Eragrostis, 0. Stapf.] CLXXIII. GRAMINE^E. (J. D. Hooker.) 323 



k. Meddel. (1860) 47 (non Detf.). E. rigidifolia, Hochst. Herb. Mem. 

 Div. Forsk. (nomen.). E. speirostachya, Goss. et Dur. ex Lange I.e. E. 

 verticillata, Goss. ex Lange I. c. (non Cav.}. E. vulgaris, var. speirostachya, 

 Coss. et Dur. Fl. Alyer. 148. Poa nigra, Clem, ex Willk. . fy Lange Prodr^_ 

 Fl. Hisp. i. 83. P. papposa, Desf. in Roem. & Sch. 8yst. ii. 585. Mega- 

 stachya ? papposa, Roem. & Sch. I. c. 



N. -EASTERN PANJAB ; common in the Trans-Indus districts; Rawul Pindi, &c., 

 Stewart, Aitchison.DiSTRiv. Westward to Arabia, N. Africa, and Spain. 



Stem 12-18 in., very slender, simple. Leaves short, strict, very narrow, con- 

 volute ; mouth of sheath bearded with long silky hairs. Panicle 4-8 in..; rachis 

 filiform ; branches spreading, alternate, almost capillary, naked below, loosely branched 

 beyond the middle with capillary spreading branchless. Spikelets very pale yellow 

 or dark or pale olive-grey; gl. I -$-$5 m - or l ess > nerveless; II -^^ in., faintly 

 1-nerved; fl?. gls. about -^ r in.; palea rather shorter, keels scabrid. Stamens 3, 

 anthers T i^ in. Grain JQ aV * n *> dorsally grooved. A very elegant species, with 

 usually quite pale very narrow spikelets. 



21. E. pilosa, Beauv. Agrost. 71 ; annual, panicle oblong to pyra- 

 midal flaccid open or contracted, rachis glabrous or hairy, branches 

 usually more or less whorlei and branchlets very slender, pedicels longer 

 or shorter than the spikelets which are ^ in. linear 5-12-fld., empty gls. 

 unequal hyaline, rachilla tough, fig. gls. ovate acnte, palea subpersfstent 

 keels scaberulous, grain ellipsoid. ReiM. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 91 ; T. Nees 

 Gen. Fl. Germ. Monocot. i. n. 55 ; Thw. Enum,. PI. Zeyl. 373; Trim. Ga L . 

 Geyl. PL 209; Wight Gat. n. 1784, 1784b. ; Duthie Grass. N.W. Ind. 38, 

 Fodd. Grass. N. Ind. 64; Aitchis. Cat. Panjab PL 170; Lisbon in Journ. 

 Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. vii. (1893) 381, Ledeb. Fl. Ross. iv. 382 ; Boiss. FL 

 Orient, v. 881 ; Benth. FL Honglc. 432, FL Austral, vii. 645 ; Baker Fl. 

 Maurit. 455 ; Griseb. FL Brit. W. Ind. 532. E. elegantula, a, Nees in Wight 

 Gat., n. 1782. E. nidica, Steud. Syn. Gram. 264. E. par vi flora, Trin. in 

 Mem. Acad. Petersb. Ser. VI. i. (1831) 411. E. pellucida, Steud. Lc. 279. 

 E. punctata, Link, ex Steud. Norn. Ed. II. i. 561, St/n. Gram. 264. 

 E. verticillata, Roem. & Sch. Syst. ii. 575; Eeichb. Ic. 'Fl. Germ. t. 9; 

 Aitchi*. Gat. Panjab PL 170. Poa amabilis, Herb. Heyne ex Wall. Cat. 

 n. 3829 B. P. indica, Koen. ex Rottl. in Ges. Natwf. Fr. BerL Neue 

 Schrift. iv. (1803) 194. P. nutans, Herb. Wight ex Wall. Gat. n. 3829 D. 

 P. parvi flora & pellucida. Br. Prodr. 180. P. Phnllica, Herb. Ham. ex 

 Wall. Lc. 3829 C. & 5012 (Phulcia}. P. pilosa, Linn. 8p. PL 68; Host 

 Gram. Austr. ii. 168, t. 68 ; Kunth I. c. 329. P. punctata, Linn. f. Suppl. 

 109; Kunth Enum. PI. \. 330; Roxb. FL Ind. i. 338. P. tenella, Herb. 

 Heyne ex Wall. I. c. 3829 B. P. verticillata, Cav. Ic. i. 63, t. 93 ; Kunth 

 Enum. 329. Milium tenerum, Herb. Heyne ex Wall. I. c. 3829 B. Era- 

 grostts, Wall. Cat. n. 3829. 



Throughout INDIA and BURMA ; ascending the Himalaya to 5000 ft. or more. 

 CEYLON ; common (C.P. 929). DISTRIB. S. Europe and most warm countries. 



Stem 3 in. -3 ft., tufted, erect, usually very slender and simple, rarely stout and 

 branched. Leaves short, narrow, flaccid or strict and convolute, rarely elongate; 

 mouth of sheath bearded. Panicle very variable in size and form, erect inclined or 

 nodding ; rachis hairy or not at the nodes ; branches filiform or capillary, fascicled 

 or sub-whorled, simple below, lower sometimes 6 in. long. Spikelets usually grey 

 tipped .with purple; empty gls. nerveless or II faintly 1-nerved; flg. gls. T \>-^ iii. 

 Stamens 3, anthers ^ in., violet. Grain T V~T5 in-, base laterally apiculate. 

 Dwarf specimens 2-4 in. high look very different from the ordinary state of the 

 plant. 



