1220 BENGAL PLANTS. [ Eragrostis. 
*Spikelets neyo :—[p. 1221 
pikelets more or less jointed and breaking up from above 
aac! je 
Panicle as, ene bearded at the nodes; margins of the 
flowering glumes ciliate 
Flowering glumes epics acuminate ; panicle cylindric, com- 
a ciliata. 
Flowering glumes obtuse; panicle oblong, often lobed or lax- 
retata. 
Panicle open ; margins of the flowering glumes ciliate :— 
Grain ovoid; stamens 3 :— 
mpty glumes unequal, I. distinctly shorter than IL. :— 
Panicle open; branches capillary; nodes bearded 
a var. riparia. 
Empty glumes subequal, I. hardly, if at all, pean han EL — 
Stem and rachis of panicle viscid below ...tenella var. viscosa. 
Stem and rachis of panicle not viscid 
tenella var. breviculmis. 
Grain obovoid; stamens 2 :— 
Panicle-branches not divaricate ; spikelets 6- a. or more :— 
Pseudo-whorls short and dense ; airs ow 
Pa var. Koenigii. 
Pseudo-whorls 
Panicle finan heed ; branches 1-2 in.; spikelets 10-14- 
flowered interrupta var. diarrhena. 
Panicle effuse ; branches 2-5 in. ; spikelets 6-10-flowered 
interrupta var. diplachnoides. 
Panicle-branches divaricate ; spikelets 6-flowered or fewer 
interrupta var. peg 
Rachilla of SoagrN a agent flowering glumes usually 
away from 
rncthig Sadesichsd « an ‘any 
Spikelets flat, elliptic-ovate to oblong, -2 in. wide or wider ; inteeal 
tenella var. plumosa. 
Panicle narrow, contracted, flaccid ; rachis sary us 
q 
iq 
Spikelets less compressed, linear or aa. oblong, under ‘2 in. 
wide; lateral nerves less prominent; when spikelets compressed 
or lateral nerves prominent os with pales persistent :— 
{Spikelets more or less fascicled on the primary or secondary 
branches or shortly peduncled in narrow racemes :—([p. 1221) 
