1028 CXLTII. GRAMINE.?;. 



Panicle 3-6 in. long, oblong to ovate, very open ; rhachis glabrous ; 

 branches solitary or 2-nate, distant. Spikelets 5 in. long or less, linear, 

 5-15-flo\vere(l. Invol. -glumes very iinequal ; lower minute, hyaline ; 

 ■upper remote from and larger than the lower, about J^ in. long, ovate, 

 subacute, usually nerveless ; floi-al glumes yL ^^- lo'^g> ovate, subacute 

 •or apiculate ; palea shorter than its glume, strongly curved, persistent, 

 with scabrid keels. Stamens 3; anthers ^V ^^- long. Grain yV ^°- 

 'long, obovoid-oblong, slightly compressed, dorsally grooved. Fl. B. I. 

 V. 7, p. 322 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) p. 441 ; 

 Prain, Beng. PI. p. 1221. 



S. M. Country : Belgaiim, Bitdne ! — Distrib. India (W. Peninsula) ; Tropical 

 Africa. 



13. Eragrostis pilosa, Becmv. Ar/rost. (1812) p. 71. Annual ; 

 stems 6-24 in. high, tufted, erect or geniculately ascending, slender, 

 flaccid. Leaves usually short and narrow (rarely elongate), generally 

 convolute ; sheaths appressed, glabrous, bearded at the mouth ; ligule a 

 softly hairy ridge. Panicle 2-6 in. long, erect or inclined, oblong to 

 pyramidal, open or contracted ; rhachis glabrous or hairy, filiform ; 

 branches fascicled or whorled, capillary, much divided. Spikelets 

 scattered (not fascicled), |— |- by -^^-^r^ in., linear, 5-12-flowered, often 

 purplish ; pedicels longer or shorter than the spikelets; rhachilla tough, 

 smooth, flexuous. Glumes all b_yaline ; invol. -glumes very unequal; 

 lower ovate, nerveless ; upper much larger, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 1-nerved; floral glumes yV~To" ^^- long; palea subpersistent, the keels 

 scaberulous or nearly smooth. Grain ellipsoid, ^\;, ^^^ in. long, laterally 

 apiculate at the base. PI. B. I. v. 7, p. 323 ; Lisboa, in Journ. Bomb. 

 Nat. V. 7 (1893) p. 381 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 5, p. 296 ; AVoodr.in Journ. 

 Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) p. 441 ; Prain, Beng. PI. p. 1221 ; Watt, 

 Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 3, p. 255. 



Decc'An : Waghoti, Mtlwal (Poona districts), Woodrow, 9 .' ; Poona, Cooke ! ; Nasik, 

 Lisboa. S. M. Coi'ntry : Dliarwar, Woodrow. Sind : Woodroiv. — Distrib. Throiigli- 

 oiit India ; Ceylon, S. Europe and most warm countries. 



14. Eragrostis cynosuroides, Beauv. Agrost. (1812) p. 71 & 

 p. 162. Perennial, tall, branched from the base; rootstock stout, 

 -creeping ; stolons very stout, covered with shining sheaths ; stems 

 1-3 i%. high, tufted, smooth, erect, stout. Leaves many, the basal 

 fascicled, reaching sometimes 20 in. long and g in. broad at the base, 

 rigid, acuminate, with filiform tips and hispid margins; sheaths glabrous; 

 ligule a hairy line. Panicle 6-18 by g-H in., strict, erect, narrowly 

 pyramidal or columnar, often interrupted; rhachis puberulous; branches 

 many, short, scarcely reaching 1 in. long, crowded, clothed from the base 

 with sessile imbricating spikelets. Spikelets sessile, secund, 2-seriate 

 and crowded, deflexed, pale brown, rather shining, | in. long, up to 

 i}<J-flowered ; rhachilla tough. Invol.-glumes very unequal; lower ^'^ in. 

 long ; upper -^ in. long, obtuse ; floral glumes x^—y^ in. long, ovate, 

 acute, coriaceous ; palea shorter than its glume, subcoriaceous, with 

 miinitely scabrid keels. Stamens 3 ; anthers -.^ in. long. Grain ^- 

 -^ in. long, oblitjuely ovoid, laterally compressed, obscurely 3-gonous. 

 Pi. B. I. v. 7, p. 324 ; Dalz. & Gibs."^p. 298 ; Lisboa, in Journ. Bomb. 

 Nat. V. 7 (1893) p. 387; AVoodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13(1901) 



