K)26 cxLvn, CBAiiixE.?:. 



tStamens 3 ; anthers about ~,\ in, long, yellow. Grain oblong, about 

 ^L in. long, brown. Trim. Fi. CeU. v. 6, p. 293; Stapf, in Dyer, I'l. 

 Capen. v. 7 (1900) p. 617; Prain, Beng. PI. p. 1221. Eragrostis 

 deganUda, Stapf, in Hook. f. Fl. B. I. v. 7 (1896) p. 318 {not of Nees) ; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) p. 441. E. Brownei, Nees, 

 ex AVigbt, Cat. n. 1780; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 3, p. 253.— 

 Flowers : Dec-i^ j:ir. 



Deccan : Borkas, Mawal (Poona districts), Wood'j-ow. — DiSTinn. Throughout India ; 

 Geylou. 



8. Eragrostis stenophylla, Ilochst. e.v Miq. Analect. Bot. Lid. 

 part 2 (1851) p. 27. Perennial; stems densely tufted, 12-18 in. high, 

 erect or geniculately ascending, simple or branched ; upper interuodes 

 long. Leaves 3-5 in. long, A'ery narrow, strict, rather stiff, usually 

 convolute, smooth, quite flat, glabrous, not glaucous ; sheaths smooth ; 

 llgiile a narrow membranous line. Panicle ovate, or oblong, or sublinear, 

 suberect or nodding ; branches rather distant, alternate, obliquely 

 spreading when ripe, much divided upwards ; rliachis slender, smooth ; 

 pedicels of spikelets filiform. Spikelets ^-^ in. long, linear- oblong, 

 20-30-flowered ; rhachila zig-zag. Lower invol. -glume -^ in. long, 

 ovate-oblong, subacute ; upper invol .-glume slightly longer, both hyaline, 

 1-nerved ; floral glumes broadly ovate, subacute, about j^ in. long, with 

 smooth keels ; palea linear-oblong, caducous with the glumes, the keels 

 scabrid. Stamens 3 ; anthers minute. Grain globose or globosely 

 ellipsoid, ^^ in. long, reddish-brown, smooth. Fl. B. L v. 7, p. 318; 

 Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 5, p. 294 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) 

 p. 441 ; Prain, Beng. PL p. 1221. Eragrostis Brownei, Nees, in Wight, 

 Cat. (,1833) n. 1780 (partly); Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 3, p. 253. 



KoN^KAN : Malwan, Woodrow. Deccan: Borkas, Mawal (Poona districts), Woodrow. 

 — DisTRiB. More or less throughout India ; Cejiou, Tropical Asia and Africa. 



9. Eragrostis major, Host, Gram. Atistr. v. 4 (1809) p. 14, t. 24. 

 Annual ; stems 1-3 ft. high, usually stout and branched, leafy, erect or 

 geniculately ascending, smooth, polished. Leaves reaching 8 by \ in., 

 narrowed to a fine point, flat, smooth, flaccid, glandular along the 

 margins ; sheaths sparingly bearded ; ligule a ciliolate ridge. Panicle 

 2-8 in. long, erect, oblong or ovate-oblong, open or sometimes con- 

 tracted, usually stiff; rhachis strict, rather stout, smooth ; branches 

 spreading or suberect, capillary, stiff or flexuous, again branching from 

 near the base, the branchlets short, capillary. Spikelets longer than 

 their pedicels, usually crowded, ovate and \-\ in. long with 6-8 glumes, 

 1o linear-oblong rather narro\^ed upwards, and \-^ in. long or more 

 Avith many (up to GO) glumes, olive-grey or yellowish; rhachilla tough, 

 zig-zag, the internodes short, smooth. Invol.-glunies ovate, acute, with 

 seabrid keels ; lower smaller than the upper, 1 (sometimes 3)-uerved ; 

 upper slightly larger than the lower, 3-nerved ; floral glumes broadly 

 ovate, acute, sometimes apiculate, Jj in, long, strongly nerved ; palea 

 obovate, much curved, sliorter than its glume, with ciliolate keels. 

 Stamens 3; anthers -^-^ in. long. Grain globose, -^ in. in diam., 

 microscopically rugulose, reddish-brown. Fl. B. L v, 7, p. 320 ; Trim. 

 Fl. Ceyl. V. 5, p. 297; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) 

 J). 441 ; Prain, Beng. PI. p. 1221. EnKirosiif megaftachga, Link, Hort. 



