CXLTii. grami:ne.e. 1023 



bi'oadly ovate, cuspidately acuminate, subhyaliiie, A'ery minutely 

 scaberulous, the margius ciliate and the nerves prominent ; palea 

 shorter than its glume with ciliate keels. Grain ovoid to ellipsoid, 

 Jo in. lono-, terc^te. F\. B. I. v. 7, p. 313 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 298 ; Prain, 

 Beng. Pl.^p. 1220. Poa ciliata, Roxb. PI. lud. ed. Wallicli, v. 1 (1820) 

 p. 336. 



Gujarat : Domas near Surat, Dahell cf- Gibson. 



This plant has been iucluded on the authority of Dalzell k Gibson in their ' Bombay 

 Flora.' I have seen no specimens from Bombay, nor does Woodrow include the plant 

 in his list in the ' Bombay Journal of Natural History.' Dalzell's description of the 

 plant is accurate. — Distrib. India (Chota Nagpur, W. Peninsula); Cochinchina. 



2. Eragrostis aspera, Nees, Fl. Afr. Anstr. (]841) p. 408. 

 Annual ; stems 8-20 in. high (excluding the panicle), stout, suberect, 

 usually tufted, smooth and shining ; nodes glabrous. Leaves 8-18 by 

 \-\ in., linear, flat, glabrous ; sheaths bearded at the mouth, otherwise 

 glabrous ; ligule a fringe of long hairs. Panicle lax, open, thyrsiform, 

 oblong to obovate-oblong, 8-20 by 4-6 in. ; rhachis terete, scaberulous, 

 bearded at the nodes ; branches solitary or falsely whorled, capillar}^ 

 loosely and repeatedly divided from near the base ; pedicels longer than 

 the spikelets, very slender. Pedicels scattered, linear-oblong, ^ by 

 Jg- in., erect, 4-16-flovvered ; rhachilla very slender, breaking up. 

 Invol.-glumes subequal, oblong, obtuse, -^ in. long, 1-nerved ; floral 

 glumes about j^^ in. long, obliquely ovate-oblong, with prominent 

 nerves ; palea obscurely and obtusely 3-lobed, the keels scabrid. 

 Stamens 3 ; anthers -^ in. long. Grain subglobose, about -g'^- in. in 

 diam. PI. B. I. v. 7, p. 314 ; Lisboa, in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 7 (1893) 

 p. 386 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) p. 441. 



XoNKAN : Lisboa ! Kanaka : N. Kanara, Lisboa ! — Distrib. India (S. India, W. 

 Peninsula) ; Ceylon, Tropical and S. Africa, Isle of France. 



3. Eragrostis ciliaris, Lhik, Hort. Beg. Berol. v. 1 (1827) p. 192. 

 Var. brachystachya, Boiss. Fl. Orient, v. 5 (1881) p. 582. Stems 

 G-IO in. long, tufted, geniculately ascending, glabrous, smooth. Leaves 

 2-3 by 2V~T2 ^^-i linear, tapering to a fine point ; sheaths striate, 

 usually bearded at the mouth with long hairs ; ligule a fringe of short 

 hairs. Panicle short, i-l| in. long, oblong, cylindric, appearing hairy 

 from the long cilia of the palese ; branches short, suberect. Spikelets 

 -^ in. long, crowded, 6-12-flowered, strongly compressed ; rhachilla 

 breaking up ; pedicels very short. Invol.-glumes subequal, ovate- 

 lanceolate, acute, reaching j-L in. long ; floral glumes -^ in. long, oblong, 

 subtruncate, mucronulate, spreading; palei3e equal to their glumes and 

 falling with them, the Iceels with long rigid cilia. Stamens 3; anthers 

 very short. Grain elongate-ovoid, about J^ in. long. PI. B. I. v. 7, 

 p. 314; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) p. 441.— Plowers : 

 Nov. 



DahcU without locality in Herb. Kew. ! Gujarat : Baroda, Woodrow. Sind : 

 Stocks ! ; Jemadar ka Landa near Karachi, Stocks ! — Distrib. India (Upper Gangetic 

 plain, W. Peninsula) ; Arabia, Tropical Africa. 



4. Eragrostis tenella, Roem. Sf Schult. JSijst. v. 2 (1817) p. 576. 

 A very variable annual with slender densely tufted stems, of which 

 the following varieties are found or said to be found in the Bombay 

 Presidency. 



