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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPOKTED. 
  

  

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  to 
  32455— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  32430. 
  Rytilix 
  granularis 
  (L.) 
  Skeels. 
  

  

  (Cenchrus 
  granularis 
  L., 
  1771, 
  Mantissa 
  Plantarum, 
  p 
  575.) 
  

  

  The 
  seeds 
  of 
  this 
  grass 
  were 
  received 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  Manisuris 
  granularis 
  

   Swartz, 
  1778 
  (Nova 
  Genera 
  et 
  Species 
  Plantarum, 
  p. 
  25), 
  which 
  is 
  based 
  on 
  

   Cenchrus 
  granularis 
  L. 
  However, 
  Linnaeus 
  had 
  published 
  in 
  1771 
  (Mantissa 
  

   Plantarum, 
  pp. 
  164, 
  300) 
  the 
  generic 
  name 
  Manisuris 
  with 
  one 
  species 
  M. 
  

   myurus, 
  which 
  is 
  not 
  now 
  considered 
  to 
  be 
  congeneric 
  with 
  Cenchrus 
  granularis 
  

   L.. 
  thus 
  invalidating 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  generic 
  name 
  Manisuris 
  for 
  the 
  latter 
  species. 
  

   This 
  fact 
  Was 
  recognized 
  by 
  Kuntze, 
  who 
  proposed 
  for 
  Cenchrus 
  granularis 
  L. 
  

   the 
  name 
  Hackelochloa 
  (Revisio 
  Generum 
  Plantarum, 
  1891, 
  pt. 
  2, 
  p. 
  776). 
  

   However, 
  in 
  1830, 
  Seringe 
  (Bulletin 
  Botanique, 
  vol. 
  1, 
  p. 
  219) 
  had 
  published 
  

   the 
  generic 
  name 
  Rytilix, 
  citing 
  ''Manisuris 
  granularis 
  et 
  myurus 
  Auct." 
  

   and 
  listing 
  one 
  species, 
  R. 
  glandulosa. 
  While 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  description, 
  the 
  facts 
  

   that 
  M. 
  granularis 
  was 
  cited 
  first, 
  that 
  the 
  name 
  R. 
  glandulosa 
  is 
  proposed 
  

   and 
  that 
  "glandulosa'' 
  1 
  and 
  "granularis" 
  are 
  considered 
  to 
  refer 
  to 
  the 
  same 
  

   plant 
  characteristic, 
  lead 
  one 
  to 
  consider 
  Manisuris 
  granularis 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  type 
  

   of 
  the 
  genus 
  Rytilix. 
  

  

  From 
  Kirki. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  142, 
  October 
  14. 
  1911.) 
  An 
  annual 
  grass 
  that 
  may 
  be 
  valuable 
  after 
  

   the 
  manner 
  of 
  crab-grass." 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Found 
  throughout 
  the 
  tropical 
  region 
  of 
  India 
  and 
  is 
  generally 
  

   distributed 
  in 
  the 
  Tropics 
  of 
  both 
  hemispheres. 
  

  

  32431. 
  Ixdigofera 
  lixifolia 
  (L. 
  f.) 
  Retzius. 
  

   From 
  Kirki. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  143, 
  October 
  14, 
  1911.) 
  Said 
  to 
  be 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  pasture 
  legumes 
  in 
  

   India." 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Throughout 
  India 
  from 
  the 
  Himalayas 
  to 
  Ceylon; 
  also 
  in 
  Abys- 
  

   sinia, 
  Afghanistan, 
  the 
  Malay 
  Archipelago, 
  and 
  northern 
  Australia. 
  

  

  32432. 
  Alysicarpus 
  loxgifolius 
  (Rottl.) 
  Wight 
  and 
  Arn. 
  

   From 
  Kirki. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  144, 
  October 
  14, 
  1911.) 
  A 
  tall, 
  erect 
  species 
  being 
  tested 
  for 
  hay 
  at 
  

   Kirki." 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  Throughout 
  the 
  plains 
  of 
  British 
  India. 
  

  

  32433. 
  Syxtherisma 
  saxguixalis 
  (L.) 
  Dulac. 
  

   From 
  Kirki. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  145, 
  October 
  14, 
  1911.) 
  Similar 
  to 
  our 
  common 
  crab-grass.'' 
  

  

  32434. 
  Crotalaria 
  orixexsis 
  Willd. 
  

   From 
  Kirki. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  146, 
  October 
  14. 
  ]911.) 
  A 
  creeping 
  species 
  abundant 
  in 
  sorghum, 
  

   etc.. 
  at 
  Kirki. 
  The 
  green 
  pods 
  are 
  eaten 
  by 
  boys." 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Throughout 
  the 
  plains 
  of 
  India 
  and 
  in 
  Abyssinia. 
  

  

  32435. 
  Mxesithea 
  exaltata 
  (L.) 
  Skeels. 
  

  

  (Aegilops 
  exaltata 
  L., 
  1771. 
  Mantissa 
  Plantarum, 
  p. 
  575.) 
  

   (Ophiuros 
  corymbosa 
  Gaertner 
  f. 
  1805. 
  Fructibus 
  et 
  Seminibus 
  Plan- 
  

   tarum, 
  vol. 
  3, 
  p. 
  3, 
  pi. 
  181.) 
  

   The 
  seeds 
  of 
  this 
  grass 
  were 
  received 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  Ophiuros 
  corymbosa 
  

   (L. 
  f.) 
  Gaertn. 
  f. 
  In 
  publishing 
  the 
  genus 
  Ophiuros, 
  Gaertner 
  cited 
  Rott- 
  

   282 
  

  

  