Eragrostis. ] GRAMINE (Stapf). 595 
re or olive-grey, breaking up variously, very rarely deciduous as a 
e. 
Species very numerous in the warm parts of the world, 
_ Section 1. Prerogssa, Doell. Spikelets linear to ah or ~~ often several 
mes see than broad, with glabrous (very rarely with pubescent) valves 
variously breaking up, but ash into false fruits ; rhachilla usually persistent. 
A. flag a Pabarosp usually delicate with fine 
any-fl br: 
(except - ‘No. 16. E. dura), 4-1 A rarely 
oO. ia): 
ascicled on long cou phinciha or stolons ..,_ (1) glabrata. 
i ‘0 
innovation-shoots, u ually m r less erect, 
simple and few-node 1 sometimes eaietad and 
hen often more-node 
+Glumes slightly — to en 
Valves 1 lin ... (2) ceesia. 
Valves abo el lin, in ng or shorter 
tSpi pr ee a (ra: io 3 flowered, 
2-7 lin. long, rarely shor 
Valves 1 lin. ing 0 or ‘ighily Sera ... (8) eurvula, 
Valves Hie lin. 
——— ets 18. Sawai, more or less 
ark grey : 
valves not variegated : 
erennial ; ert acute or obtuse, 
t trunc 
Culms sented repeatedly geni- 
culate, branched; valves 
tightly imbricate, cn ... (4) lehmanniana. 
= epate ag nel broader and 
valves looser and more 
Sheaths ‘bearded, lower not or 
indistinctly compressed ... (5) chloromelas. 
so, 
ower so compressed 
and 
ee 
Blades finely ‘filiform — 
“page 
effuse ; Gi ivisions smoot 
ab 
“sy 
o 
or the upper scaberu- 
lous; pedicels long... (6) nebulosa, 
n- 
lute, ut 61 25 
panicle 8-9 lin. long ; 
a flaccid 
xuous, all divisions 
deaaaie Sobeaaaey 
pedicels short . 
(7) margaritacea. 
