284 OLXXIII. GEAMINE.E. (J. D. Hooker.) [Gracilea. 



Proc. Linn. Soc. i. (1841) 95; Wight Cat. n. 1768 ; Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 

 297. M. Perrottetii, Jaub. & Sp. 111. PI. Or. IV. 39, t. 326. Pommereulla 

 monoeca, Rottl. 1. c. ; Roth. Nov. Sp. 33 (monoica) ; Kunth Enum. PI. i. 

 321 ; Wall. Cat. n. 8905 excl. D. 



MYSORE and the CARNATIC, Heyne, &c. CEYLON ; Mannar district, Trimen. 



Stems 6-8 in., stout and decumbent below, erect or geniculately ascending. 

 Leaves f-l in., narrowed from the subcordate base to the acute tip, rigid, margins 

 setosely serrulate ; ligule of short hairs. Spikes and clusters of spikelets as ia 

 G. ftoyleana, but tip of gl. Ill entire, IV bicuspidate. 



2. r. Royleana, Hook.f. ; annual, leaves filiform. Melanocenchris 

 Eoyleana, Nees in Proc. Linn. Soc. i. (1841) 95; Aitchis. Cat. Panjab PI. 

 168 (excl. Syn.); Duthie Grass. N.W. Ind. 33, Fodd. Grass. N. Ind. 54, 

 t. 67; Lisboa in Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. viii. (1893) 370. M. 

 Jacquemontii, Jaub. & Sp. 111. PL Or. iv. 36. Pommereulla monoica, 

 Wall. Cat. n. 8905 D. P. Royleana, Steud. Norn. Ed. II. ii. 379. Amphi- 

 pogon humilis, Herb. Ham. ex Wall. Cat. I.e. Roylea, Nees ex Steud. I. c. 

 475. 



The PANJAB PLAIN, Hamilton, Royle, &c., eastwd. to Delhi, Clarke. RAJ- 

 POOTANA, CENTRAL INDIA, the CONCAN, CANARA, and SCIND. DISTRIB. Socotra, 

 Nubia. 



Stems 3-8 in., densely tufted, very slender. Leaves 1-2 in., flat or convolute, 



tlabrous or margins below and sheaths setulose ; ligule a ridge of hairs. Spikes 

 liform, 1-2 in., flexuous, often reclined or recurved; rachis 3-gonous, smooth; 

 clusters of spikelets - in. long including the awns, green or purple; awns of gl. 

 I and II longer than the gls., of III very short. 



Var. plumosa ; clusters of spikelets ^ in. including the awns. M. plumosa, 

 Jaub. fy Sp. I. c. 37 ; Hochst. in, Flora (1855) 273, 417. Pennisetum plumosum, 

 Hochst. ex Steud. Syn. Gram. 201. Ptilonema plumosum, Steud. 1. c. Eutriana 

 abyssiuica, Br. ex Fresen. in Mus. Senkenb. ii. (1837) 142. The Panjab, Jhelum 

 River, Aitchison. Scind, Stocks. Arabia, Abyssinia. 



86. ENTEROFOGON, Nees. 



Slender perennial grasses. Leaves long, very narrow. Spikelets very 

 narrow, l- k 2-fld. (lower fl. perfect upper if present male or neuter) uni- 

 lateral in a solitary terminal slender spike, not jointed at the base ; 

 rachilla jointed at the base. Glumes 3 or 4; I and II unequal, narrow, 

 hyaline, 1-nerved, persistent ; III much larger, linear, rigid, scabrid, 

 dorsally rounded, 3-nerved, tip entire, or acutely 2-tid with a short erect 

 awn in the cleft ; callus bearded ; palea lanceolate, 2-toothed, keels 

 scabrid. Lodicules 2. Anthers very long. Styles distinct. Grain 

 narrow, free within the hardened gls. Species, an African, and the 

 following. 



E. melicoides, Nees in Lindl. Introd. Nat. Syst. Ed. II. 449 ; Wall. 

 Cat. n. 8893 ; Wight Cat. n. 1757 ; Trim. Cat. Ceyl. PI. 109. Eutriana 

 enteropogon, Steud. Syn. Gram. 216. Ischsemum melicoides, Koen. ex 

 Rottl. in Ges. Naturf. Neue Fr. Schrift. iv. (1803) 211. Ctenium seychel- 

 lense, Baker Fl. Maurit. 452. Festuca mysorensis, Heyne ex Roem. 8f 

 Sch. Syst.ii. 600. PRottboellia triacantha, Roth. Nov. 8 p. 43. R. pilosa, 

 Roth, in Roem. Sf Sch. I. c. 785. 



MYSORE, Heyne, Wight. BURMA; Shan Hills, Collett. CEYLON, Trimen. 

 DISTRIB. Seychelle Islds. 



