Index to Grass Species 



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Dlmerla ballardu Bor, Kew Bull. Hleo. Inf. 1952: 584. 

 193. 



Bas 



Tusooooene Trln. var. zeylanloa Haok. In DC. ' 

 Honogr. Plian. 6: 85. I889. [Type Trlmen ] 



Ind. Or.: Ceylon; Kudu Oya an Eamboda Road, 28 Deo. 



1950, 1700-1750 m., P. Ballard I29O: on 

 open ground; (holotype in Herb. Kew.) 



[Bor adds "otat nov." after D. balleirdll, but this 

 species IB not based on D, fusoesoens var. zey- 

 lanloa Haok., but on F. Balleird 1290, cited as 

 holotype] 



Dlmerla blalata C. E. C. Plsoh. Kew Bull, Hlso. Inf. 

 1933: 351. 1933. 



■Ind. Or. Madras state. S. Kanara District at 

 Siradl, Nov., A. Meebold 10548 (type), I0752." 



Dlmerla blatterl Bor, Kew Bull. Hlso. Inf. 19^9: 70. 



"India, Bombay: Khandala, Echo Point, Cot. 1918, 

 Blatter et MoCann (typus In Herb. Blatter, St. 

 Xavler'B College, Bombay)," 



Dlmerla oeylanloa Bor, Kew Bull. Mlso. Inf. 1952:: 562, Sti 

 1953. 



Ind. Or, i Madraa State, Hyaore, Chlokenalll, 1000m., 

 Nov. I9O8, Heebold 10755; Ibidem, aglattl, 1100m., 

 Meebold 10754 (both of these are 2-raoemed): tavalay, 

 Coohln, 1000m,, Nov. I9IO, Meebold 12187. Ceylon, 

 Gardner 1008; thwaltes 956 (pro parte) (typus In Herb. 

 Kew et In Herb, Dehra Dun), 



'0. kurrumthottloalana K. C. Jaoob, J. Bombay Nat. 

 Hlet. Soo. 47, 49 (1947)7 



'I have not been able to make up my mind about the 

 Identity of Jacob's species with D, oeylanloa. If 

 they are identical, Jacob's polysyllabic name has 

 priority . )> 



Dlmerla ohlorldlf ormls (Oaudlch.) K. Schum. i Lauterb, 

 Fl. Deutsoh, Sudsee, I65. 1901. 



Based on "Andropogon ohlorldlf ormls Oaud," 

 Insula Marianne, Faoiflc. 



[Beferred to D. clloBlsslma (Presl) Trin, la Haok. 

 Honogr, p, 87, J 



Dlmerla cillata Morr. Philippine Joum, Sol, C. Bot. 

 91 262, 1914. 



"Palawan, Taytay, in open swampy plaoes at aaa 

 level, Merrill 9320, May 28, 1913." 



Philippines 



Dlmerla oiliata var, heteromorpha Beader, Joum. Am. 

 Arb. 29! 325, 1948. 



"British New Ouineat Western Division: Lake 

 Davlumbu, Middle Fly Blver, Brass 78O7 (A, type, 

 US), Sept. 1936 (gregarious in small patches on wet 

 savannahs) , ' 



Dlmerla ccmnlvens Haok, in DC, Honogr. Phan. 61 689 

 in add 1889. 



"India oriental, looo speolali oolleotoreque ignoto. 

 Inter alia Oramlna latebat a ol, T. Andersonlo 

 (quondam horti Calcuttensis praefscto) cum -herbario 

 Kewensi oommunloata. ' 



"annua Bihar and Orlssa. Pound In grassy glades In 

 the forest and in pasture land. Exsioo,- C,B, 

 Clarke 20607A Bihar," Bor, Qrasses of Burma, Ceylon 

 India and Pakistan 140. i960. 



Dlmerla deooananels Bor, Kew Bull, 19521 576, 1952. 



Ittd, Or: Madras State. Pelloode, S. Kanara, 11 Nov. 

 1917, ISS'W ex Hadras Herb, (typus In Herb. Kew) 



Dlmerla dlandra Orlff. Notul. 3: 71, pl. 157i 2. 

 1851. 



No loo cited, Plantaa Asiaticas 

 [referred with"?" to D, omlthopoda by Haok. p. 60,1 

 - Dlmerla stapflana C. E. Hubb. in Bor, p. 144. 



Dlmerla dlandra (Stapf) Stapf in Bhlde, Joum. 4 Proo. 

 Aelat, Soo. Bengal (n.s.) 7: 515. I912. Not 

 Orlff. I85I. 



Based on Woodrowla dlandra Stapf 



"I thought It to be D[lmerla]graollls Nees but he 

 [Stapf] informs me It is D. dlandra Stapf" 



India 



Dlmerla dlpteros Beader, Journ. Am. Arb, 29: 324, 



19^*8. 



•Netherlands New Quinea: Ballm Blver, alt, 1800 

 Brass 11738 (A, US type), Deo. 1938 (oommon on 

 sandy, long deforested slopes)," 



Dijieria elatior (Hook,f,) Senaratna, Orasses Ceylon 

 162. 1956. 



Based on Dlmerla pusllla var. elatior Book.f. 



'Typus: Thwaltes 957 p,p. Trlnoomalee, Harob I863, 

 Olenle, In Herb. Perad." 



Dlmerla falcata Hack, in DC. Honogr. Phan. 6: 65. 

 1889. 



"China: in paludibus prope Canton 1. Theoph. 

 Sampson (h. m.); Uanoe 1385," 



Dlmerla gracilis Nees ex Steud. Syn. PI, Olum. 

