10. Eragrostis.] 139. GRAMINEM. 



nerves and keel of palea scaberulous in a Beliar specimen, usuallj' glabrous or 

 nearly so. Grain "Ol". 



Patna, 2fa)H, ! Gy?i, Cla)'ke\ Santal Parg., (rawiZe ! Ranchi, C^arie ! Manbhum, 

 Clarke \ Puri, ifflce ! Fl., Pr. May-Jan. 



Var. /3. diplachnoides, Stapf. 



Stem tall stout branched, panicle long, often over 1 ft. effuse or contracted witli 

 solitary or 2-3-nate brandies elongate to 1-5'', simple or if branched the whorl 

 rarely overtopped by one or two branches, ultimate branches not divai'icate, spkts. 

 6-12-fld. Rhachis and pedicels often scabrid. 



Gya, Jllokim ! Hazaribagh, Clarke ! Purl, Wahh ! Fl., Fr. Oct.-Dec. 



Var. y. tenuissima, Stapf. 



Panicle long loose narrow usually stiff, branches •5-2", pseudo-whorled, spreading 

 ramified from the base, branchlets and pedicels divaricate filiform to capillary, 

 spikelets few-fld., fl. glumes very obtuse -03" long. 



Santal Parg., Gamble ! Ranchi, Gamble, Clarke, etc., common ! Hazaribagh, on 

 Parasnath, Clarke ! Palamau, Gamble ! FL, Fr. Oct.-Dec. 



Var. (). 



Perhaps the same variety as tenuhsima, but with the more elongate erect 

 branches of diplachnoides, spkts. very short with only 3-5 flg. glumes are speci- 

 mens from Rajmahal Hills, Kurz, Mokim ! and Gya, Mokim ! These are called 

 teHuissima in the Cal. Herb, 



6. E. amabilis, Wight tfc Am. 



A pretty grass with rather slender stems 6-18" high. Leaves 1-G", 

 mostly convolute, sometimes flat, up to -15" rarely -25" broad, sheaths 

 usually with a few cilia near the mouth. Panicle narrow or ovoid 

 oblong, contracted or effuse, with alternate branches. Spikelets 

 •15-'65" long pale or purple, much compressed, ovate or ovate-oblong 

 with 16-70 very close-set imbricating distichously spreading broadly 

 elliptic or ovate (unfolded) glumes -OG--!" long, which fall off with 

 their paleasfrom below upwards ; palea ovate as long as glume, keels 

 near margin, scaberulous. Rhaehilla tough, very nodose after fall 

 of glume, but straight. Grain ellipsoid or obovoid, somewhat laterally 

 compressed, '03". 



Common, mostly in wet ground. Purneah ! Monghyr, J/oA:i>n ! Santal Parg., 

 Mokim, QtcA Ranchi, TFoorf, etc., common ! Singbhum, very common ! Hazari- 

 bagh, Clarke \ Manbhum, Camp. \ Orissa, Wahh I No doubt throughout the 

 province. Fl., Fr. Oct.-Dec Annual. 



This grass often strongly resembles superficiallj'^ the English " Quaking Grass," 

 (Briza). The lateral nerves of the flg.-glumes are very prominent, their apices do 

 not quite reach the margin. As the spikelets elongate the lower glumes fall away 

 so that the glumiferous portion is usually only ■15-'3" rarely '5" long. 



7. E. gangetica, Steud. Syn. E. elegantula, Stapf. (in F.B.I.). 

 .Stems 1-.3 ft. high suberect or ascending, slender or rather stout. 



Leaves erect, flat or subconvolute, up to 6" by -17" nearly glabrous 

 or with a few hairs at base and mouth of sheath. Panicle contracted 

 or with long slender erecto-patent branches which again divide into 

 erect filiform branchlets. Rhachis and pedicels often scabrid. Spike- 

 lets •2--3" long (or sometimes after fall of lower gls. elongating to -5") 

 on 0--2" long pedicels (terminal longer), rhaehilla only slightly zigzag 

 but with distinct internodes. Fig. gls. cymbiform somewhat acumi- 

 nate -06- -08" long, sometimes minutely scaberulous or pulverulent. 



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