320 CLXXIII. GBAMIXEJE. (J. D. Hooker,) \J3ratjrostis, 0. Stapf. 



distant, scaberulons, spreading, flexuous, simple at the base ; pedicels as long or 

 longer than the pale olive-green spikelets.- @l. I 1 -nerved ; II 1-3-nerved ; rachilla 

 tough, internodes about T \J~ST> in. ; flg. gls. -^ in., nerves strong. Stamens 3 ; 

 anthers linear, about ^ in. Grain -fa in. long. A stately species. 



14. . tremula, Hochst. ex Steud. Syn. Grain. 269 ; leaf-margins 

 eglandular, panicle large ovate very loose branches solitary, pedicels very 

 slender, spikelets versatile 1 in. or more linear narrowed upwards 10-70-fld., 

 empty gls. subequal subobtuse, rachilla tough glabrous, flg. gls. close-set 

 very broadly ovate subobtuse, palea obovate- oblong persistent keels scabrid, 

 grain globose. Duthie Fodd Grass. JV. Ind. 65, t. 79 ; Lisboa in Journ. 

 Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. vii. (1893) 382 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, v. 581. E. multi- 

 flora, Trin. in Mem. Acad. Pttersb. Ser. VI. i. (1841) 401 ; Dah. $ Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 298; DutJii^ Grass. N.W. Ind. 38; Aitchis. Cat. Panjab. PI. 

 169. E. rhachitricha, Hochst. ex Miquel Analect. Bot. Ind. ii. 25. Poa 

 curvata, Hb. Heyne ex Wall. Cat. n. 3849. P. multiflora, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 

 338 (non ForsJc.). P. tremula, Lamk. Illust. i. 185; Kunth I. c. 332. 

 Eragrost. Wall. Cat. I. c. 



Northern India ; from the PANJAB to BENGAL and BURMA, and southward to 

 the CABNATIC. DISTRIB. Aftghan., Africa trop. 



Annual. Stems densely tufted, suberect, 6-24 in., leafy chiefly at the some-, 

 times hardened base. Leaves few, short, very narrow j mouth of sheath slightly, 

 hairy. Panicle often as long as the rest of the plant and 8 in. broad, nodding : ' 

 rachis glabrous, axils bearded, branchlets and pedicels roughish ; pedicels longer (fej 

 shorter than the spikelets which are pale green or purplish. Empty gls. ^--^ iu'., 1 

 1. nerved ; internodes of rachilla -^y in., thickened upwards ; flg. gls. T V~i^ in-> nerves 

 strong ; palea a little shorter than its gl. Stamens 3, anthers T ^y in. Grain hardly 

 : .; 3 5 in. diam. 



15. E. major, Most. Gram. Austr. iv. 14, t. 24; leaf-margins (inf 

 Indian specimens) glandular, panicle oblong to ovate-oblong stiff, branches 

 subsolitary spreading, pedicels very short, spikelets - in. ovate-oblong 

 or linear few to 50-fid., empty gls. ovate acute, racnilla tough, flg. -gls. 

 broadly ovate subacute, palea broadly obovate much curved, keels scabrid 

 or ciliolate, grain globose. E. flesuosa, Steud. Syn. Gram. 266 ; Duthie 

 Grass. N.W. Ind. 37. E, rneiyastachy:!, Link- Enum. Hort. BeroL i. 187 ; 

 Kunth Enum. PI. i. 333 ; BeiM. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 91 ; Wight Cat. n. -1778 ; 

 Thwaites Enum. PI. Zeyl. 373 ; Trim. Cat. Ceyl. PL 109 ; Aitchis. Cat. 

 Panjab PI. 169; Dutkie Grass. N.W. Ind. 38, Fodd. Grass. N. Ind. 63, 

 t. 75; Lisboa in Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. vii. (1893) 382 ; Ledeb. FL 

 Ross. iv. 382 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, v. 580. E. multiiiora, Aschers. ex Boiss. . 

 I.e. E. poaeoides, Trin. in Mem. Acad, iPefersb'. tScr. VI. i. (1831) 4u4. 

 11 vul-^aiis var. meo-astachya, Coss. et Dur. FL Alger. 148. Poa ciliiitiensisr 



A/I, FL Pedem. ii. 216, t. 91, f. 2. P. elegans, Herb. Wight $ U^rb. Ham. 

 ex Wall. Cat. n. 3828 C. D. P. Eragroatis, Cav. Ic. i. 63, t. 'J&'.'lSibth. FL 

 Grxc. t. 73. P. fidxuosa,JEo*6. Fl. Ind. i. 339. P. inultiilnra. For.sk. FL 

 JL<j. Arab. 21. P. polymorpha, Koen. ex Wall. I. c. n. :J8^8 A. -P. B-Jx- 

 bur^hiana, ScLiilt. Mant. ii. 315. P. snbsecunda, Herb. Ham. ex Wll. I. c. 

 n. 3828 D. P. tortuosa, Spreng. Sust. Veg. i. 345. Megastachya >Era-, 

 grostw, Beauv. Agrost. 74. Briza Eragrostis, Linn. Sp. PL 70 ; Sclireb: 

 Jiexch. Grxs. ii. 74. B. oblouga, Moenc-h. Meth. 185. Eragrostis, Watt. 

 Cat. ii. 3828, 3837. 



Throughout the PLAINS and lower HILLS of INDIA anl BURMA, ascending to 

 5200 ft. in the Himalaya. CEYLON, (C.P. 3l63).~DiSTR!B. Westward to S. Europe, 

 Asia trop. and subtrop. 



