340 Graminee2. [ Eragrostis. 
Annual; stems densely tufted, 6 in.-14 ft. high, erect or 
spreading; leaves linear, spreading; leaf-sheaths ciliate at 
the mouth; panicle spiciform, compact, 4-4 in. long; spike- 
lets about 4, in., compressed, 6-12-flowered; empty glumes 
unequal or subequal; margins of the flowering glumes with- 
out cilia; keels of the palea ciliate; stamens 3; grain ovoid. 
Sea coast, common. FI. Jan.—March, Sept. 
Throughout the tropics. 
I do not understand how E. riparia Steud. differs from this species. 
According to the Fl. Brit. Ind. it sometimes has an open panicle. 
Page 293.—For Eragrostis amabilis W. & A. read: 
3. E. unioloides Nees ex Steud. Syn. p. 269 (1854). Poa unio- 
loides Retz. Obs. V, p. 10 (1789). E. amabilis W. & A. ex Hk. & Arn. 
Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 251 (1830) excl. syn. Linn. 
Page 205.— 
7. &. nigra Nees. 
For Dambulla read: 
Dimbula. 
Montane zone above 4oooft. ; common. 
Page 297.—For E. major Host. read: 
10. E. cilianensis Link. ex Vign. Lut. in Malp. XVIII, p. 386 
(1904). Briza Eragrostis Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 70 (1753). Poa cilianensis 
Alle Fl. Pedem. 11, p..246 t..91.f: 2.1985), 
For Centhotheca lappacea Desv. read: 
C. latifolia Trin. Fund. Agrost. p. 141 (1820). Holcus latifolius 
Linn. Syst., ed. X, p. 1305 (1759). Cenchrus lappaceus Linn. Sp. Pl., 
ed. 2, p. 1488 (1762). Centotheca lappacea Desv. in Nouv. Bull. Soc. 
Philom. I], p. 189 (1810). C. malabarica Merr. in Phil. Journ. Sc. 
excl. syn, Linn. 
Page 304.—For Atluropus villosus Trin. read: 
A. lagopoides Trin. ex Thw. Enum. p. 574 (1864); Merr. in Phil. 
Journ. Sc. XIX, p. 340 (1921). Dactylis lagopoides Linn. Mant. I, 
‘p- 33 (1767). Aluropus villosus Trin. Fund. Agrost. p. 143 (1820). 
73a, Festuca Linn. 
F. BROMOIDES Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 75 (1753). 
Nuvara Eliya (1903, 1926). 
73b. Bromus Linn. 
Annual or perennial grasses; spikelets many-fld., panicled, 
laterally compressed, lanceolate; rachilla jointed below the 
Part V. 
