1024 CXLTII. GRAMTXE.i:. 



Vae. 1. phnnosa, Stapf, in Hook. f. Fl. B. I. v. 7 (1896) p. 315. 

 Stems tufted, sometimes reaching 15 in. high or more, and as well as 

 the panicle eglandular. Panicle delicate, open, often flexuous ; rliachis 

 bearded at the nodes; pedicels distinct, otten long. Spikelets 3-9- 

 flowered, -^V"^ ^^' ^°"S- Invol. -glumes unequal, the lower distinctly 

 shorter than the upper ; floral glumes Jy in. long ; keels of the palea 

 pectiiiately ciliate with long hairs ; anthers minute. Grain ovoid, jibout 

 ■j^c in. long. Trim. Fl. Cejl. v. 5, p. 291; Prain, Peng. PI. p. 1220. 

 Einr/rostis plumosa (sp.), Link, Hort. Eeg. Berol. v. 1 (1827) p. 192 {not 

 of Boiss.) ; Lisboa, in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 7 (1893) p. 385; Watt, 

 Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 3, p. 255. E. tenella, Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. 

 ]Sat. V. 13 (1901) p. 441. — Flowers: Nov. Vern. Woi/a ; Bakrdlu. 



Konkan: common, Lifiboa. Deccan : Poona, Cooke], Woodrow. Gujakat : Surat, 

 Woodrow.—Di&TiuB. Throughout India ; Ceylon. 



Vab. 2. riparia, Stapf, in Hook. f. Fl. B. I. v. 7 (1896) p. 315. 

 Stems and panicle eglandular. Panicle delicate, contracted, very 

 narrow, flaccid, 1-3 by \-\ in.,subcylindric ; rhachis glabrous : branches 

 very short, erect, smooth, glabrous. Spikelets crowded. Invol.-ghimes 

 iniequal, the lower ^ shorter than the upper; floral glumes ^ in. long. 

 Anthers about jL_ in. long. Grain J^ in. long, ovoid. Prain, Beng. 

 PI. p. 1220. Eragrostis riparia (sp.), Stetid. Svn. Gram. (1855) p. 265. 

 Poa tenella, Roxb. Fl. Ind. v. 1 (1832) p. 337 ; 'Grab. Cat. p. 236. This 

 has been included on the authority of Graham {I. c), who, however, gives 

 no halitat. J. have seen no specimens from the Bombay Presidency. 



Yak. 3. viscosa, Stapf, in Hook. f. Fl. B. I. v. 7 (1S96) p. 315. 

 Stems and rhachis of the panicle more or less viscid. Panicle stiff, 

 stouter and with firmer and more strong'y nerved glumes than in vara. 

 plumosa and riparia, oblong to linear, 2-3 by |-1 in. ; brandies 

 spreading, filiform, often very short ; rhachis usually glabrous (rarely 

 obscurely bearded at the nodes). Spikelets 5-20-flowered, often pur- 

 plish, invol.-ghimes nearly equnl or the lower very slightly shorter 

 than the upper; floral glumes ^V-yV ^"- ^^^S- ^n^tiPrs about y^jy in. 

 long. Grain ovoid, gV-^V in.*"loiig. Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 5, p. 291; 

 Prain, Beng. PI. p. 1220. Eraffrostis viscosa, Trin. in Mem. Acad. 

 Petersb. scr. 6, v. 1 (1831) p. 397; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 298; Lisboa, in 

 .Tourn. Bomb. Nat. v. 7 (1893) p. 386. Poa viscosa, Ketz. Obs. fasc. 4 

 (1786) p. 20 ; Eoxb. FL Lid. v. 1 (1832) p. 336 ; Grab. Cat. p. 236. 



Konkan: Malabar Hill (Bombay), Graham, Dalzell ^- Gibson, Lisboa; Chowpatti 

 (Bombay), Lisf>oa.. The viscid substance on the plant has a balsamic odor {Dabell tj- 

 G/ison).— DisTRiB. India (southern districts) ; Ceylon, Tropical and S. Africa. 



5. Eragrostis interrupta, Beauv. A(/roxt. (1812) p. 71 (not of 

 ]?oom. & Scluilt. nor of Trin.). Yak. Koenigii, ISiapf, in I/ool: f. El. 

 iJ. /. V. 7 (1896) p. 316. A tail glabrous annual or perennial grass; 

 stem erect, 1-3 ft. high or more, smooth and polished; nodes glabrous. 

 Leaves 3-10 in. long, narrow, flat ; f^heaths glabrous, close ; ligule a 

 fimbriate membrane. Panicle erect, 6-18 in. long, contracted ; branches 

 filiform, often distant, 2 or more proceeding from the same level and 

 giving tliH panicle a verticillate appearance. Spikelets small, J— j^ in. 

 long, usually 6-14-flowered, smooth, often tinged with red, pedicellate ; 

 rliachilla articulate Ix'tween the flowering glumes, glabrous, di.sarlicu- 

 lating from above downwards. Invol. -glumes sukqual, about ^^ i"- 



