318 CLXXIII. GRAMINE/E. (J. D. Hooker.) [Emyrostis, 0. Stapf. 



convex, empty gls. unequal broadly ovate acute, fig. gls. ovate shortly 

 acuminate keel curved, keels of palea scaberulous. 



PERAK, Tfroy. MALACCA, Hervey. DISTRIB. Borneo, B mca. 



Stems densely tufted, 10-18 in., erect or geniculately ascending, very slender. 

 Leaves 2-3 in., very narrow, strict, finely acuminate, convolute ; mouth of sheath 

 with long hairs. Panicle 2-3 in., open or contracted, branches .ramified from near 

 the base, branchlets short contracted filiform, rachis glabrous. Spikelets slightly 

 compressed, rachilla tough; gl. I J s in.; II J T in.; flg. gls. -^ in., rnucronulate, 

 lateral nerves inconspicuous ; palea obovate-oblong, rather shorter than its gl., keels 

 narrow. Grain -=L in., ovoid or ellipsoid, slightly laterally compressed. 



10. E. stenophylla, Hochst. ex Miquel Analect. Bot. Ind. ii. 27 ; 

 branches of panicle much ramified from above the base, pedicels short 

 filiform, spikelets -1 in. linear 30-40-fld., rachilla zigzag, empty gls. sub- 

 equal subacute 1-nerved, flg. gls. ovate acute sides convex, keel curved, 

 palea caducous with the gl. keels scabrid. Lisboa in Journ. Bomb. Nat. 

 Hist. Soc. vii. (1893) 385. E. Bro\vnei, Nees in Wight Cat. n. 1780 

 partim (non Steud.). E. elegantula, Nees I.e. 1781, a, (nan Steud.) \ 

 Duthie Grass. N.W. Ind. 37, Fodd. Grass. N. Ind. 63, t. 74. E. gaugetica, 

 Steud. Syn.Gram. 26tf. E. ovina, Nees ex Steud. I.e. 268. ?E. Wiildenovii, 

 Steud. J\om Ed. II. i. 565. P. arnabilis & nutans, Herb. Heyne ex Wall. 

 Cat. n. 3847 A. Poa amabilis, Herb. Rottl. (non Linn.}. P. atroviridis, 

 Herb. Ham. ex Wall. Cat. n. 3814 partim (non Desf.). P. gangetica, 

 Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 340. P. nutans, Hetz. Obs. iv. 19 (non Roxb.) ; Thwaite* 

 Enum. PL Zeyl. 373. P. procera, Hb. Wight ex Wall. Cat. n. 3831 C. P. 

 ovina, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 428. P. viscosa, var. Wall, l.c.'n. 

 3831. Eragrostis, Wall. Cat. n. 3030 A, 3831 B. C. D., 3832 A. (in part) 

 3043 E., 3844, 3847. 



Throughout INL-IA and BI/RMA. CEYLON, T/iwaites (CP. 925, 932). DISTRIB. 

 Trop. Asia anil Africa. 



Annual or subprrennial. Stems many, densely tufted, 12-18 in. high, geniculately 

 asceiidiug. Leaves rather short, smooth, usually strict and convolute ; sheaths 

 smooth. Panicle ovate or oblong or subliuear, subflexuose, inclined ; branches 

 rather distant, alternate, obliquely spreading when ripe, ramifications short, con- 

 tracted. Spikelets crowded, blue grey, rachilla tough; gl. I -^ in.; Il-^in. or 

 shorter ; flg. gls. -fe to -^ in. or in jre, lateral nerves slender ; palea rather shorter than 

 its gl., gently curved. Stamens 3, anthers minute about T^?J~TOU ^ u> Grain about 

 T y in., globosely oblong to subglobose. 



11. E. elegrantula, Steud. Syn. Gram. 266 (non Nees} ; perennial, 

 panicle oblong, branches solitary short, pedicels very short, spikelets 

 iJin. linear to linear-oblong 8-30-nd., rachilla tough, empty gls. subequal 

 acute 1-nerved, flg. gls. ovate acute sides convex, palea caducous with the 

 gls. keels scabrid. Griseb. in Goctt. Nadir. (1868) 75; Lisboa in Journ. 

 Boml. Fat. Hist. Sue. vii. (1893) 384. E. Brownei, Nees ex Wight Cat. n. 

 1780; Aitchis. Cut. Panjab. PI. 169 ; Duthie Grass. N.W. Ind. 36, 

 Fodd Gra*s. A'. Ind. 62. E. luzoniensis, Steud. I.e. 266. Poa^ atro- 

 viridis, Ham. ex Wall. Cat. n. 3843 A. P. convoluta, Heyne in Herb. 

 Eottl.; Wall. Cat. n. ; 831 E. P. Chariis, Schult. Mant. i. 314. P. diandra 

 & cernua, Herb. Wight ex Wall. Cat. n. 3843 B. C. , P. distans & laevis, 

 Hb. Heyne ex Wall. I. c. n. 3840. P. elegantula, Runth Hevis. Gram. i. 

 340, Enum. PI. i. 346. P. elegans, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i 338. P. viscosa, var. 

 Herb. Heyne in Wall. Cat. 3831 A. Eragrost. Wall. Cat. n. 3830 B. C., 

 3831 A, 3832 B, 3833, 3840, 3843, 3845 A (in part). 



