f 





Eragmtis, 0. Stapf.] CLXZiii. gramine^. (J. D. Hooker.) 323 



/.)• E. riff idi folia, Hochst. Serb 



SpMif /!^^^^-)- E. speirostachya, Goss, et Bur, ex Lange I c. E. 

 rr. ! n ' ^^f • ^"^ ^^^0^ ^- ^- (^^'^ G^''^)' E. vulgaris, to>\ speirostachya, 



i^.U%' ^' * ^- ^apposa, 2)6*/. in Roem. & Sck Si/sL ii. 585. Mega- 

 "^chya? papposa, Roe^n. & Sch. I.e. . 



8f«M*rfT.^i^^^^'^^^' conunoa in the Trans-Indus districts; Kawul Pindi, Ac,, 



S^em f^jr^^?''-—'^^^'^^^^' Westward to Arabia, N. Africa, and Spain, 

 wlute " 1 *"*' ^^"'^ slender, simple. Leaver- short, strict, very narrow, con- 

 filiforni/r" */^ ^^*^'*^^* l>ear(led with long silky hairs. Panicle 4-8 in.; rachis 

 *»«vond [ii '''"*V*^^^ alternate, almost cnpiilary, naked below, loosely Ijrauched 



or'dark '*^ *", "^ ■^^'^^^ capillary spreading branchlets. Spikelefs verv pale yellow 

 1-nerved J.lf^'^^r'"''^' ^': ^ ^V"^ hi. or less, nerveless; II ^j~J^ in., faintly 

 anthers Ji_ '^' ^7^ '^*^*'^^ "iV "^' > P'*l^'<^ rather shorter, keels scabrid. Stamens 3, 

 Qsuallvnn^f*"' , ''"^'^ gVWo !»•> dorsally grooved. — A very elegant species, with 

 . quite pale very narrow spikelets. 



lidal f] " ?, °**5 Beauv. Agrost. 71 ; annual, panicle oblong to pyra- 

 iisnallv ^'^ o])Qn or contracted, rachis glabrous or hairy, branches 



ally 



or " 



short J'^°+l^ °^ ^^^^ whorlei and branchlets very slender, pedicels longer 

 eon^i i^ ,• ^ *^^ spikelets which are \ in. linear 5-12-fld., empty „ls. 



Reichh. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 91 ; T. iVee* 



""^QUal h • 1 ^F^'^eJ^ei'S vvnicu are f in. linear j-i^-uu., empuv „is. 



Wis <.,>o/^ , ' ^^chilla tough, flg. gis. ovate iicute. palea subpersisteut 

 (;«i//V''''*''''i.^^*i'i ellipsoid. " "~ 



^^l ?l wo'^-T^"'*"^"'- i- °- 55 ; Thm. Enmn. PI. Zeyl. 373 ; Trim. Ca '. 

 Fodd Grn 'J ''^^^ ^«^- °- 1784, 1784b.; Dnthie Grass. N.W. LuL 38, 

 W aI/*^ •-^''^•^^; ^iic/ii*. Ca<. P,f,«>t PL 170; Lishoa in Journ. 

 OrU', r-J^**^- Soc-. vii. n 893) 381. Ledeb. Fl. Ross. iv. 382; Bolss. Fl. 



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^- Punctltr •"■**• '^'^'•- ^1- i- (1831) 411. E. pelbicidu, Steud. I.e. 279. 



^- verticil ft -^^- ^-^ '^''c'"^- ^^"'«- -£"'/• II- i- ''^^^ '^.«'«- ^'■«^'- ■2•^^• 

 Ji^r^/s rw D-^''''"^- * &•/*. S>/st. ii. 575; 22eiV'//i. Jc. Ft. Germ. t. 9; 



"• •^829' B p ."-^"^ -P^. 170. Poa amabilis, i^cri. Hei/ne ex Wall. Cat 

 ^^^ft \v nono^'^^^''^' ^oen. ex Rottl. in Ges. Naturf. Fr. r>ei-l. Neuc 



?'•"»• W, •• • ''^ ^012 {Fhulcia). V. pilosa, im". 5>. PA 68; -^a./ 

 1**^; KunfhT?^'^' ■^^^' *• <58 ; Kunth l.r. 329. P. punctata, Linn.f. Suppl. 

 b^ e^- WnuT- ^'^ '• =^30 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 338. P. tenelk, Herb 

 ^""«- 3-^q M-v'^- ^^2^ ^- P '^erticillata, Crt^'. 7r. i. 63, t. 93; htmth 

 ^""^^'^JVnli n"^ tenorum, Herh. Heme ex Wall I.e. 3829 B.-Era- 



''"^- Cat. n. 3829. 



o^'^-^i^mm. ?o^ '"'^ Burma; asccndin- the Himalaya to 5000 ft. ormore. 

 U "» 3 in %! ^ ■^- '^29).— DisTiiiii. S. Europe and most warm countries. 

 „ ""^''wl. J J "•' tufted, eioot, usually vi'ry sloador aud .simplo, rarely stout and 

 ^''"'■slieatK'K T'^^ narrow, flaccid or Strict and convolute, rarely elongate; 

 y'}i\ rani.; r:""''^''>- Panicle very variable in size and form, erect mclined or 



Pla 



nt 



men; V , ^-^ '"•' '''«'*^*- <^'-'"'" t's-tV '"-. »'«*'* Jaterai.y up.cum.e.— 

 ^-4 m. high look very diflerent from the ordinary state of the 



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