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tracted or somewhat open, the branches slender, usually fascicled, often 
up to 12 cm long. Spikelets pedicelled, very numerous, pale, 2 to 3 mm 
long, the flowering glumes 6 to 10, about 1 mm long. 
In open wet lands near San Pedro Macati, fl. Sept.—Dec.; widely dis- 
tributed in the Philippines. Tropical Asia, Africa, and Malaya. 
* 5. E. unioloides (Retz.) Nees. 
An annual, erect, tufted or somewhat scattered, rather slender, glabrous 
grass 20 to 40 cm high. Leaves narrowly lanceolate, acuminate, flat, 5 to 
9 em long, 5 mm wide or less. Panicles exserted, oblong-ovoid, lax, open, 
8 to 15 cm long, the branches slender, simple, solitary, distant, the lower 
ones about 5 cm long. Spikelets long-pedicelled compressed, oblong-ovate 
or broadly ovate, 5 to 10 mm long, usually purplish. Flowering glumes 
numerous, about 2 mm long, falling away from the base upward, the 
rachilla tough, persistent. 
On ledges along streams, Masambong, fl. Nov.—Feb.; occasional in similar 
habitats in Luzon. Widely distributed in tropical Asia, introduced in 
Florida. 
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6. E. distans Hack. 
A very slender, erect, loosely tufted, annual grass, 20 to 40 em high. 
Leaves 5 to 10 cm long, 2 mm wide or less. Panicles pale, lax, erect, 10 
em long or less, the branches few, solitary, distant, more or less spreading, 
pale. Spikelets rather few, scattered, pedicelled, linear or oblong-linear, 
1 to 1.5 em long, the flowering glumes 20 to 40, about 2 mm long. 
In open dry grass lands, La Loma to San Pedro Macati, fl. Nov.—Feb. 
Known only from Luzon. 
7. E. PILOSA (L.) Beauv. 
A tufted, slender, erect annual 15 to 50 cm high, the stems usually 
somewhat geniculate below. Leaves 5 to 12 cm long, 2.5 mm wide or less. 
Panicles lax, erect or somewhat nodding, 8 to 15 cm long, the branches 
slender, the lower ones fascicled, up to 8 cm long. Spikelets long-pedi- 
celled, 4 to 6 mm long, 9- to 13-flowered, the flowering glumes 1 to 1.2 mm 
long. 
Waste places, Cementerio del Norte, apparently of recent introduction, 
fl. Aug.—Nov. In most warm countries. 
8. E. elegantula (Kunth.) Steud. 
A tufted, somewhat rigid, perennial grass about 1 m high, more or less 
glaucous. Leaves 10 to 15 cm long, 2.5 to 5 mm wide, acuminate. Panicles 
somewhat nodding, rather lax, 7 to 20 cm long, the branches solitary, naked 
below. Spikelets numerous, long-pedicelled, scattered, oblong, about 7 
mm long, plumbeous, each with from 10 to 16 flowers, the flowering glumes 
nearly 2 mm long. 
In open grass lands, Caloocan to Masambong, fl. all the year; widely 
distributed in the Philippines. Tropical Asia through Malaya to Australia. 
9. E. spartinoides Steud. 
A rather densely tufted, slender but somewhat stiff perennial 15 to 50 
cm high. Leaves 4 to 10 cm long, 2 to 4 mm wide, usually involute when 
dry. Panicles slender, strict, 5 to 10 em long, of distant, solitary, short, 
usually appressed branches, the branches densely flowered, 2 cm long or 
less. Spikelets appressed, sessile, 4 to 15 on each branch, 5 to 9 mm long, 
the flowering glumes 8 to 16, about 1.5 mm long. 
