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long, ovate-oblong, obtuse, hyaline, 1-nerved ; floral glumes about J^^^ in. 

 long, ovate-oblong, obtuse ; palea linear-oblong, with smooth or slightly 

 scaberulous keels. Stamens 2 ; anthers small. Grain obovoid. Trim. 

 PI. Ceyl. V. 5, p. 292; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) 

 p. 441 ; Praiu, Beng. PJ. p. 1220. Eragrostis Koeni/ii, Link, Hort. E,eg. 

 Bot. Berol. v. 2 (1833) p. 294 in syn. Erai/rostis nutans, Nees, ex 

 Wight, Cat. (1833) n, 1776, et ex Stend. Norn. ed. 2, part 1 (1840) 

 p. 563 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 297 ; Lisboa, in Journ. Bomh. Nat. v. 7 (1893) 

 p. 381 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 3, p. 255.— Flowers : Nov. Veen. 

 ChiJcsi. 



Konkan: Bassein, Lisboa; Thana, Lisboa. Deccan : Bhowdan near Poona, 

 Woodrow. Gujarat : in water-holes, Balzell cf Gibson ; Surat, Cooke !, Woodrow. — 

 DisTRiB. Throughout India ; Ceylon, Tropical Asia and Africa. 



6, Eragrostis amabilis, Wight 4' Am. ex Nees, in Hoolc Sf Am. 

 Bot. Beech. Voy. (1841) p. 251 {not of Linn.). Annual, glabrous; 

 stems 6-18 in. long, tufted, slender, erect or geniculately ascending, 

 leafy chiefly at the base ; internodes long. Leaves 3-6 by yg-^i ^^-j 

 narrowed from a broad subcordate base to an acute tip, smooth ; sheaths 

 smooth, glabrous ; ligule or obscure. Panicle oblong or ovoid, 2-4 

 in. long, sparingly branched; rhachis and nodes glabrous. Spikelets 

 ^-5 in. long, compressed, ovoid-elhptic or oblong, 20-50-flowered, 

 shortly pedicellate, often purple ; rhachilla tough, internodes very 

 short. Glumes elegantly distichous, spreading, keeled; invol. -glumes 

 subequal or the upper slightly longer than the lower, yj— jV ^''^- '''"g^ 

 ovate, acute, 1-nerved ; floral glumes broadly ovate or suborbicular, 

 mucronulate, -jlg- in. long, punctulate ; palea shorter than its glume and 

 deciduous with it. Stamens 3; anthers minute. Grain obovoid or 

 ellipsoid, laterally compressed, about 3^,^ in. long, ox'ange-brown, smooth. 

 PI. B. I. V. 7, p. 317 ; Trim. PI. Ceyl. v. 5, p. 293; Woodr. in Journ. 

 Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) p. 441 ; Prain, Beng. PI. p. 1220. Eragrostis 

 unioloides, Nees, ex Steud. Syn. Gram. (1855) p. 264 ; Lisboa, in Journ. 

 Bomb. Nat. v. 7 (1893) p. 383. Poa unioloides, Eetz. Obs. fasc. 5 

 (1789) p. 19; Eoxb. PL Ind. v. 1, p. 339; Grab. Cat. p. 236. Uniola 

 indica, Spreng. Syst. v. 1 (1825) p. 349 ; Dak. & Gibs. p. 298.— 

 Plowers : Sept.-Nov. 



Konkan: Pare! (Bombay) ; Bassein, 71 ooc?row. Deccan: Poona, ^Foor/row; Lanoli, 

 Woodrow, 165! S. M. Codntry: marshes N. of Belgaum, Ritchie, 846! — Distrib. 

 Throughout India ; Oeylon, Tropical Asia. 



7. Eragrostis gangetica, Steud. Syn. Gram. (1855) p. 266. 

 Perennial ; stems tufted, 1-3 ft. long, stout, smooth, shining, simple or 

 branched, suberect. Leaves few, 2-8 in. long, very narrow, convolute, 

 rigid, quite smooth, glaucous, linear, tapering to a fine point ; sheaths 

 glabrous except the mouth which is sometimes bearded ; ligule a 

 minutely ciliolate rim. Panicle oblong, 2-6 in. long, nodding ; branches 

 solitary, rather distant, often long, suberect or the lower spreading : 

 rhachis glabrous; pedicels of spikelets short. Spikelets i—i in. long, 

 linear to linear-oblong, 10-30-flowered ; rhachilla tough, glabrous, 

 persistent, the internodes short. Lower invol.-glume J^ in. long, 

 ovate-oblong, acute, 1-nerved ; upper slightly larger, 1-nerved ; floral 

 glumes broadly ovate, subacute, reaching to nearly Jjj in. long; palea 

 deciduous, slightly shorter than its glume, with scaberulous keels. 



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