316 CLXXIII. QBA.MINE^. (J. D. Hooker.) [Rragrostis, 0. Stapf. 



southwd. Trop. &S. Africa. Subvar. . lasiantha, Stapf; stem 2 ft. erect branched, 

 nerves of fl. gls. ciliate. E. terebinthacea, Kurz mss. Pegu, Kurz. Burma, Collett. 

 Subvar. y. contracta, Stapf; panicle compact spiciform lobed or interrupted, 

 branches very short. E. mangalorica, Hochst. ex Steud. St/n. Gram. 265. E. 

 viscosa, (3. minor, Neea in Wight. Cat. u. 2359. ? E. viscosa, Dalz. 8f. Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 298. Poa incurva, Herb. Ttottl. (in part). Deccau Peninsula. 



Var. breviculmis, Stapf; stems 1-3 in. usually ascending from a prostrate base, 

 panicle 1-1 i in. by 3-4 lines broad oblong to ovate-oblong rather dense but not com- 

 pact, rachis bearded or not, empty gls. subequnl, flg. gls. J T in., anthers T i ^ in. 

 or less, grain ^ in. From the Paujab to Behar and Central India. 



7. B. interrupta, Beauv. Agrost. 71 (non Roem. $ Sch. nee Trin.) 

 panicle very variable usually stiff interrupted, spikelets ^-J in. ovate to 

 linear few or many-fid., tig. gls. obtuse nerves slender, keels of palea 

 scaberulous, stamens 2, grain obovoid. 



Throughout INDIA, BI:RMA, CEYLON. DISTRIB. Mesopot., Afr. trop. 



Very variable, Irom 2-6 in. high with slender stems and ovate panicle to 3 ft. 

 high and branched with the stem as thick as a small goose-quill, and a panicle 1-2 ft. 

 long either contracted with appressed branches or interrupted with many tiers 

 of rather short spreading subwhorled branches. Spikelets usually very minute, from 

 2^ in. with 2-3 flg. gls. to about in. with many flg. gls., green or pale brown, rarely 

 coloured. 



Var. Koenigii, Stapf; panicle long narrow with short dense pseudowhorls, spike- 

 lets shortly pedicelled usually 6-14-Hd., flg. gls. ^^ lu - or less. E. Koeuigii, Link 

 Enum. Hort. Berol. ii. 294; Steud. Syn. Grant. 266. E. hapalantha, Trin. in 

 Mem. Acad. Petersb. /SVr. VI. i. (1839) 409 (in part). E. minutiflora, Presl Rel. 

 Hank. i. 274 (excl. Syn.); Lisboa in Juurn. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. vii. (1893)386. 

 E. mossulensis, Steud. I. c. 264. E. nutans, Nees. in Wight Cat. n. 1776 ; Steud. 

 Nom. Ed. II. i. 563; Duthie Grass. N.W. Ind. 38, Fodd. Grass. 3 T . Lid. 63, t. 76; 

 Aitchif. Cat. Panjab PI. 169 ; Lisboa I. c. 381 ; Soiss. Fl. Orient, v. 583. K. 

 Bothii, Steud. Syn. Gram. 267. E. stricta, Steud. 1. c. 264. E. verticillata. Nee* 

 in Wight. Cat. n. 1784. Poa Coraua, & P. diandra, Herb. Ham. ex Wall. Cat. n. 

 3850 F. D. P. interrupta, Lamk. III. i. 185; Poir. 'Ewycl. v. 87 ; Hei/ne ex 

 Roth. Nov. Sp. B7; Koen. ex Roxb. Fl. Ind.\. 335. P. Koenigii, Kttntk Enutn. 

 PI. i. 346. P. latifolia, Wall. Cat. n. 5001 E. P. nutans, Koen. ex Roth. A'or. 

 Sp. 64 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. 335 (non Retz.). Eragrostis, Wall. Cat. u. 3850 A.D.E. 1. 

 5005, 5006. All Iudi;i. Ceylon, Trimen. Eastwd. to Egypt. As. and Afr. trop. 



Var. diarrhena, Stapf; panicle long linear-oblong, branches 1-2 in. hardly 

 whorled simple at tlie base, spikelets 10-14-fld., flg. gls. -^j-in. E. diandra, Aitckin. 

 Cat. Pan jab PI. 169 (non Steud.) ; Dntliie Grass. N.W.'lnd. 37; Griscb. in Goctt. 

 Nachr. (1868) 76. E. diarrhena, Steud. Syn. Gram. 266. Poa dismdr.i, Roxb. Fl^ 

 Ind. i. 336 (non Br.). P. dirtrrhcna, SvhttU. Mant. 616. Eragrostis, Wall. Cat. 

 n. 3850 K. L., 5002, 5004. Sirmore, Bengal, Mysore, Carnatic. 



Var. diplachnoides, Stapf; stem tali stout branched, panicle long efl'use or con- 

 tracted flaccid, branches solitary or 2-3 in a whorl elongate simple or if br.ii.ched 

 the whorl rarely overtopped by 1 or 2 brandies 2-5 in. long, ultimate branches 

 not divaricate, spikelets 6-12-tld., flg. gls. very obtuse rarely ^ in. E. diplach- 

 noides & Hochstetteri, Sttud. tiyii. Gram. 268. E. nutans, Thw. Enum. PL Zet/l. 

 373; Trim. Cat. Ceyl, PI. 109. Diplachne elougata & poaeformis, Iloci.st. ex Steud. 

 1. c. Central India, eastwd. to Afr. trop., Clarke, Duthie. Ceylon, Walker, Thiraites 

 (CP. 933 (in part) 3259. 



Var. tenuissima, Stapf; panicle long loose narrow usually stiff, branches |-2 in. 

 pseudo-whorled spreading ramified from the base, branchlets and pedicels divai-icatc 

 filiform to capillary, spikelets few-fld., fl. gls. very obtuse -g 1 ^ in. E. aurea, Steud. 

 Syn. Gram. 267. E. caudata, Nees ex Steud. I. c. 264 ; Duthie Grass. N. W. Ind. 

 37. E. japonic*, Trin. in Mem. Ac-ad. Petersb. Ser. VI. i. (1831) 405. E. 

 tenella )8, Roem. 8f ScU. Syst. ii. 356. E. tenella, Benth. Fl. Hongk. 431; FL 



