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1039.; Achariyar S. Ind. Grass. (1921), 279 ; Haines Bot. Bihar & Orissa (1924), 

 971.— Leptochloa arabica, Kunth Rev. Gram, i, 91 ; Enum. PI. i, 271, Suppl. 

 221 ; Wight Gat. No. 1756 ; Aitchis. Cat. Punjab PL 167.— Dinceba aegyptiaca, 

 Del. Fl. d'Eg. 25, t. xi, f. 3.— Leptochloa calycina, Kunth 11. cc. 91, 272 ; Dalz. 

 & Gibs. Bom. Fl. 297 .—Eleusine calycina. Roxb. Fl. Ind. i, 346.— Dactylis 

 paspaloides .. Willd. Enum. Hort. Berol. 111. 



Vern. Names : Kali Kauli (Sind) ; Kharia (Broach) ; Lona (Poona, 

 Sholapur) ; Halligyan hullu (Biiapur) ; Halgyan hullu, Ululgyan hullu, Nari 

 baluda hullu (Karnatik) . 



Description : Cke. ii, 1039. — A more con plete description in Achariyar 279. 



Locality : Gujarat : Banks of the Tapti above Surat (Dalzell & Gibson) ; 

 Surat (Woodrow) ; Morvi, Kathiawar (Woodrow). — Khandesh : Dadgaum 

 (McCann A37 !) ; Dhulia, Moti Tank (Chibber !); Antab, Bori River (Blatter & 

 Hallberg 5147 !) ; Bori, Bori River (Blatter & Hallberg 5490 !) ; Bor, Tapti 

 River (Blatter & Hallberg 5469 !) ; Tapti River, Bhusawal (Blatter & Hallberg 

 5157 \).—Konkan : Bandra, damp fields at Khar (Vakil A35 !) ; Sion (McCann 

 5242 !) ; Parel (McCann 5104 !) ; Byculla (McCann A39 \).—Deccan : Deolali 

 (Blatter A34 !) ; Sholapur (D'Almeida B36 ! ) ; along the river, Dhond (Bhide 

 1346!) ; Bairawadi, Purandhar (McCann 5050!) ; Poona (Woodrow), Agri- 

 cultural College Farm (Ezekiel !). — S. M. Country : Dharwar Dist. (Sedgwick 

 2101 !) ; Kelgerry (Talbot 2623 !) ; Haveri (Talbot 2184 !).— Kanara : Yellapore 

 (Talbot!). 



Distribution: India, Ceylon, Afghanistan, westward to Egypt and Senegal. 



94. Tripogon, Roth Nov. Sp. (1821), 79 ; Cke. ii, 1035. 



Species about 13.— Tropical and subtropical Asia and Africa, one in 

 America. 



To the 4 species given by Cooke we add 3 others : T. bromoides, Roth, 

 T. filiformis, Nees, and T. Roxburghianum, Bhide. 



Key: 



A. Flowering glumes simply bifid with an inter- 



posed awn, the lobes awned or not 



I. Awn as long or longer than its glume 



1. Under 8 cm, high. Leaves 2*5 cm. long. 



Ligule membranous, ovate .... 1; T. pauperculus. 



2. 15-45 cm. high. Cauline leaves 15-20 



cm. long. Ligule a ridge ... ... 2. T . capillatus . 



II. Awn shorter than its glume 



1. Lateral lobes of floral glume not 



awned 



a. Leaves 30-60 cm, long. S pikelets 



5-12-flowered. Lower involucral 



glume 2 mm. long, lanceolate ... 3. T. Lisbocs. 



b. Leaves 5-20 cm. long. Spikelets 



10-20- flowered. Lower involu- 

 cral glume 3 mm. long with a 

 proiecting lobe at one side ... 4. T. Jacquemontii. 



2. Lateral lobes of floral glume mucronate 5. T. Roxburghianum, 



B. Flowering glumes 4-fid, outer lobes awned or 



not, inner membranous, sometimes very 

 short or truncate 

 I. Upper involucral glume deeply notched or 



bifid at the apex ... ... ... 6. T. bromoides. 



II. Upper involucral glume minutely 2-toothed 



below the tip ... ... ... ... 7. T. filiformis. 



1. Tripogon pauperculus, Stapf in Hook. Ic. PI. (1896) t. 2442 (pauperulus per 

 err.) ; Hook. f. in F.B.I, vii, 285 ; Cke. ii, 1036. 



Description : Cke. 1. c. 



Locality -■ Konkan : Matheran (Woodrow \).—Deccan : Mahableshwar, rocky 

 summit of Sindola plateau (Sedgwick & Bell 4845 !) ; Panchgani (McCann !) ; 

 on the crest of the Western Ghats (1890 ft.) 8 miles south of Lonavla on Ficus 

 glomerata, in company with mosses and Ltricularia orbiculata (Woodrow 25) ; 



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