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Spikclets very .small 7/^ iucli. 



Glume II twice as long as Gl. I . . . . 1. h\ ienella. 



•Spikclets xV inch long brown viscid. 



Glumes I and II nearly equal . . . . 2. E. viscosa. 

 Tall stif plants 3-3 feet tall o. E. intcrrupta. 



§ 3. Pteroessa. Eachilla persistent, glumes 

 falling away from the top downwards. 



Annuals spikclets ovate or oblong. 



Glumes with prominent nerves, paleas 



caducous . . . . . . . . -\.. E. ainabilis. 



Glumes with tlie nerves not prominent 



paleas persistent . . . . . . o. E. maJayana. 



Annual spikclets linear . . . . . . . . (S. E. pilosa. 



l*erennials stems tall. 



Flowering glumes pale green sides flat . . 7. E. elongata. 

 Flowering glumes dark grey sides convex 8. E. elegantula. 



1. K. TENELLA, Eocm. and Seh. Syst. II. 5TG. Perennial very 

 variable, stems usually slender spreading numerous from the root 

 geniculate at the base G to 13 inches tall. Leaves narrow linear or 

 lanceolate linear glabrous except for the cilia at the mouth of the 

 sheath. Panicle 8-3 inches tall, lax spreading, branches |- inch 

 long. Spikclets very small 2*^ inch long pale green, tinted with 

 violet. Glume I very short ovate. Glume II nearly twice as long. 

 Flowering glumes ovate obtuse 3 or -i palea narrower as long keels 

 strongly ciliatc. Stamens minute. Stapf. Fl. Brit. Ind. VII, p. 

 315. E. dci<piciens, Schultes. Mant. II. 318. E. phunosa, Link. 

 Enum. Hort. Berol. I. 193. Poa aniahilis, Linn. Sp. PL 68. P. plii' 

 mma, Petz. Obs. IV. 30. P. tendJa, L. Sp. PI. (59. Petz. Obs. V. 

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Singapore: Gardens, Changi (Pidley 5763), Pulau LTbin; 

 Pahang: Pekan (Pidley 1331); Malacca: Tanjong Kling, Town 

 (Pidley), Ayer Pauas ("Cautley's Coll.); Peuang: The Fort (Curtis 

 3169); Kelantan: Kamposa (Pidley 1688). Distrib. India, Siam. 

 Common weed in waste ground. " Kumput Tulong Belalang." 



3. E. VISCOSA, Trin. Mem. Acad. Petersb. Ser. VI. I. 397. 

 Tufted with long slender roots geniculate ascending or erect slender 

 stems viscid about 6 to 9 inches tall. Leaves narrow convolute wdicn 

 dry 1-3 inches long, moutli of sheath bearded. Panicle 1-3 inches 

 long rather dense, l>ranchcs crowded. Spikclets about twice as big as 

 tliosc of E. tcnella broAvn viscid. Glumes I and II nearly equal. 

 Flowering glumes 4 or 5 to 16. Grain very small elliptic dark red. 

 E. tcnella var. viscosa, Stapf. I.e. 



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