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Eeg. Berol. V. 1 (1827) p. 187; Lisboa, in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 7 

 (1893) p. 382 ; AVatt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 3, p. 254.— Flowers : Nov.- 

 Jan. 



Decc'An: Voonn, Jacqneinont, S49 1, JVooilrow. S. M. Ooitntry : Badarai, Woodrow] 

 Gujarat: Morvi (Kathiawar), Woodroio. Sind : Woodrow. — Distrib. More or les3 

 throughout India ; Ceylon, westwards to S. Europe, tropical and subtropical Asia. 



10. Eragrostis minor. Host, Gram. Austr. v. 4 (1809) p. 15 {in 

 note) Qt in PI. Austriac. v. 1 (1827) p. 135. Annual; stems 6-18 in. 

 high, densely tufted, slender. Leaves l|-6 by J^-^ in., linear, acute, 

 usually glandular along the margins, flat ; sheaths shortly bearded at 

 the mouth ; ligule a pubescent ridge. Panicle oblong or ovate, rather 

 stiff, 2-6 in. long; rhachis glabrous; branches spreading when mature. 

 Spikelets linear to ovate, 5 by -glQ in., up to 12-ilowered, pale green to 

 purplish- or olive-grey ; pedicels shorter than the spikelets, except the 

 terminal ones ; rhachilla tough. Invol. -glumes subequal or the upper 

 slightly larger, about ^\j- in. long, o\ate, acute, 1-nerved ; floral glumes 

 about ^ in. long, ovate, acute, strongly nerved; palea obovate-oblong, 

 about -jV in. long, shorter than the persistent glumes, the keels scabrid 

 or slightly ciliolate. Stamens 3 ; anthers about j^ in. long. Grain 

 ■^ in. long or more, dorsally rounded or slightly flattened. PI. B. I. 

 V. 7, p. 321 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13(1901) p. 441 ; Prain, 

 Beng. PI. p. 1221.— Flowers: Nov. 



Not very plentiful in the Bombay Presidency. Konkan : Bombay, Lamhcrt\ 

 Deccan : Poona, Jacqnemont , 350!; Nasik, Lisboa. Gujarat: Godra, Woodrou^; 

 Panch Mahals, Woodrow. — Distkib. More or less throughout India (plentiful in 

 N. India) ; S. and Central Europe, N. Asia, N. Zealand, Philippines. 



11, Eragrostis tremula, Hoclist. ex StemJ. Syn. Gram. (1855) 

 p. 269. Annual; stems densely tufted, suberect, 6-24 in. long. 

 Leaves 2-5 by ^V"! ^^-j linear-lanceolate, tapering to a fine point ; 

 sheaths bearded at the mouth ; ligule a minutely hairy line. Panicle 

 large, ovate, very diffuse ; branches solitary, filiform ; pedicels very 

 slender, from | the length of the spikelets to longer than them ; rhacliis 

 glabrous or bearded at the nodes. Spikelets 1 in. or more long, linear, 

 narrower upwards, from 10-60-flowered. Invol .-glumes subequal, -J^- 

 jL; in. long, subobtuse, thin, 1-nerved ; rhachilla tough, glabrous ; floral 

 glumes closely set, broadly ovate, subobtuse, y'^-yL iu.long, with strong 

 nerves ; palea obovate-oblong, slightly shorter than its glume, persistent, 

 with scabrid keels. Stamens 3 ; anthers minute. Grain scarcely J^ in. 

 in diam., globose or nearly so. Fl. B. I. v. 7, p. 320; Lisboa, in Journ. 

 Bomb. Nat. v. 7 (1893) p. 382; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 

 (1901) p. 441 : Prain, Beng. PI. p. 1221. Eragrostis muUifora, Trin, in 

 Mem. Acad. Petersb. ser. 6, v. 1 (1831) p. 401 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 298. 

 E. rhacliitrlcha, Hochst. ex Miq. Analect. Bot. Ind, part 2 (1851) p. 25; 

 Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 3, p. 256.— Flowers : Nov. 



Deccan: Jja-noW, Lishoa. Gujarat: Woodroiv; (j!ogo(Ka.th\a,wdiV), Dalzell^- Gibson, 

 Woodrow. — Distrib. India (Panj^b, Bengal, Birma, W. Peninsula) ; Afghanistan, 

 Tropical Africa. 



12. Eragrostis tenuifolia, Hochst. in Elora, v. 24, part 1 (1841), 

 Jntelligenz. p. 20 {nomen nudum). Perennial ; stem 2-3 ft. high, erect, 

 slender, branched. Leaves long, very narrow ; month of sheath naked. 



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