10. Eragrostis.] 139. GRAMINE.E. 



tip, side-nerves strong. Paleae remarkably persistent, often clothing 

 the whole rhachilla after fall of the glumes and sometimes semi- 

 •amplexicaul with their reduplicate margins, broadly obovate, much 

 curved Avith scabrid or ciliolate keels. Grain brown, quite globose, 

 slightly striolate, -02" diam. 



Bhagalpur, Cal. Herb. ! Monghyr, Mokim ! Gya, Clarice, etc. ! Ranchi,, Wood 

 (from garden) ! Fl,, Fr. May-Dec. Annual. 



L. with sheath sparing-ly bearded. Panicle mostly effuse, branches solitary or 

 nearly so, pedicels scabrid. Spikelets grey. An easilj^ recognised species. 



11. E. minor, Host. 



A much more delicate plant than E. major, which it closely re- 

 sembles except in smaller dimensions. Stems 6-18", slender. Leaves 

 2-5" long by -2" or less sometimes incurved (probably pressed after 

 wilting), finely acuminate, margin with small disciform glands as in 

 major. Panicle ovate or oblong, branches solitary capillary, branched 

 irom near the base. Spikelets •12--3" long on slender mostly short 

 pedicels, up to 12-fld. Gls. -06" long or slightly less upwards, broadly 

 ovate rounded as in major, midrib reaches margin. Grain not quite 

 so globose as in major, but similarly microscopicallv striolate and 

 '02— 022" long. 



Behar (probably Shaliabad), Leviuge\ Purneah (near, at Maldah). Clarice \ 

 Suntal Parganas, Mokim ! Monghyr, Mokim ! Fl., Fr, April-Oct. Annual. 



I would call this a form of E. major, though it is supposed to differ by gls. i and 

 ii being both 1-nerved. Mouth of leaf -sheath slightly bearded. 



12. E. tremula, Hochst. 



A slender grass with tufted stems 1-2 ft. high with large very effuse 

 and lax ovoid panicles somewhat resembling amahilis but spikelets 

 much narrower (linear) and longer, -25-1" long on capillary solitary 

 pedicels, axils of panicle-branches with long cilia. Paleas persistent. 



Frequent, in dry sandy places. Shahabad, Lecinge ! Gya, Mokim ! Rauchi, 

 Clarke, etc ! Hazaribagh. Prain (Damodar River), Clarke (Parasnath) ! Singbhum ! 

 V-av\,Wahh\ Sambalpur ! Fl., Fr. Aug.-Nov. Annual. 



Leaves up to about 9", suberect, usually convolute, sometimes flat and "la" 

 broad, base of blade and mouth of sheaths villous. Panicle-branches all solitary, 

 filiform. Spikelets 10-70-flowered. Fig. gls. -QQ-'Ol'', closely imbricate, broadly 

 ovate (when unfolded), subobtuse. Rhachilla zigzag with rounded corners 

 (flexuous), bearing the sub-permanent paleas after fall of the glumes, internodes 

 thickened upwards. Palea a little shorter than glume, keels scabrid. Grain 

 globose pale •02". 



13. E. pilosa, Beauv. 



Very slender with mostly simple stems (clustered at base) 3"-3 ft. 

 high. Leaves attaining 4", rarely over -1" at base, tapering from base 

 to apex, base and mouth of sheaths with cilia up to -15" long. 

 Panicles open, rarely contracted, usually exceedingly delicate with 

 very capillary branches and slender spikelets, at other times rather 

 stouter. Branches of panicle in rather distant pseudo-whorls, 

 usually with long cilia at their axils. Spikelets mostly purple or 

 grey, -IS-- 17" or over -2" after fall of some of the glumes. Glumes 

 laxly arranged on the slender sharply zigzag rhachilla, the angles of 

 the zigzag nodose with the minute bases of the glumes and flowers. 



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