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FLORA OF THE SUNDRIBUNS. 
This has only been obtained by Clarke and only to the east of the Madu- 
mati, but it is, where it occurs, abundant. It might be looked for in the area 
between the Hughli and the Maduraat’i. 
315. Scirpodendron Zipp. 
288. Scirpodendron costatuin Kurz ; F. B. I. vi. 684. 
Reserved forests, south of Suta Khal, growing with Pandanus in i 
the swampy interior, Prain ! I 
A stout sedge with large woody nuts enclosed in a succulent, edible epicarp. 
Distrib. — C eylon ; Malaya ; Australia ; Samoa. 
LXXII.— GRAMINEdE. 
316. Paspalum Linn. 
Stems decumbent at base; leaves rather broad ; spikelets orbicular 
scrohiculatum. 
Stems creeping and rooting ; leaves narrow ; spikelets ovate-oblong 
distichum, 
289 . Paspalum scroMculatum Linn. ; F. 1. i. 278 ; F. B. I. vii. 10. 
P. Kora F. I. i. 279. E. D. p 332. 
Jatta, Prain ! Canning Town, Calcutta Garden Collectors 1 
Vernac. Kodo-dhan, 
A fodder grass. 
Distrib. — C osmopolitan in the Tropics. 
290. Paspalum distichum Linn. ; F, B. I. vii. 12. P. longiflorum 
F. I. i. 279. 
Sundribuns, Hooker Thomson ! at Kabutar, plentiful, Prain ! 
An indifferent fodder-grass ; valuable as a mud and sand-binding plant. 
Distrib. — O n all tropical coasts. 
317 . Eriochloa H. B. & K. 
291. Eriochloa polystachya H. B. & K. ; F. B. 1 . vii. 20. Milium 
ramosum F. I. i. 316. E. D. E 287. 
Northern clearings, very plentiful. 
A quick-growing grass of wet places ; a tolerable fodder. 
Distrib. — C osmopolitan in the Tropics. 
318 . Panicum Linn. 
Spikelets paniculate : — 
Panicles open, with long slender branches 
Leaves green, flat • • • • . proliferum. 
Leaves glaucous, convolute . • . . repens. 
