1243 !) ; Mahableshwar 

 (Talbot 4511!).— 5. M. Country: Marshes N. of Belgaum (Ritchie 846); 

 Dharwar (Sedgwick 2114 !).— Kanara : Karwar, sandy fields by the sea 

 (Sedgwick & Bell 5086!) ; Castle Rock (Gammie 15723!) ; Dudsagar Falls 

 (McCann 9985!). 

 Distribution ; India, Ceylon, tropical Asia. 



8. Eragrostis gangetica, Steud. Syn. Gram. (1855), 266; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v, 

 293; Stapf in Dyer Fl. Cap. vii (1900), 617 ; Prain Beng. PI. 1221 ; Cke. ii, 



1025 ; Haines Bot. Bihar & Orissa (1924), 958.— E. elegantula, Stapf in Hook, 

 f. F.B.I, vii (1896), 318 {non Nees). 



Description : Cke. ii, 1025. 



' Very similar to E. stenophylla in the character of the panicle and the slatey- 

 blue spikelets, but the longer striolate grain is correlated in all the specimens 

 with the longer usually more acuminate glumes and slightly stouter pedicels 

 than occur in stenophylla. 1 Haines. 



Locality: Konkan : Vihar Lake (McCann 5096!) ; Campoli (McCann 9409!).- 

 Deccan : Igatpuri (Blatter & Hallberg 5198!) ; Khandala (McCann A10!) ; 

 Khandala to Karjat (Blatter & Hallberg A3!) ; Poona, Canal (Ezekiel!) ; 

 Borkas, Mawal, Poona Dist. (Woodrow) ; Panchgani (Blatter & Hallberg 

 B1218!, B1276!); Lingmala, Mahableshwar, 4,000 ft., rainfall 200 inches 

 (Sedgwick & Bell 4654 l).—S. M. Country : Hirdridihal, on the margin of a 

 tank, 2,000 ft., rainfall 30 inches (Sedgwick 3801!) ; Havasbhari, edge of a 

 tank, 2,000 ft., rainfall 35 inches (Sedgwick 2110!) ; Tadas, tank, 2,500 ft., 

 rainfall 35 inches (Sedgwick 1910!); Dharwar, rice field (Talbot 2637 !) ; 

 Londa (Bhide X).— Kanara : Karwar (Talbot !) ; Halyal (Talbot 2381 !) ; Tinai 

 Ghat (Gammie 15808). 



Distribution : India, Ceylon. 



9. Eragrostis stenophylla, Hochst. ex Miq. Anal. Bot. Ind. ii (1851), 27 ; Lisboa 

 in Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist Soc. vii (1893), 385 ; Stapf in Hook. f. F.B.I, vii, 

 318 (excl. aliq. syn.) ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v, 294 ; Prain Beng. PL 1221 ; Cke. ii, 



1026 ; Haines Bot. Bihar & Orissa (1924), 959.— E. Brownei, Nees in Wight Cat. 

 (1833) No. 1780 (partim) ; E. elegantula, Nees I.e. 1781, a, (non Steud.) ; 

 Duthie Grass N.W. Ind. 37, Fodd. Grass. N. Ind. 63, t. 74. 



Description : Cke. ii, 1026. 



Locality : Khandesh : Tapti Island, near Bor, on sand and mud (Blatter 

 & Hallberg 5470!) ; Umalla, Tapti, on sand (Blatter & Hallberg 5180 !).— 

 Konkan : Uran (Hallberg & McCann 5134 !) ; Mai wan (Woodrow).— Deccan : 

 Khandala (McCann 5319!) ; Igatpuri (Blatter & Hallberg 5142!) ; Pashan, 

 near Poona (Gammie!) ; Purandhar (McCann 5601!) ; Panchgani (Blatter & 

 Hallberg B1316 !) ; Barkas, Mawal, Poona Dist. (Woodrow).— 5. M. Country : 

 Hirbudihal, on the margin of a tank (Sedgwick 2081 !).— Kanara : Halyal 

 (Talbot 2165 !) ; Kulgi (Talbot !). 



Distribution : India, Ceylon, tropical Asia and Africa. 



10. Eragrostis Eragrostis, Blatter & McCann, nov. comb, [non Karst. quae est 

 E. minor, Host.) .—Br iza Eragrostis, Linn. Sp. PI. 70 ; Schreb. Beschr. Gras. 

 ii, l^.—Poa Eragrostis, Cav. 1c. i (1791), 63, t. 92 ; Sibth. Fl. Graec. t. 73.— 

 Megastachya Eragrostis, Beauv. Agrost. (1812), 74. — Briza oblonga, Moench 

 Meth. (1802), 185.— Eragrostis maior, Host. Gram. Austr. iv (1809), 14, t. 24 ; 

 Hook. f. F.B.L vii, 320; Cke. ii, 1026; Haines Bot. Bihar & Orissa (1924), 

 959.— E. flexuosa, Steud. Syn. Gram. 266; Duthie Grass. N.W. India 37.— 

 E. megastachya, Link Enum. Hort. Berol. i (1820), 187 ; Kunth Enum. PI. i, 

 333 ; Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 91 ; Aitchis. Cat. Panjab PI. 169 ; Duthie Grass. 

 N.W. Ind. 38, Fodd. Grass. N. Ind. 63, t. 75 ; Lisboa in Journ. Bomb. Nat. 

 Hist. Soc. vii (1893), 382; Boiss. Fl. Or. v, 580.— E. multiflora, Aschers. ex 

 Boiss. I.e.— Poa multiflora, Forsk. Fl. Aeg.-Arab, lxi, no. 58, civ, no. 69, 

 p. 21.— Eragrostis pczoides, Trin. in Mem." Acad. Petersb. ser. vi, i (1831), 

 404.— E. vulgaris var. megastachya, Coss. et Dur. Fl. Alger. 148. — Poa 



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