LIST OF THE PLANTS OF BARKUDA. 291 



" On bare stony ground, chiefly in the rainy season." 



Distrih. — Throughout India. Also in China, Borneo and Tropical Africa. 



8. Eleusine Gaertn. 



8. E. aegyptiaca Desf. F.B.I, vii^ 295 ; Prain, Beng. PI. ii, 1230; 

 Roxb. Fl. Ind. i, 344. 



Loc. — Barkuda. No. 1326. 



" Grows profusely in the rainy season on loose stony soil." 



Distrih. — Throughout India and Burma. Found in the warm regions of the old 

 world and introduced into the new. 



9. Cynodon Pers. 



9. C. dactylon Pers. F.B.I, vii, 288; Prain, Beng. PI. ii, 1227. 

 Panicum dactylon Linn. Roxb. Fl. Ind. i, 289. 



Loc. — Barkuda. No. ^508. 



" On sandy beach, where it springs up in March and April and persists without 

 flowering till overwhelmed by the monsoon floods. It is most abundant among 

 masses of dead felted algae." 



Distrih. — Throughout all warm countries. 



10. Eragrostis Beauv. 



10. E. tenella Roem. and Sch. var. plumosa Stapf. F.B.I, vii, 315 ; Prain, 

 Beng. PL ii, 1221. 



Poa plumosa Roxb. Fl. Ind. i, 337. 



Loc. — Barkuda. Nos. 1204 and 1324. 



"No. 1204 was growing at the edge of a well and is more luxuriant than No. 

 1324, which was growing sparsely on bare stony ground. Both were collected in the 

 rainy season." 



Distrih. — Throughout India, Burma and Ceylon. 



11. E. tenella Roem and Sch. var. breviculmis Stapf. F.B.I, vii, 316; Prain, 

 Beng. PL ii, 1222. 



Loc. — Barkuda. No. 1391. 



"A single plant found growing on footpath in December." 



Distrih. — Upper India from the Punjab to Behar, and C. India extending to the 

 Circars. 



12. E. interrupta Beauv. F.B.I, vii, 316; Prain, Beng. PL ii, 1222. 

 Poa interrupta Koen. M.S. Roxb. Fl. Ind. i, 335. 



Loc. — Barkuda. No. 1386. 



" A single plant growing on a footpath in December." 



Distrih. — Throughout India, Burma and Ceylon. Also in Mesopotamia and Trop- 

 ical Africa. 



VI. CYPERACEAE. 



II. Lipocarpha Br. 



13. L. argentea R. Br. F.B.I, vi, 667 ; Prain, Beng. PI. ii, 1157. 

 Loc. — Barkuda. No. 1285. 



