464 GRAMINE^. 



Nilgiris : at Ootacamund, common. Pulneys : in and below 

 Kodaikanal down to 5,000 feet, etc. Bourne 1037, 1044, etc. 



Geii. Dist. Mountains of South India, tropical Africa. 



Eragrostis nigra Nees, ex Steiid- ; F.B.I . vii 324, CIV 

 22. Stem about 18 inches (l to 36), very leafy at the base. 

 Leaves about 6 inches, bearded at the top of the sheath. 

 Panicle 6 to 18 inches ; its branches numerous very 

 slender. Spikelets 1/16 inch: glumes i and ii about 

 1/12 inch, one-nerved; flowering glumes slightly 

 shorter. Grain 1/32 inch or smaller, on the dorsal side 

 slightly grooved. 



Nilgiris : Ootacamund. Pulneys : near Kodaikanal and down 

 to 5,000 feet. Bourne 1039, 1512, 4820, etc. 



Gen. Dist. Temperate and tropical India from Simla to Sikkim, 

 Khasi hills, Deccan peninsula and Ceylon. 



BRIZA. F.B.I. 173 cxvii. 



Quake-grass. 



Distinguished by the broad, tapering or triangular 

 spikelets on very slender pedicels, in open panicles, and 

 by the broad, nearly round, keel-less, glumes, and broad 

 paleas. 



Species about 10 in temparate regions. 



Briza media Linn. ; F.B.I, vii 336, CXVII I ; common 

 Quake-grass. Stem about 15 inches, very slender. 

 Leaves 3 inches, fiat. Panicle pyramidal 3 inches wide, 

 with hair-like horizontal branches. Spikelets 1/5 by 1/6 

 inch with horizontal base. 



Nilgiris : on the downs introduced. Bourne 5235. 



Gen. Dist. Europe, north Asia and temperate mountains of India and 

 Thibet. 



