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with the following diagnosis, interpreting the table : Summit of leaf sheath 

 hairy ; flowers in digitate spikes ; glumes laterally compressed, lernna awnless. 

 In the index there is given as a synonym under Capriola, • Gramen dactylon 

 Offic.' The last phrase appears in the first edition of the Species Plan- 

 tarum x in the synonymy under Panicum dactylon as ' Gramen dactylon, 

 vadice repente s. officinarum, Scheuch. gram. 104,' thus connecting Capriola 

 Adans. with Panicum dactylon. 



" Cynodon Rich. ; Pers. Syn. 1 : 85, 1805. Only one species described, 

 C. dactylon, based on Panicum dactylon L." 



In spite of this we have to retain Cynodon. Mr. Hubbard of the Kew 

 Herbarium informs us that Cynodon is on the list of nomina conservanda and 

 according to International Rules must be used, although it is antedated by 

 Capriola, Adans. (1763). 



Species 3. — India, of which one is cosmopolitan. — Only one in the Bombay 

 Presidency. 



1. Cynodon dactylon, Pers. Syn. i (1805), 85 ; Cke. ii, 1032. — Capriola dactylon. 

 O. Ktze. pt. ii (1891), 764. -For synonyms see Hook, f in F. B. I. vii, 288. 



Description : Cke. ii, 1032. 



Locality : Sind : Sita Road (Sabnis B361!) ; Jamesabad, fields (Sabnis 

 B907!, B1108!); Sanghar (Sabnis B896!); near Phuleli Canal, cultivated 

 fields (Sabnis B135 !) ; Mirva Canal, sandy banks (Sabnis B265 !) ; Sehwan to 

 Laki, foot of hills (Sabnis B300 \) ; Mirpurkhas, fallow fields (Sabnis B1190!); 

 Gizri, near Karachi (Sabnis B783 !) ; Larkana (Sabnis B458 !, B477 !) ; Baghar 

 (Blatter & McCann D690 !).- Gujarat : Junagad, Kathiawar (Blatter 3785 !) ; 

 Cutch (Blatter 8553!); Dakore (Chibber !).— Khandesh : Ankai Hill 

 (Blatter!); Bor. Bori River (Blatter & Hallberg 5482 ! ) . - Konkan : Very 

 common in Bombay and Salsette Islands (McCann !) ; Parsik, railway line 

 (McCann A181 !) ; Vihar Lake (McCann 182 \).—Deccan : Igatpuri (Blatter 

 & Hallberg 5486 !, McCann !) ; Devlali (Blatter & Hallberg 4570 !) ; 

 Khandala, very common (McCann 5433!, 5301!) ; Purandhar, N. foot and 

 top (McCann 5042!, 5604! bis); Wai (Mamlatdar of Wai !) ; Panchgani 

 (Blatter & Hallberg B1264!, B1270!, B1329 !).-£. M. Country : Devarayi 

 forests, 1,800 ft. (Sedgwick & Bell 4102 !) ; Dharwar (Sedgwick !) ; Haveri 

 ( Talbot ! ) . - Kanara : (McCann !) . 



Distribution : Cosmopolitan. 



88. Gracilea, Koen. ; Cke, ii, 1030, 



Species 2. — India and Africa. 



1. Gracilea Royleana, Hook. f. in F. B. I. vii (1896), 284; Prain Beng. PI. 

 1226; Cke. ii, 1031; Haines Bot. Bihar & Orissa (1924), 965.— Melanocsn- 

 chris Royleana, Nees in Proc. Linn. Soc. i (1841), 95 {nomen tantum) ; Aitchis. 

 Cat. Panjab PI. 168 {excl. svn.) ; Duthie Grass. N. W. Ind. 33, Fodd. Grass. 

 N. Ind. 54, t. 67 ; Lisboa in Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. viii (1893). 370.— 

 M. Jacquemontii, Jaub. & Sp. 111. PI. Or. iv (1850-53). 36, t. 325.- Pom- 

 mereulla Royleana, Steud. Norn. ed. ii, ii, 379. 



Description : Cke. ii, 1031. 



Locality : Gujarat: Daman (Bhide!) ; Bhuj Hill, Cutch (Blatter 3764!).— 

 Khandesh: Toranmal, rocks (McCann A54!) ; Amalner, Bori River (Blatter 

 and Hallberg 4451 !) ; Tapti, Bhusawal (Blatter and Hallberg 5453 !) ; To 

 Naradana (Blatter and Hallberg 5212 !). - Konkan : Bandra (Ryan 1432!) ; 

 Parsik (Ryan 1215!) ; Trombay (McCann A52 !) ; Worli Hill, common along 

 seashore (McCann 5516 !) ; Antop Hill (McCann 3612 \).—Deccan : Panchgani 

 (Blatter & Hallberg B1278 !) ; Katraj (Bhide!); Sinhagad forest (Bhide !) ; 

 Near Poona (Jacquemont 383) ; Poona (Woodrow !) ; Pashan, near Poona 

 (Gammie !) ; Chattarshinji Hill, Poona (Ezekiel !) ; Kirkee (Gammie!); 

 Khandala to Campoli (McCann A57 !) ; Deolali (Blatter A53!, 4545!).— 

 5. M. Country: Dharwar Dist, 2,000 ft., rainfall 35 inches (Sedgwick 2278 !) ; 

 Yelvigi, dry hill sides, 1,800 ft., rainfall 28 inches (Sedgwick & Bell 4902 !) ; 

 Dharwar (Talbot 2008 !) ; Belgaum (Stocks, Ritchie 831).— Kanara : Yellapore 

 (Talbot!) ; Karwar (McCann !), 



Distribution : Bihar, Rajputana, W. Peninsula, Socotra, Nubia. 



1 L. Sp. PI. 58, 1753. 

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