﻿JANUARY 
  1 
  TO 
  MARCH 
  31, 
  1912. 
  21 
  

  

  32429 
  to 
  32455— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  boellia 
  Linn, 
  and 
  Juss., 
  and 
  described 
  and 
  figured 
  two 
  species. 
  Under 
  the 
  

   first, 
  0. 
  incurvata, 
  are 
  cited 
  the 
  descriptions 
  of 
  Aegilops 
  incurvata 
  L. 
  and 
  Rott- 
  

   boellia 
  incurvata 
  L. 
  f. 
  Under 
  the 
  second, 
  0. 
  corymbosa, 
  are 
  cited 
  the 
  descrip- 
  

   tions 
  of 
  Aegilops 
  exaltata 
  L. 
  and 
  RottboeUia 
  corymbosa 
  L. 
  f., 
  the 
  latter 
  of 
  which 
  

   is 
  based 
  on 
  Aegilops 
  exaltata, 
  the 
  specific 
  name 
  being 
  changed 
  because 
  of 
  Rott- 
  

   boeUia 
  exaltata 
  L. 
  f. 
  appearing 
  earlier 
  on 
  the 
  same 
  page 
  of 
  the 
  Supplementum 
  

   (1781, 
  p. 
  114). 
  The 
  generic 
  characterization 
  covers 
  both 
  grasses; 
  but 
  the 
  first 
  

   species 
  is 
  more 
  completely 
  described, 
  Gaertner 
  not 
  having 
  any 
  fertile 
  flowers 
  of 
  

   the 
  second, 
  of 
  which 
  he 
  remarks 
  that 
  it 
  might 
  prove 
  to 
  be 
  very 
  closely 
  related 
  

   to 
  Digitaria 
  if 
  the 
  flowers 
  were 
  better 
  known. 
  It 
  would 
  therefore 
  seem 
  neces- 
  

   sary 
  to 
  consider 
  the 
  first 
  species, 
  0. 
  incurvata, 
  as 
  the 
  type 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  Ophiuros. 
  

   As 
  Aegilops 
  exaltata 
  is 
  not 
  now 
  considered 
  to 
  be 
  congeneric 
  with 
  0. 
  incurvata 
  

   it 
  must 
  be 
  referred 
  to 
  another 
  genus. 
  In 
  1829, 
  Kunth 
  (Revision 
  des 
  Graminees, 
  

   vol. 
  1, 
  p. 
  153) 
  published 
  the 
  genus 
  Mnesithea 
  with 
  one 
  species, 
  M. 
  laevis, 
  

   based 
  on 
  RottboeUia 
  laevis 
  Retzius. 
  As 
  this 
  grass 
  is 
  considered 
  to 
  be 
  congeneric 
  

   with 
  the 
  species 
  received 
  as 
  Ophiuros 
  corymbosa, 
  the 
  latter 
  is 
  here 
  placed 
  in 
  

   the 
  genus 
  Mnesithea, 
  the 
  earliest 
  specific 
  name, 
  exaltata, 
  being 
  restored. 
  

   From 
  Poona. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  147, 
  October 
  13, 
  1911.) 
  A 
  rather 
  coarse 
  grass, 
  but 
  cut 
  for 
  fodder." 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  Found 
  on 
  dry 
  hills 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  Himalayas, 
  where 
  it 
  rises 
  

   to 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  3,500 
  feet, 
  in 
  the 
  Khasi 
  Hills 
  and 
  southward 
  in 
  the 
  Dekkan 
  

   Peninsula 
  of 
  India; 
  also 
  in 
  the 
  States 
  of 
  North 
  Australia 
  and 
  Queensland 
  in 
  

   Australia. 
  

  

  32436. 
  Heylandia 
  latebrosa 
  (L.) 
  DC. 
  

   From 
  Kirki. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  148, 
  October 
  14, 
  1911.) 
  A 
  prostrate 
  legume 
  abundant 
  in 
  the 
  Dekkan. 
  

   Said 
  to 
  be 
  good 
  fodder." 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Throughout 
  the 
  tropical 
  region 
  of 
  India 
  from 
  the 
  valley 
  of 
  the 
  

   Ganges 
  to 
  Ceylon. 
  

  

  32437. 
  Panicum 
  trypheron 
  Schultes. 
  

   From 
  Kirki. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  149, 
  October 
  14, 
  1911.) 
  A 
  large 
  annual 
  Panicum 
  producing 
  enormous 
  

   panicles 
  12 
  to 
  18 
  inches 
  long 
  and 
  nearly 
  as 
  broad. 
  These 
  panicles 
  break 
  off 
  

   and 
  drift 
  over 
  the 
  country 
  after 
  the 
  manner 
  of 
  tumbleweeds. 
  The 
  grass 
  is 
  

   considered 
  fair 
  forage." 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  From 
  India 
  eastward 
  to 
  China 
  and 
  Borneo, 
  and 
  in 
  tropical 
  

   Africa. 
  

  

  32438. 
  Ischaemum 
  pilosum 
  (Klein) 
  Hackel. 
  

   From 
  Kirki. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  150, 
  October 
  14, 
  1911.) 
  A 
  tall, 
  rather 
  coarse 
  grass 
  growing 
  on 
  com- 
  

   paratively 
  low 
  ground. 
  It 
  makes 
  only 
  fair 
  forage." 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  In 
  the 
  Central 
  Provinces 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  Dekkan 
  Peninsula 
  of 
  

   India. 
  

  

  32439. 
  Arthraxon 
  lanceolatus 
  (Roxb.) 
  Hochst. 
  

   From 
  Kirki. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  151, 
  October 
  14, 
  1911.) 
  A 
  grass 
  growing 
  about 
  Poona 
  in 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  

   shaded 
  places, 
  especially 
  where 
  somewhat 
  moist.'* 
  

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