 1: 413, 1855. 



*Ex Hrbo. Lindlay. Ceylon," and Madras State 



Exsloo.- tfoodroN o.n. , Conoan. 



Sya, in Bor, 0. leptorhaohis Haok, ssp. genutaa 

 Hack, in D.C, 

 D. laxiusoula Thw. et '^rla, Joum. Bot, 

 23: 272, 1885. 



Dlmerla flllformis Hochst. in Hlquel, Verh. Naderl, 

 Inst. III. 4: 35. 1851; Anal, Bot. Ind. 2: 23. 

 1851. "Hoohstett,, mss." 



Based on Andropogon flllformis Hoxb, 

 Calcutta, India 



Dlmerla fisoherl Bor, Kew Bull. Mlso. Inf, 1952: 564, 

 P. 10, 1953. 



Ind. Or,: Hadras State, Hahendraglri , C. E, C. 



Fischer 133 (typus in Herb. Kew.) f; 



fig, 10 



Dlmerla fusoesoens Trla, Kim. Aood, Sol, F^terib, 

 Hath. Phyt, Nat. Be'r,6, 2i 335. (1832). 



Oist, Khasl Hlllt, Naga Hilla, Nepal. 

 Scaloo.- Mallioh 88'fl, Nepal.' 



Dlmerla fuloeaoene var, ganulna Hack. In DC. Honogr. 

 Phan. 6t 85. 1889. 



Nepal 



Dlmerla fusoeecens var. robusta Hook.f, Handbk, PI, 

 Ceylon 5 1 198, I900, 



"Knuckles (Ferguson)." 



Dlmerla fusoesoens var, leylanloa Haok. in DC. Honogr. 

 Pl>an, 61 85. 1889, 



"Ceylon, Dlmbala In prov. oentrall 1. Trlmen 

 (In h. m.)." 



D. ballardu Bor, 



Dlmerla glabra Hldl. Journ. Fader, Malay States Mus. 

 10; 156. 1920. 



"Singapore: Holland Head, edge of a swampy hollow 

 (Burklll 4674)." 



Basis of D, omlthopoda var. glabra (Hldl.) Jansen, 



Dlmerla glabrluscula F, H. Bailey, Syn, Queensland 

 PI, Suppl. 3: 83. 1890, 



"Hab,: Harvey's Creek." 



Australia 



Dlmerla hlgoensis Honda, Bot. Iteg. Tokyo 40: 108, 

 1926, 



•Hab, Kyushu: Nlshimura, prov, Hlgo (K, Mayebara, 

 no. 132 et 133, anno 1925." 



Dlmerla Hohenackerl Hochst, in Hlquel, Verh, Nederl, 

 Inst. Ill, 4: 35. I85I; Anal. Bot. Ind, 2j 23. 

 I85I. "Hochst. MSB." 



•Hab. in oryzetls prope urbem Mangalor, m. Sept. 

 (Metz 231b).' 



Cited as "Hohenaoker 231' by Bor. Typo in Kew, 



Basis of Pslloetaohys hohenackerl (Uoohst.) Steud. 

 Syn. Pl. Olum. 1: 413. I855. 



Dlmerla kanjlrapallllana K. C. j£iaob, Joum. Bombay 

 Nat. HlBt, Soc. 47: 48-51. 19'*7, 



In Hadras Herbarium, Coimbatore. Madras Herbarium 

 No. 86320. ______ 



South India, Travanoore, Peermade; elevation 3,200 

 ft. Collected by K. Cherlan Jaoob in December 1941. 



In D, omlthopoda complex 



see Bor, Kew Bull. 1952: 592. 1952. 



Diserla kurrumthottloalana K. 0. Jaoob, Joum, Bombay 

 Nat. Hist. Soo, 471 49 (1947)^ 



Distribution: Ceylon end Madras State, 



'I have not been able to make up my mind about the 

 Identity of Jacob's speoles with D. oeylanloa. If 

 they are Identical, Jacob's polysyllabio name has 

 priority, " — Bor. 



Exsloo, -Type at Kew (Thwaltes C.F. 956, pro parte). 



Cited as syn. of 0. oeylanloa Bor In Orasses of Buma, 

 Ceylon, India and Pakistan p. 140. i960. 



Dlmerla Kurzll Hook.f, Pl. Brit. Ind. ft 103. 1896. 



•Burma, Kura (n. 2741)." Tjrpo at Kew. 



Dlmerla Lawsonl (Hook.f.) C. E. C. Plsoh. in Oamble, 

 Fl, Pres. Madras 10 1 1712 « 1713. 193**. 



Based on D. pusllla var. LanBonl Hook.f. 

 Madras State, endemlo 



Exsloo,- iyp« at Kew (Laweon s.n. Hadras.) 



Dlmerla laxiusoula Thw, ex Trlmen, Joum, Bot, 

 23i 272. 1885. 



"Hab. Pasdun Korle, Sept, 1864 (C, P.) [Ceylon 

 Plants] 3863 in Herb. Perad.); Kulutara, Deo. 

 1882." 



Ceylon 



m D. graollle Nees, ex Stoud.^ln Bor, Orasses of 

 Burma, Ceylon, lolla and Pakistan l4o. I960. 



Dlmerla LehmannU (Nees) Haok. In DC, Honogr, Phan. 

 6: 82. 1889. 



Based on 'Pterygostachyum Lehmannl Neesi 



[•in part' Bor] 1 

 Ceylon and Madras State 



SxBloo.- ThHaites C.F, 952. 



Type of Dlmerla lohmaDnll (Hoes) Bor, Kew Bull, 

 587. 1952. 



