^emne.] OLXxiii. gramine^. (J. D. Hooker.) 295 



i -a --v» -v/v/uiug, icdivea amtiii lauueoiaie acuminate, spiKes very many 



»ort crowded in globose heads, flg. gls. and palea villoasly bearded. 

 B. oligoatachya, Herb. Wight, n. 3332. E Wallichii, Munro mss. Koeleria 

 wevifolia Spreng. PugUL ii. 21. K. la^opoidea, Panz. ex Spreng. I.e. 

 i'actylis brevifolia, Koen. ex, Willd. 8p. PI. i. 410 (excl. Synl) ; Boxb. FL 

 f 71 } ' l^^^'^^- ^.y^- Gram. 298. D. cynosaroides, Koen. ex Roth. Nov. 

 ^P- l^non Lmn.).: D.geniculata, Bojcb. Ic. Pict. ined. t.346 ijion.Burm.). 

 V* "e^ij^l^a, Kunth Bevis. Gram. i. Ill, Enum. PL i. 324. P. lagopoides, 

 fTiT • o-^*' ^"^" °- ^'^^^- ^luropas brevifulius, Nees ex Sleud. Norn. 

 l«t 10 "^'^'^- '^igfii P^op. 1792. ^. Iffivis, Tnn. Fund. Agrost. 



^n 7 T ^" P^bescens, Sfeud. JSfom. I. c. Erngrostis brevifolia, Benth. 



Pvno -- * - ^^"^ t»j. j.rxouia cyno^uroiaes, Spreng. Syst. Veg. i. 331. 

 ^jperus Ooracana, Rerb. Heyvie ex Wall. I.e. 



<»nay Shores of the CoromaxdeIi and Cabnatic coasts, Seyne, &c. 

 Leave* ^ 9 .^*^^^^ ^any» spreading from the root, 2- 4 in. long, stout or sleader. 

 ^eadl f -l"'' ^*!^^^*^ ^"^ rigid, lauceolate, acuminate, serrulate; ligule obsolete. 



Btadx 



hh 



nii(jjjjjjj.^''^"**P»date, glabrous; I 1-3-uervedj 11 3-5-nerved, nerves close to the 

 Wl aiiH°^' ^^*^ following very broadly ovate, cuspidately acuminate, 3-nerved, 



ainutcL Vt^T^ ^°^ ^^"^^^ ^*' ^^^^^® P»^*^^ ^^^ villous below the middle. Anthers 

 '^, o^^/'*'* long, slender. Grain orbicular.— See remarks under JEluroj^yis. 





J 



«piie8*'* y.^'^^C^lata, Boxb. Fl. Ind. i. 346 ; annual, erect, leaves flat, 

 in. >?°*"®'"^*^ or whorled very many-fld., glumes acute glabrous. Stend. 

 Upn^lT^'n ^^^' ^^tchis. Cat. Punjab PI. 168; Duthie Grass. NW. Ind. 

 vii' rK\ 'J'n^^- -^- ^^^- ^S' ^i- 70 ; Lishoa in Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. tioc. 

 JToV ,^« fiA ' i ^^"^^- ^l- Austral, vii. 616. E. raceraosa, Hepie in Roth. 



Bevis 



Wiqh 



Si, Enu i>7 ^^P^'^chlo'. ? racei 



WiaU n\ '• ^"2 ; Steud. I. c. Aerachne eleusmoiaes, nigm <x n.i,i. .« 

 ^ihLf'r^J F^' ^^<^>^ ex Steud. I.e. A. verticil lata, Lindl. In trod. 

 Caf. l.f -^"- II- 381.— Eragrostidi affine, fVall. Cut. n. 3882, ?» Wight 



Tfop. AsL°^ !r^" ' ^" pasture ground, Roxburgh, &c. Kashmie, OZarAe.— Disteib. 

 ^'e«l'3^^;:'^''''»"d Australia. "^ ^ ., , 



''ccid ac.r ■ ' ^'""'^ °'" slender, simple or branched, soft. Leaves ratlier broad, 

 aany.'i 3"!^'"" ^. glalnous ; slieuth compressed; ligule a few hairs. Spikes few ov 

 *^itT 9 •■, ?""' 'n tiers or whorls, or opposite or alternate, suberect ; rachis 

 ?'»'*. finekl. ^-i '°-> 8-12 fid., shining; glumes small; I and 1 1 broadly 

 ^*«1 excul ?'^'""'^« «"• aristulate; flg. gls. Jj in, very broadly ovate, 3-nerv;ed, 

 «<iacoa8. ' '"'^'"''^ "erves ending ia small teeth. Grain rugose, pericarp 



** the r^oKr^^"^*^iUM, lFt7/<^. (Gen.). Spikelets erect, at right angles 

 ^^Qed. ' °^ '^e spike. Glume II short, suborbicular, abruptly shortly 



F 



''iiritktr^^^yPtlaca. Desf. FL A/Jant i. 80: annual, leaves flat spikes 



Wall Cat. 



Bafi 



^'> ^ci^B.ik^B Lisboa in Jo 

 —^'^': -^eneh Meth. Su 



E. mucronr*ta, Stokes 



,r 



