1038 CX'I.YII. GUAMlNE.t. 



trigonous, obliijuely striate, reddish-brown. Fl. B, I. v. 7, p. 293; 

 Grab. Cat. p. 235; Trim. PI. Ceyl. v. o, p. 277; Lisboa, in Journ. 

 Bomb. Nat. v. 7 (1893) p. 375; AVoodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 

 (1901) p. 440; Prain, Beng. PI. p. 1229; AVatt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 3, 

 p. 241. — Flowers: Jan. Vebn. Mahar-ndchni. 



Throughout the Presidency, Lishoa. Decc.vn : Poona, Woodruw. — Distrib. 

 Throughout the plaius of India ; Ceylon, Tropics of the Old World. 



2. Eleusine flagellifera, Nees, in Linncea, v. 16 (1842) p. 220. 

 Perennial, prostrate, proliferously branched, glaucous ; stems smooth, 

 stiff, \\ idely spreading, rooting at the distant thickened leafy nodes and 

 sending up slender branches ; internodes 4-8 in. long. Leaves ^-l^ by 

 J^-| in., linear-lanceolate, acuminate, rigid, distant, flat or tortuous, 

 recurved, the upper very short; sheaths glabrous; ligule a hairy line. 

 Spikes 3-6, digitate, |-1| by ^-^ in. ; rhachis slender, flexuous, pubes- 

 cent. Spikelets imbricate, subsessile or very shortly pedicellate, 4-6- 

 fiowered, |— ^ in. long. Lower invol. -glume rather less than ^ in. long, 

 ovate, acute, membranous ; upper invol.-glume ^ in. long, lanceolate, 

 aristate, coriaceous, with broad membranous margins ; floral glumes 

 ^ in. long, ovate, acute, apiculate, chartaceous, 3-nerved, the midnerve 

 compound, the margins membranous, hairy below ; palea oblong with 

 ciliate keels. Anthers -^ in. long. Fl. B. I. v. 7, p. 294 ; Duthie, 

 Fodd. Grass. N. Ind. p. 57; Lisboa, in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 7 (1893) 

 p. 377; Woodr. in Jotirn. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) p. 440; Watt, 

 Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 3, p. 241. 



Deccan : Poona, Lishoa ; Khandesh, Lisbon. Sind : Dahell !, StocJcs, 765 ! — 

 DiSTRiB. India (Paujiib, W. Peninsula) ; Afghanistan, N. Africa. 



3. Eleusine aegyptiaca, Desf. Fl. Atlant. v. 1 (1798) p. 85 {cpgyp- 

 tia). Annual of variable habit, 1-1 1 ft. high: stems sometimes pros- 

 trate, rooting from the proliferously branched nodes, geniculately 

 ascending, compressed, glabrous, smooth. Leaves linear, 1-5 by -^- 

 ^ in., tapering to a fine point, flat, glaucous, glabrous or hairy or 

 hispidly ciliate with bulbous-based hairs ; ligule a slightly ciliolate hne. 

 Spikes 2-6, digitately radiating, g-lg in. long; rhachis trigonous or 

 dorsally flattened, rigid, often excurrent into a pungent mucro. Spike- 

 lets many, 3-5-flowered, spreading at right angles to the rhachis, up to 

 ^ in. long. Glumes divai-icate ; lower invol.-glume ovate, acute, -j\ in. 

 long ; upper invol.-glume -^ in. long (excluding the awn), siiborbicular, 

 the midnerve produced into a usually curved awn often as long as or 

 sometimes longer than the glume ; floral glumes gibbously ovate, up to 

 ■!■ in. long, mucronate or awned ; ])alea rather shorter than its glume, 

 ovate-oblong, obtuse or 2-fid. Anthers about -^ in. long. Grain sub- 

 globose, reddish, very rugose, 4f, in. in diam. Fl. B. L v. 7, p. 295; 

 (xrah. Cat. p. 235; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 5, p. 279; Lisboa, in Journ. 

 Bomb. Nat. v. 7 (1893) p. 374 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 

 (1901) p. 440 ; Prain, Beng. PL p. 1229 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 3, 

 p. 236. Dacfyloctenium m/ypiiacum, Willd. Enum. llort. Berol. (1809) 

 p. 1029 ; Dak." & Gibs. p. 297.— Flowers : Sept.-Nov. 



Konkan: Ratnagiri, Wonclmw, ill Dkctan : Voonn, Jrirf/urmn7if, ^09'. and 480!; 

 Sharanpur, near Nasik. IVdor/roir. S. i\I. Cduntuy : Badaini, W'lodruw, 121 Sisn: 

 s/or/is, (('17 ! - DisTitiii. Widely spread througliout tropical and subtropical regions. 



