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 filipormis 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. " 
