V 



Eragmtis, 0. Stapf.] clxxiii. gramine^i. (J. D. Hooker.) 321 



fl»t «m ^ m' ^^^^}-^ ^^-y usually stout and branched, but very variable. Leates 



,8moocu flaccid, narrow, rarely J in. broad ; sheafch sparingly bearded. Panicle 



from or^ t^ contracted, rachis glabrous, branches stiff or flexuous, ramifying 



Gl I l-n°^^\ i^o^^^^' ^P^^^^^^i^ sliglitly narrowed upwards, dark olive-grey; 



Mdam-'llp'" ^"°'l-3-°erved ; II 3-nerved ; flg. gls. J^ in.,' uppermost usually emptj 

 Grain i\' ^^""^^ strong; palea i-i shorter than its gl. Anihers ahoat «V '"• 

 ^"■"^ liV^V in., loose within the turgid gl. 



J| ^P^^e^f s H in. ; fl. gls. less than ^\ in. or if longer then 

 ■la^ower and more or less acute. 



^"/e* a/ ^'"^^^ '7^''"^'' *'^^^' ^''««c^e* aHc? 7ai!eraZ pedzVe/s MSKaZZ^ */w/-i5 

 «eri'e* o/^^r. jjr/.v. strong. —Leaf -mayrjins often glandular. 



?Iandula "^**?°'' -^^*"^ ^^«»»- ^"^^r iv. 15, Fl. Austr. i. 135 ; leaf-margins 

 'amifvin^'f'^^^" ^"^^^^ ^^ oblong rather stiff, branches solitary capillary 

 "P to 19 flS™'" °^^^' *^*^ ^'^^^' pedicels short, spikelets ^4 in. linear to ovate 

 obtuse "or • ^f P*y S^^- subequal acute 1-nerved, tig. gls. broadly ovate 

 W^.,./ n globose or ellipsoid-globose dorsally convex. E. poaeformis, 

 '^nii ilf r •'• ^S^! Beichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 91; T. Nees Gen. Fl. 

 ^'o^hriS'in "• '• '^■^- E- poaeoides, Beauv. Agrost. 76 ; Griseb. in Goett. 

 -%hu PfWj^' ^^t^^^ Grass. N.W. Ind. 38.' Fodd. Grass. Kind. 65; 

 (1893) \k^ ^o.'njab PL 170; Lishoa in Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. vii. 

 Poaeoidp, fl m.- ^^- ^oss. iv. 380; Boiss. Fl Orient, v. 580. E. 

 Efa^rocn/'r ■ *^- ^^ ^^»*- ^ca</. Fetersb. Ser. YLi. (1831) 404. Poa 



n// >/ r, /■ 7"--*- ^^ 5 ^os« Gram. Aicstr. ii. 50, t. 69. Briza Eragrostis, 

 ^^^^- -^'M. n. 50 {non Linn.). 



^^''jab JmI^ ^'outhekn India, ascending the Hiiualaya to 8000 ft., from the 



Westkkn Tibet; 





^''fc,a!t 12 7^ AAA ^^^^- '^^**^ CoNCAN, Jacquemont, &c. Westkkn Iib 

 Annual ^* . ^*^'' ^^omson.— Distrib. Westward to S. Europe, N. Asia. 



^^^^ of'siipir^ f'"''^ ^"-^ densely tufted, slender. Leares rather short, flat; 

 ■^^^^^wheu • ^^^^^^^^y bearded. Panicle 2-6 in., rachis glabrous, branches 

 i^^^'lla touffh T^"t ^P'^^^^^^^ Pii^e gi-een to dark pui'plish or olive-grey, glisteuiu 

 T'*> nerves 4r' '"^'^ ^^ aV-rV i»^.> keel scabrid ; flg. gls. ^V rarely ^^tV »"•> 

 ^i^^^^'^te \^, ^ ' P**^^** i shorter than its gl., obovate-oblong, keels seabrid or 

 '=''^b- tiatteneT'^%^' ■"itht.rs -^^- iu. Orain .^ in. or more, dorsally rounded or 

 '^'^enis €0/ T'l ghiuds are a very constant character. A single Bombay 

 .^sspeciii^en 1 ' ^^^ P^*^^^^ herefrom its strong resemblance to -landnli- 

 aigi,, «s also from Bombay, The Tibetan specimens are very small, 1-6 m. 



propr ^^ ino^^^' ^'^^^^ persistent, .^ralu terete. E. viscosa, Wlffht 

 ; Car • ' ^npart. Poa pauciHora, Kerb, llottL 



Ual}^^^'^ i Ht T 



, ieave., I.7 j ' J**^ Tranquebar, ILtqne, Rottler, Wight, 

 ,7'^e8 filifor,'*; '*^ ^r "^^I'e or less convolute. Panicl 



ii in. . 



Panicle 2-6 in., rachis naked, 



