﻿22 
  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  32429 
  to 
  32455— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  From 
  the 
  western 
  Himalayas, 
  where 
  it 
  rises 
  to 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  

   8,000 
  feet, 
  southward 
  to 
  the 
  Coromandel 
  Coast 
  of 
  India, 
  and 
  eastward 
  to 
  the 
  

   provinces 
  of 
  Chihli, 
  Kiangsu, 
  Hupeh, 
  and 
  Yunnan 
  in 
  China; 
  also 
  in 
  Nubia 
  

   and 
  Abyssinia 
  in 
  northern 
  Africa. 
  

  

  32440. 
  Andropogon 
  caricosus 
  L. 
  

   From 
  Kirki. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  152, 
  October 
  14, 
  1911.) 
  A 
  grass 
  abundant 
  throughout 
  northern 
  and 
  

   central 
  India 
  and 
  considered 
  excellent 
  forage. 
  Much 
  of 
  it 
  is 
  cut 
  for 
  hay." 
  

  

  32441. 
  Andropogon 
  annulatus 
  Forsk. 
  

   From 
  Kirki. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  153, 
  October 
  14, 
  1911.) 
  Very 
  similar 
  to 
  the 
  preceding, 
  but 
  with 
  much 
  

   more 
  slender 
  stems." 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Throughout 
  the 
  plains 
  and 
  hills 
  of 
  India, 
  and 
  in 
  tropical 
  

   Africa, 
  China, 
  the 
  Pacific 
  islands, 
  and 
  in 
  Australia. 
  

  

  32442. 
  Parochetus 
  communis 
  Hamilton. 
  

   From 
  Utakamand. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  154, 
  October 
  24, 
  1911.) 
  Collected 
  on 
  wet 
  banks. 
  The 
  leaves 
  are 
  like 
  

   white 
  clover 
  and 
  the 
  scapes 
  bear 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  bright-blue 
  flowers." 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  From 
  the 
  alpine 
  slopes 
  of 
  the 
  Himalayas 
  southward 
  and 
  east- 
  

   ward 
  to 
  Ceylon 
  and 
  Burma 
  in 
  India, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  Malay 
  Archipelago 
  to 
  Java, 
  

   also 
  in 
  tropical 
  Africa. 
  

   32443 
  to 
  32448. 
  

  

  "A 
  collection 
  of 
  grasses 
  from 
  Utakamand. 
  All 
  grow 
  on 
  the 
  meadowy 
  tops 
  of 
  

   the 
  Nilgiri 
  Hills. 
  The 
  climatic 
  conditions 
  in 
  the 
  Nilgiri 
  Hills 
  are 
  very 
  much 
  

   like 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  coast 
  region 
  in 
  California, 
  the 
  principal 
  trees 
  being 
  Australian 
  

   eucalypts 
  and 
  acacias 
  and 
  such 
  California 
  trees 
  as 
  the 
  Monterey 
  pine 
  and 
  

   Cupressus 
  macrocarpa.'" 
  

  

  32443. 
  Tripogon 
  filiformis 
  Nees. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  155, 
  October 
  24, 
  1911.) 
  A 
  perennial 
  grass 
  forming 
  a 
  con- 
  

   siderable 
  element 
  of 
  the 
  grassy 
  meadows." 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  In 
  India 
  on 
  the 
  temperate 
  slopes 
  of 
  the 
  Himalayas 
  

   at 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  5,000 
  to 
  10,000 
  feet, 
  between 
  Dalhousie 
  and 
  Bhutan 
  

   and 
  on 
  the 
  Khasi 
  Hills. 
  

  

  32444. 
  Themeda 
  triandra 
  Forsk. 
  

   Probably 
  variety 
  Themeda 
  roylei 
  Hook. 
  f. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  156, 
  October 
  23, 
  1911.) 
  An 
  abundant 
  element 
  of 
  the 
  grassy 
  

   meadows 
  of 
  the 
  Nilgiri 
  Hills 
  and 
  considered 
  good 
  forage. 
  " 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  In 
  the 
  drier 
  parts 
  of 
  India 
  from 
  the 
  lower 
  Himalayas 
  to 
  

   Burma 
  and 
  Ceylon, 
  and 
  generally 
  distributed 
  in 
  the 
  Tropics 
  of 
  the 
  Eastern 
  

   Hemisphere. 
  

  

  32445. 
  Ischaemum 
  ciliare 
  villosum 
  (Nees) 
  Hackel. 
  

  

  " 
  (No. 
  157, 
  October 
  25, 
  1911.) 
  Locally 
  abundant 
  in 
  the 
  grassy 
  meadows 
  

   of 
  the 
  Nilgiri 
  Hills. 
  " 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  From 
  the 
  eastern 
  part 
  of 
  India 
  southeastward 
  through 
  

   the 
  Malay 
  Archipelago 
  to 
  China 
  and 
  Australia. 
  

  

  32446. 
  Brachypodium 
  sylvaticum 
  (Huds.) 
  Beauv. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  158, 
  October 
  23, 
  1911.) 
  Common 
  in 
  shady 
  places 
  in 
  the 
  Nilgiri 
  

   Hills 
  at 
  6,000 
  feet 
  altitude. 
  " 
  

   282 
  

  

  