Ehrharta.}) GRAMINEX (Stapf). 663 
of an often scanty 
ig 24 lin. 
: -- (20) Rehmannii. 
than the valves «- (21) ramosa. 
0 
ro tly 
riage de ~ valves ,.. (22) aphylla. 
and 
1 
empty valve not appendage ay the 
base, not hin ed to the fertile 
Lower nodes detain tate ; 
8 of the sii valves long 
+» (23) barbinodis. 
es glabrous; “empty, * valves 
hairy all ov: 
In Aen seh buds for — 
stolons) — stou densely 
covered a villous sale 
eulm 
on : i 
lets ales lin. long . Hae gigantea. 
branches base ; 
seiksislt oT 1 ‘ln. ven .. (25) villosa. 
_1. E. triandra (Nees ex Trin. Phalar, 15); annual ; culms usually 
Simple, weak, 1-1 ft. long, glabrous, smooth, about 3-n ed ; 
sheaths rather loose, glabrous or scantily hairy above ; ligules obtuse, 
2 lin. long ; blades lanceolate-linear, tapering to a long fine point, 
li i i 
Up to 2 in. long, spreading at Ey aight petro or deflexed, flexuous, 
branched from the base, scabrid; pedicels capillary, up to 3 lin. 
i spikelets pallid, 4-6 lin. long; glumes ovate, acuminate, 1} 
ong, Peo ciliolate, 5-nerved, the upper slightly longer and 
into a 
ng 
Oa ee | ee ae 
em 
purplish scabrid beak or awn, 5-nerved, cir A Tugose nite 
