«o;^ Linn, ex Ham, in WalL Gat, n. 3842, 



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324 CLXxiii. GRAMINE^, (J. D. Hooker.) [Uragrostis, 0. Stapf. 



22. E. nigra, Nees ex Steud. Nom. Ed. II. i. 563, Syn. Gram, 267; 

 perennial, basal sheaths narrow terete or obscurely compressed, panicle 

 oblong to ovate large open lax-fld., branches usually many m wborlsor 

 fascicles rarely solitary or geminate, spikelets up to ^ in. linear to oblon(? 

 3-9-fld., empty gls. subequal acumiaate strongly l-nerved, flg. ^^^- /^^^\f 

 acute, palea obtuse denticulate persistent, grain short truncate at both 

 ends. Oriseb. in Goett, Narhr. (18G8) 75; Duthie Grass. iV.TT. ^^^^■ 

 E. atropurpurea, Ilochst. ex ^teud. Sf/n. Gram, 267. E. amabils, jriM. 

 " ' B. paniculata, Thwattes Enum. 



PI Zeyl. 373 [non >SYewrf.)-— Eragrostis, WalL Gat, n. 3834, 3835, 3842, 

 3346. 



Temp, and trop. Himalaya, iisconding to DOOO ft. from Simla to Sikkun and the 

 Khasia Hills, and southward throughout the DbccaK Pknii^slla. Ceylon. 

 ThwQXte% (C.P. n. 2626). 



Btmx 6 in.-3ft., erect, stout or slender, usually stout and leafy at *'hej)a9e, 

 simple or branched. Leaves in small forms chiefly basal and flat, in taller eionfra-e, 

 mouth of sheath bearded. F article up to 2 ft. long and broad, very copiously mit 

 loosely bi-anched except in small specimens, rachis ghibrous at the nodes, brauc 

 simple below, pedicels usually longer than the spikelets. SpilceleU ohve-grev » 

 empty gls. niemhranous, keels scabrid ; flg. gls. tV-tV "^- Stamens 3, anthers ^ i^' 

 Grain ^V in. or smaller, dorsally slightly grooved. — Habit as variable as of .&. i?''o> • 



23. S. ferrug^lnea, Beauv, Agrost, 71; perennial .^ basal sheaths 

 broad compressed keeled, panicle oblong, branches solitary or 2-na 

 filiform rather stiff, pedicels longer than the spikelets, spiMets 4 |. 

 linear to ovate 3-11-fld., empty gls. unequal acute l-nerved, ^ac^^^J'^ 

 tough, flg. gls. ovate acute or acuminate, palea obtuse ^^Y^.f j. 

 than its gl. persistent keels scabrid, grain obovoid truncate at both ena . 

 Franch, & Sav, Enum, PL Jap, \l 177; Miq, Prolus. FL J<^P-^^]' 

 E. orientalis, Trin. in Bange Emim. PL Chin. Bor. 71. in Mein. Acaa. 

 Petersh. Ser. \ i, iv. II. (1838) Siippl 73, Poa ferrugiuea, T/iunb. ti- 

 Jap. oO. 



SiKKiM Himalaya; Lachoong Valley, alt. 9O0O ft., in meadows with i^. w'^'"^' 

 J. D. H.— DisTRiB. N. China, Japan. ^^ jn 



Stem with the panicle in the Sikkim specimen 18 in., erect. ^^^^^^ p\ic'u 

 narrow, or the lower broad at the base; sheath naked at the mouth. -^^ .^ 

 i~6 in,, shorter than in E. nigra, with stouter branches and fewer ^P"^^^^'^^'^""/, r^ijont 

 rather wiry, bearing few dark spikelets. Spikelets dull green to violet. Oi- -^ 



} in., shorter than II ; flsr. gls. -^y-J. in. Stamens 3, anthers -^V in. or less. ^^^^ 

 tV 1"-. ^^lightly gro )ved or flattened dorsally.— [ liave seen only a poor Indian spe ^^^^ 

 but it seems to bo identical with the Chinese and Japanese plant. Buuge say 

 the same plant is cultivated iu Ilort. Petrop. from Nepal seeds. 



B. Sect. in. Desmostachva, Stapf. Spikelets much compressed, ^mj 

 bricate, sccumcI, sessile and jointed on the very short densely ^''^, ^^ 

 branchlets of a tall narrow racemiform panicle, deciduous, acute; rac 

 subarticulate. 



24 E. cynoauroideB, Bmuv, Agrost. 71, 162; pe»*e^°^*^' it 

 i)ranched from the base, leafy, panicle linear-elongate, branches very » 

 crowded, densely covered from the base with sessile imbricating ^ 



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