32G CLXxiii. GRAMiNK^. (J. D. Hooker.) IJEragrostis, 0. Stapf. 



27. E. Collettii, Staj)f; perennial, leaves filiform convolute, spikelets 

 J-^ in. linear or oblong-linear slightly compressed 6-12-fld., glumes tumid, 

 wiugs of keels of palea about ^ho ^^- broad minutely ciliate. 



BuuMA ; PinmonUy Ahul Htik ; Meiktalla, Collett. 



Stems 18-20 in., densely tutted, very slender, bases densely clofched with a brush 

 of soft filiform fibres f in, long. Leaves 2-4 in., glabrous or ppursely hairy. Spike 

 5-7 iu., erect, strict or slightly curved ; rachis slender, terete, smooth. Spikel€t< 

 purplish, erect, close-set, almost imbricufmg ; empty gls. subeqnal, V.i~TV ^"' ' ^ ac^^tely 

 keeled ; II dorsally rounded ; tig. gls, ^\ in. or less, turgid, broadly ovate, ohtust* or 

 acute with incurved tips ; palea almost as long as the gl., dorsally pubescent. Anthers 

 almost v.V in. 



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Keels of palea not or ohscurely winrjed. 



28. E. nardoides, Trln. in Mem. Acad. Petersb, VI. i. (1831)415; 

 'ennial leaves 3-9 in. almost capillary convolute with tufts of hairs on 



) anrfaPP hplnxc iVta Tnirl*n^ cr\il-t5 rravxr lr»nrr almirlfir spikelctS 3^0 lU. aDtl 



A a* Kiftirin. Wall. 



I., gl**w.^o u^*g--. ^. - T r ^ 



N.fV. Ind, 36; Fodd. Gra-^s. JV. i'"^- 

 61, t. 73; Griseh. in Goett. Nachr. (1863) 76; SieiuL S,yn. Gram. -266. 



Outer Himalaya, from the Panjab to Nepal, up to 5500 ft. Bkuar, ou 

 Parasiiath, and Ciiota Nagpoue, Clarke, J. D. //. 



Stews 12-18 in., densely tutted, filiform. Lvaves as long as the stem or shorter. 

 Spike 6-10 in., very slender, straight or subfiexuous ; rachis terete. smoot». 

 Spikelets erecto-patent, close-set, laterally compressed, olive-green; empty ^ ^• 

 subequfil or I slightly shorter, acutely keeled ; II -^^ in, or less, obtusely keeled ; ng- 

 gls, nearly ^^r in., ovate, acute or subobtuse, nerves faint, keel smooth or nearly >^^^ 

 Aidhers -l^m. Grain -^^/lu, or more, narrowly ellipsoid or subovoid, ^ubterete ( 

 obscurely triquetrous, epicarp finely reticulate. 



29. E. coromandelina, Trin. in Menu Acad. FetersLyl^'^A^^^"^ 

 415; perennial, leaves 1-3 in. filiform convolute puberulous above, spi^^e- 

 lets ^i by ^V in. oblong to linear 10-32-fld. Steud. Syn. Gram. '^o-*. 

 E. cretacea, Nees in Ann. Nat. Hist i. (1838) 284. Poa coroinandeJina, 

 X:oe?K e.r Roitl. in Ges. Natnrf, Fr. Berl. Neue Schrift, iv. (180^) ^'.V 

 Roth. Nov, PI Sp. 71 ; Kitnth Enum. PL i. 327. P. secunda, Roxh. Ic p ^• 



ined, t. 827. 



Plains of India; from Uajputana to Behar, and southwards. Chota XagpoBK, 

 Wood. Upper Burma, Abdul Huk. ^.^j 



Stem 12-18 in., rather stout. Leave.^ short, rarelv flat, spreading and recur • 



"!' ^*J JO "»., ovate, acuce or puoootnse, nerves taint, Keel smootn ui »'^'"'.' z^' 

 almost as long as its gl., keels sometimes obscurely winged scabrid. '''^.^118. 

 anthers ^\- in. Gram ^1^—3^^ in., shortly ellipsoid or subovoid, obtusely 3-q"e 

 epicarp loosely reticulate. 



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30. E. secunda, Nee.^ ex Stetid. Syn. Gram. 264 ; perennial, leaves 



Ckylox, ascending to 5000 ft., Walker, Thwaites (C.P. 60). ^-colrd. ; 



Spikelets secund or distichous, laterally compressed, olive-grey or stra - 

 empty gls, unequal, I about -J^ in. acutely keeled ; II | in., dorsally rounded; njj. 6 



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