944 CXLTII. GUAMTXE.T?. 



glabrous, pale. Lower in vol .-glume ; upper invol.-gliime raem- 

 brauous, with a scarcely evident nndiierve ; lower floral glume like the 

 upper iavol.-gluine witli a distinct midncrve ; upper floral glume shorter, 

 elliptic, concave, acuminate, subcoriaceous, smooth, nearly white; palea 

 not or obscurely auricled. Anthers -o^-j^ in. long. Fl. B. I. v. 7, 

 p. 12 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v" 13 (1901) p. 433 ; Prain, Beng. 

 PI. p. 1182. Paspalum longijionim, Beauv. Fl. d'Owar. v. 2 (1809) 

 p. 46, t. 85 {not of Eetz.) ; Grab. Cat. p. 234.— Flowers : Oct. 



KoNKAN : Sea-shore, Bombay, Woodrow ; Malwan, Wuodroiv. — Disruin. India 

 (Sundribans, W. Peninsula, Andamans) ; Malacca. 



13. ERIOCHLOA, H. B. & K. 



Annual or perennial grasses. Leaves flat, lanceolate or ovate- 

 lanceolate. Spikelets 1-flowered, aristulate, secund on the spiciform 

 branches of a raceme or panicle, the base thickened and articulate on 

 the thickened apex of the short pedicel. Glumes 3 ; lower invol. -glume 

 (of Paniciim &c.) absent ; upper invol, -glume subequal to the lower 

 floral glume ; upper floral glume paleate, rather shorter than the lower, 

 apiculate, hardening in fruit. Lodicules truncate. Stamens 3 ; anthers 

 linear. Styles 2, free ; stigmas plumose, subapically exserted. Grain 

 oblong, free between the hardened glume and the palea. — Distrib. 

 Species few, tropical. 



1. Eriochloa polystachya, fL B. 4- K. Nov. Gen. 4' Sp. v. 1 (1815) 

 p. 95, f. 31. Perennial, densely tui'ted, 2-5 ft. high; rootstock short, 

 creeping ; stems leafy, ascending from a creeping base, stout or slender, 

 simple or branched, glabrous except the nodes. Leaves 3-8 by ^-i in., 

 linear or lineai-lanceclate, acuminate, glabrous ; sheaths glabrous, ligule 

 a villous ridge. Panicles 2-5 in. long ; peduncles long or shoi't ; rhachis 

 slender, angular, smooth ; branches of panicle (spikes) alternate, 1-2 in. 

 long, suberect, angular. Spikelets silvery, g-^- in. long, loosely im- 

 bricate, shortly pedicellate, distichous, solitary or 2-nate, elliptic- 

 lanceolate, acuminate. Lower invol.-glume ; upper invol.-glume 

 oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, obscurely 3-nerved, silky-hair}^ mem- 

 branous ; lower floral glume similar to the upper invol.-glume ; upper 

 floral glume much shorter than the lower, elliptic-oblong, obtuse, 

 ai)iculate, thinly coriaceous, pale, shining; palea oblong with incurved 

 margins. Anthers linear. Grain oblong, free within the hardened 

 glume and palea. Fl. B. L v. 7, p. 20; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 5, p. 126; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (J 901) p. 433; Prain, Beng. PI. 

 p. 1183. Eriochloa nnnulata, Kunth, Eevis. Gram, v, 1 (1829) p. 30; 

 Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 3, p. 257. — Flowers : Oct. 



KoNKAN : Bombay near Mahim, Woodrow, Lisboa. Kanara : N. Kanara, Lislioa. — 

 PisTuui. Throiigliout India; Ceylon, most Ilot countrios. 



14. DIMERIA, E. Br. 



Erect slender, annual or perennial grasses. Leaves narrow. In- 

 {l()r(\scence of solitary or 2-nate or digitate slender racemes bearing 

 many spikelets ; rhachis of racemes iuarticulate, terete, angular or 

 flattened. Spikelets 1 -flowered, articulate, subsessile or on very short 

 pedicels, laterally much compressed, solitar\', secund, hilarious, 2-sexual. 



