326 CLXXIII. GKAMINE/E. (J. D. Hooker.) [Erayrostu, U. Stapf. 



27. E. Collettii, Stapf- perennial, leaves filiform convolute, spikelets 

 -ij in. linear or oblong-linear slightly compressed 6-12-fld., glum.es tumid, 

 wings of keels of palea about i<j in. broad minutely ciliate. 



BURMA; Pinmona, Abul HuJc ; Me/iktalla, Collett. 



Stems 18-20 in., densely tufted, very slender, bases densely clothed with a brush 

 of sort filiform fibres in. long. Leaves 2-4 in., glabrous or sparsely hairy. Spike 

 5-7 in., erect, strict or slightly curved ; rachis slender, terete, smooth. Spikelets 

 purplish, 'erect, close-set, almost imbricating ; empty gls. subequal, T V~rV *" > * acutely 

 keeled; II dorsally rounded; fig. gls. -^ in. or less, turgid, broadly ovate, obtuse or 

 acute with incurved tips ; palea almost as long as the gl., dorsally pubescent. Anthers 

 almost 2^5 in. 



** Keels of palea not or obscurely winged. 



28. E. nardoides, Trin. in Mem. Acad. Petersb. VI. i. (1831) 415 ; 

 perennial leaves 3-9 in. almost capillary convolute with tufts of hairs on 

 the surface below, the middle, spike very long slender, spikelets - in. and 

 upwards oblong to linear 20-32-fld., glumes turgid. E. bifaria, Wall. 

 Cat. n. 3827 D. F. ; Duthie Grass. N. W t Ind. 36 ; Fodd. Grass. N. Ind. 

 61, t. 73; Griseb. in Goett. Nachr. (1863) 76; Steud. Syn. Gram. 266. 



OUTER HIMALAYA, from the Panjab to Nepal, up to 5500 ft. BEHAR, on 

 Parasuath, and CHOTA NAGPORE, Clarice, J. D. H. 



Stems 12-18 in., densely tufted, filiform. Leaves as long as the stem or shorter. 

 Spike 6-10 in., very slender, straight or subflexuous ; rachis terete, smooth. 

 Spikelets erecto-patent, close-set, laterally compressed, olive-green ; empty gls. 

 subequal or I slightly shorter, acutely keeled ; II T ^ in. or less, obtusely keeled ; fig. 

 gls. nearly -^ in., ovate, acute or subobtuse, nerves faint, keel smooth or nearly *o. 

 Anthers -^ i"n. Grain -^y in. or more, narrowly ellipsoid or subovoid, subterete or 

 obscurely triquetrous, epicarp finely reticulate. 



29. E. coromandelina, Trin. in Mem. Acad. Petersb. VI. i. (1831) 

 415 ; perennial, leaves 1-3 in. filiform convolute puberulous above, spike- 

 lets <U by T V in. oblong to linear 10-32-fld. Steud. Syn. Gram. 264. 

 E. cretacea, Nees in Ann. Nat. Hist. i. (1838) 284. Poa coromandelina, 

 Koen. ex Eottl. in Ges. Naturf. Fr. Berl. Neue Sclirift. iv. (1803) 191 ; 

 Roth. Nov. PI. Sp. 71 ; Kunfh Enum. PI. i. 327. P. secunda, Roxb. Ic. pict. 

 ined. t. 827. 



PLAINS OF INDIA; from llajputana to Behar, and south wards. CHOTA NAGPORE, 

 Wool. UPPER BURMA, Abdul Huk. 



Stem 12-18 in., rather stout. Leaves short, rarely flat, spreading and recurved. 

 Spike 4-8 in., interrupted; rachis slender, terete, smooth. Spikelets close-set, 

 erecto-pateut, laterally compressed, olive-grey or -green; empty gls. equal or I 

 slightly shorter, acutely keeled ; II ^ in. or less, usually obtusely keeled ; fig. gls. 

 up to Jj in., ovate, acute or subobtuse, nerves faint, keel smooth or nearly so ; palea 

 almost as long as its gl., keels sometimes obscurely winged scabrid. Stamens 3, 

 anthers ^ in. Grain -^--gV in., shortly ellipsoid or subovoid, obtusely 3-quetrous, 

 <'picarp loosely reticulate. 



30. E. secunda, Nees ex Steud. Syn. Gram. 264; perennial, leaves 

 6-18 in. convolute or flat minutely puberulous above, spike very slender 

 flaccid, spikelets -| in. linear-oblong up to 10-fld., empty gls. unequal. E. 

 bifaria, Thwaites Enum. PI. Zeyl. 373 (excl. Syn.) ; Trim. Cat. Ceyl. PL 109. 



CEYLON, ascending to 5000 ft., Walker, Thwaites (C.P. 60). 



Spikelets secund or distichous, laterally compressed, olive-grey or straw-colrd. ; 

 uujpty gls. unequal, I about T y in. acutely keeled ; II | in., dorsally rounded; flg. gls. 



