20 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 
32429 to 32455— Continued. 
32430. Ryttlix granularis (L.) Skeels. 
(Cenchrus granulans L., 1771, Mantissa Plantarum, p 575.) 
The seeds of this grass were received under the name Manisuris granularis 
Swartz, 1778 (Nova Genera et Species Plantarum, p. 25), which is based on 
Cenchrus granularis L. However, Linnaeus had published in 1771 (Mantissa 
Plantarum, pp. 164, 300) the generic name Manisuris with one species M. 
myurus, which is not now considered to be congeneric with Cenchrus granularis 
L.. thus invalidating the use of the generic name Manisuris for the latter species. 
This fact was recognized by Kuntze, who proposed for Cenchrus granularis L. 
the name Hackelochloa (Revisio Generum Plantarum, 1891, pt. 2, p. 776). 
However, in 1830, Seringe (Bulletin Botanique, vol. 1, p. 219) had published 
the generic name Rytilix, citing " Manisuris granularis et myurus Auct." 
and listing one species, R. glandulosa. While there is no description, the facts 
that M. granularis was cited first, that the name R. glandulosa is proposed 
and that " glandulosa" and "granularis" are considered to refer to the same 
plant characteristic, lead one to consider Manisuris granularis to be the type 
of the genus Rytilix. 
From Kirki. 
"(No. 142, October 14, 1911.) An annual grass that may be valuable after 
the manner of crab-grass." 
Distribution. — Found throughout the tropical region of India and is generally 
distributed in the Tropics of both hemispheres. 
32431. Indigofera linifolia (L. f.) Retzius. 
From Kirki. 
"(No. 143, October 14, 1911.) Said to be one of the best pasture legumes in 
India." 
Distribution. — Throughout India from the Himalayas to Ceylon; also in Abys- 
sinia, Afghanistan, the Malay Archipelago, and northern Australia. 
32432. Alysicarpus longifolius (Rottl.) Wight and Am. 
From Kirki. 
"(No. 144, October 14, ]911.) A tall, erect species being tested for hay at 
Kirki." 
Distribution. — Throughout the plains of British India. 
32433. Syntherisma sanguinalis (L.) Dulac. 
From Kirki. 
"(No. 145, October 14, 1911.) Similar to our common crab-grass.' ? 
32434. Crotalaria orixensis Willd. 
From Kirki. 
"(No. 146, October 14, 1911.) A creeping species abundant in sorghum, 
etc., at Kirki. The green pods are eaten by boys." 
Distribution. — Throughout the plains of India and in Abyssinia. 
32435. Mnesithea exalt ata (L.) Skeels. 
(Aegilops exaltata L., 1771, Mantissa Plantarum, p. 575.) 
(Ophiuros corymbosa Gaertner f. 1805, Fructibus et Seminibus Plan- 
tarum, vol. 3, p. 3, pi. 181.) 
The seeds of this grass were received under the name Ophiuros corymbosa 
(L. f.) Gaertn. f. In publishing the genus Ophiuros, Gaertner cited Rott- 
