139. GR AMINES. [10. Eragrostis. 



Fig. gls. •04-'05" long, ovate (when unfolded) subacute, very thin, 

 lateral nerves weak. Palea with recurved sides, nearly as long, some 

 sub-persistent, others quickly falling, keels sparsely scaberulous. 

 Grain •02--03" long, oblong with one side straighter than the other 

 and sometimes with a small apiculus at base of it, brown. 



Mostly in ssandy ground. Gya, Clarke, etc. ! Monghyr, Mokim ! Hazaribagh, 

 Clarice \ Singblium ! Manbhum, C'a>«;j., CZarie ! Raijchi, Wood\ Orissa, Wahh 

 (probably Pari) ! Fl., Fr. Aug.- Jan. Annual. 



Gl. i is very minute, nerveless and hardly •01" long. 



14. E. coromandelina, Trin. Syn. Poa coromandelina, Koen. 



A tufted erect wiry grass 12-20" high with a number of dry 

 leaf -sheaths at the base of stem. Leaves 1-4" filiform, convolute, 

 puberulous all over the inner surface, radical often recurved, cauline 

 erect or slightly curved. Spikelets grey •2--.35", rarelyo" long, on 

 one side of the rhachis but suberect and inclined alternately to either 

 side, close set or over their own length apart below. Gl. i oblong- 

 lanc. 1 -nerved with scaberulous keel, -OS" long; ii subequal but 

 broader and more obtusely keeled ; flg. gls. -09", ovate, somewhat 

 tapering upwards to an obtuse or acute tip, lateral nerves verj^ weak ; 

 palea -06", reduplicate or concave towards rhachilla, keels slender, 

 not quite marginal, minutely ciliolate. Grain broadly ellipsoid -025- 

 •03" long, minutely striolate, sometimes obtusely 3-gonous. 



Dry pastures and rocky places. Purneah, Kurz ! Santal Parg., Ku^ker ! Ranchi 

 (Damuda ghats) ! Hazaribagh, Praiiil Manbhum, commou, Camp. I Fl., Pr. 

 Sept.-Dec. Perennial. 



According to F.BI. the rhachis of spike is slender terete and smooth, but it is 

 angled and grooved on the side of the spikelets and sometimes scaberulous. The 

 grain is described as shortly ellipsoid or subovoid, obtusely :J-quetrous, with 

 epicarp loosely reticulate. 



Var. or nardoides ? 



Four sheets from Gya and Hazaribagh (near Parasnath, 1000-.3000 ft. elev.) are 

 called nardoides in Rerh. Cal. They appear only to differ in the longer leaves 

 (attaining 8"), but thej^ are all puberulous on upper (inner) surface. 



15. E. nardoides, Trin. 



A densely tufted grass with long erect filiform leaves 6-9" with very 

 delicate long scattered or grouped hairs which project from between 

 the involute margins chiefly below the middle, also sometimes minutely 

 puberulous above. Spike long slender 6-10" with a smooth terete 

 rhachis and many close-set erecto-patent spikelets -S-'o" long by -06" 

 wide at base. Fig. gls. turgid, -07" long ; gls. i and ii subequal, 

 acutely keeled. Grain ellipsoid-oblong Avith oblique base, striolate. 



Gya, Moklml Hazariljagh, Clarke I also on Parasnath, Clarke I {Kew Herb.), 

 These are not the same sheets as are doubtfully referred to under coroviandeJina. 

 It is possible that the long hairs are deciduous. 



16. E. brachyphylla, Stai^f. 



Erect 10-18" high from a tuft of old fibrous leaf-sheaths and short 

 linear flat or conduplicate leaves 2-4" long by -OS-'l" wide, obtuse or 

 subacute. Spikelets •2--75" long, close-set, linear or linear-oblong, 

 secund, 2-seriate, lenticular in section, in long simple terminal spikes 

 3-8" long. Glumes closely imbricate, i and ii •0o--06" long, sub- 



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