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Khandala, common on rocks (McCann A65 !, A66 !) ; near Karli on rocks 

 (Woodrow!).— S. M. Country : Dud-sagar (Talbot 2568); Castle Rock, on 

 rocks (Bhide!) ; Poondra (Talbot 4306 \).—Kanara : On rocks on a hill near 

 Nagangari 2,600 ft., rainfall 100 inches (Sedgwick 2895 !). — This grass usually 

 grows on rocks together with mosses and other small plants during the rainy 

 season. 

 Distribution : Endemic in the W. Peninsula. 



2. Tripogon capillatus, Jaub. & Spach Illustr. PI. Or. iv (1850-53), 47, t. 332 ; 

 Hook. f. in F.B.I, vii, 285 ; Cke. ii, 1036 ; Haines Bot. Bihar & Orissa (1924), 

 966.-7'. capitatus {per error.) Lisboa in Journ. Bom. Nat. Hist. Soc. vii 

 (1893), 371. 



Description : Cke. 1. c. 



Locality : Khandesh : Toranmal, edge of plateau, 3,000 ft. (McCann 

 A6 1! ) . — Konkan : On trees, Matheran (Woodrow!, Lisboa). — Deccan : 

 Panchgani (Blatter & Hallberg B1247 !, B1288!); on trees about Poona 

 (Jacquemont 580) ; Khandala, common on trees and rocks (McCann A61 !, 

 Garade!).-5". M. Country : Castle Rock, 1,800 ft., rainfall 300 inches (Sedg- 

 wick & Bell 4332!); Belgaum, on trees on Samboti Hill (Ritchie 866); 

 Anmod, on trees (Talbot 2621 \).-^Kanara : Sumpkhund to Sirsi, on trees 

 (McCann !). 



Distribution : Bihar, W. Peninsula, Mt. Abu. 



3. Tripogon Lisboae, Stapf in Kew Bull. (1892), 84; Hook, f, in F.B.I, vii, 

 286 ; Cke. ii, 1036. — Tripogon sp. nov. Lisboa in Journ. Bom. Nat. Hist. Soc. 

 vii (1893), 370. 



Description : Cke. 1. c. 



Locality: Konkan • Parsik Hill (McCann A337 !) .— Deccan : Purandhar 

 (McCann 5009!); Khandala, common, on rocks (McCann A334 !, Bhide !) ; 

 Karli, between Poona and Lonavla (Jacquemont 581) ; Panchgani, on Table- 

 land (Blatter A338!). Generally forming large tufts and growing on rocks 

 overhanging water-courses. 



Distribution : Mt. Abu, W. Peninsula. 



4. Tripogon Jacquemontii, Stapf in Kew Bull. (1892), 85; Lisboa in Journ. 

 Bom. Nat. Hist. Soc. vii (1893), 370 ; Hook. f. in F.B.I, vii, 286 ; Cke. ii, 1037 ; 

 Haines Bot. Bihar & Orissa (1924), 966. 



Description : Cke. 1. c. 



Locality: Gujarat: Lasundra (Chibber!). — Khandesh: N. slope of 

 Chanseli (McCann A335 !). — Konkan : Bombay district, without precise loca- 

 lity (Lisboa) ; Matheran (Woodrow). — Deccan : Deviali (Blatter & Hallberg 

 4468!); Sholapur (Pinwill) ; near Ahmednagar (Miss Shatuck) ; Gangapur 

 (Blatter & Hallberg A339 !) : Khandala (Blatter & McCann 3599 !) ; Poona 

 (Jacquemont 353, Woodrow) ; Agricultural College compound, Kirkee (Bhide!) ; 

 Purandhar (McCann 5573 !) ; Mahableshwar, W. side of plateau (Sedgwick!). — 

 5. M. Country : Belgaum (Talbot !) ; Dharwar (Talbot 2301 !) ; dry hill sides 

 near Dharwar (Sedgwick 2896 ! ) . 



Distribution : Bengal, Bihar, Central India, W. Peninsula. 



5. Tripogon roxburghianum, Bhide in Journ. & Proc. As. Soc. Beng. (new 

 series) vii (1911), S\S.—Lepturus Roxburghianus, Hook. f. in F.B.I, vii, 365 

 {fortassis Steudel). 



Description : 10-18 cm. high. Stems tufted. Leaves filiform, scarcely 

 longer than 2*5 cm., ciliate with long hairs on the margin and at the ligule ; 

 sheaths glabrous, margins hyaline ; ligule an oblong lacerated mem- 

 brane. Spike solitary, 5-6 cm. long. Spikelets 3 mm. long, 1-2 flowered, with 

 the rhachilla jointed and pioduced beyond the upper flower and Lome on a 

 flattened rhachis, the internodes of which are alternately concave and convex. 

 Lower involucral glume hyaline, very oblique or slightly lobed on one side, 

 broadly 1-nerved, remaining attached to the hollow in the rhachis when the 

 spikelet is removed. Upper involucral glume very coriaceous and thick, 

 broadly 3-nerved, about 2-§ times as long as the lower. Lower flowering glume 

 a little shorter than the upper involucral, dorsally hairy in the lower part, 

 membranous, 3-nerved, 2 toothed with a short mucro between, teeth also shortly 



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