Eragrostis, 0. Stapf.] CLXXIII. GRAMINK^. (J. D. Hooker.) 321 



Annual. Stem 1-2 ft., usually stout and branched, but very variable. Leaves 

 flat, smooth, flaccid, narrow, rarely in. broad ; sheath sparingly bearded. Panicle 

 2-8 in., sometimes contracted, rachis glabrous, branches stiff or flexuous, ramifying 

 from or near the base. Spilcelets slightly narrowed upwards, dark olive-grey ; 

 Gl. 1, 1- or sub-l-3-nerved ; II 3-nerved ; fig. gls. Jj in., uppermost usually empty 

 and smaller, nerves strong ; palea -1 shorter than its gl. Anthers about ^ in. 

 Grain -^--^ in., loose within the turgid gl. 



Spikelets - in.; fl. gls. less than ~ in. or if longer then 

 narrower and more or less acute. 



Panicle rather stiff, branches and lateral pedicels usually short 

 lateral nerves of fly. gls. strong. Leaf-margins often glandular. 



16. E. minor. Host Gram. Austr. iv. 15, FL.Austr. i. 135 ; leaf-margins 

 glandular, panicle ovate or oblong rather stiff, branches solitary capillary 

 ramifying from near the base, pedicels short, spikelets -5 in. linear to ovate 

 up to 12-fld., empty gls. subequal acute 1-nerved, tig. gls. broadly ovate 

 obtuse, grain globose or ellipsoid-globose dorsally convex. E. poaeformis, 

 Link Hort. Berol. i. 188 ; Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 91 ; T. Nees Gen. Fl. 

 Germ. Monocot. n. i. 55. E. poaeoides, Beauv. Agrost. 76 ; Griseb. in Goett. 

 Nachr. (1868) 74; Duthie Grass. N.W. Ind. 38,' Fodd. Grass. N. Ind. 65; 

 Aitchis. Gat. Panjab PL 170; Lisboa in Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. vii. 

 (1893) 387; Ledeb. Fl. Boss. iv. 380; Boiss. FL Orient, v. 580. E. 

 poaeoides |3, Trin. in Mem. Acad. Petersb. Ser. VI. i. (1831) 404. Poa 

 Eragrostis, Linn. Sp. PL 68 (in part) ; Kunth Enum. PI. i. 332 ; Schreb. 

 Beschr. Grses. ii. t.38; Host Gram. Austr. ii. 50, t. 69. Briza Eragrostis, 

 VUL, FL Delpli. ii. 50 (non Linn.). 



PLAINS of NORTHERN INDIA, ascending the Himalaya to 8000 ft., from the 

 Panjab eastwards to Bengal. The CONCAN, Jacquemont, &c. WESTERN TIBET ; 

 Lad'ak, alt. 12-13,000 ft., Thomson. DISTRIB. Westward to S. Europe, N. Asia. 



Annual. Stems 6-18 in., densely tufted, slender. Leares rather short, flat ; 

 mouth of sheath slightly bearded. Panicle 2-6 in., rachis glabrous, branches 

 spreading when ripe. Spikelets pale green to dark purplish or olive-grey, glistening ; 

 rachilla tough; gls. I and II a-V~Tff in --> keti scabrid ; flg. gls. T ^ rarely ^-Ta i u -> 

 lateral nerves strong ; palea shorter than its gl., obovate-oblong, keels scabrid or 

 subciliate. Stamens 3, anthers yi^ in. Grain ^ in. or more, dorsally rounded or 

 slightly flattened. -The glands are a very constant character. A single Bombay 

 specimen is eglandular, but placed here from its strong resemblance to glanduli- 

 lerous- specimens also from Bombay. The Tibetan specimens are very small, 1-6 in. 

 high. 



17. E. Rottleri, Stapf; leaf-margins eglandular, mouth of sheath 

 naked, panicle oblong open rather stiff, branches solitary or lower geminate 

 ramifying from near the base, pedicels of lateral spikelets very short, 

 spikelets ^-~ in. linear 6-12-fld., empty gls. subequal, rachilla tough, flg. 

 gls. oblong subacute, palea persistent, grain terete. E. viscosa, Wight 

 Herb.propr. n. 1785, in parti Poa paucinora, Herb. RottL 



The CARNATIC ; at Tranquebar, Heyne, Rottler, Wight. 



Leases 1-7 in., flat or more or less convolute. Panicle 2-6 in., racbis naked, 

 branches filiform to capillary. Spikelets pale brown or white ; empty gls. about 

 ^Viu-': flg. gls. -jWo in., lateral nerves strong; palea rather shorter than its gl., 

 keels scaberulous. Stamens 3, anthers about y^ in. Grain ^ in. Rottler's P. 

 pauciflora is a tall form with few spikelets. Wight's specimen has the stem viscid 

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