May 31, 1929.] Revision of the Flora of the Bombay Presidency 488 



956.— E. rupestris, Steud. 1. c.—Poaciliata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i, 334.— P. rupestris, 

 Roth. Nov. PL Sp. 71. 



Description : Cke. ii, 1022. 



Locality : Gujarat : Domas, near Surat (Dalz. and Gibs.),— We have never 

 come across this species. 



Distribution : India, Cochin-Chiua. 



2. Eragrostis aspera, Nees Fl. Afr. Austr. (1841) 408 ; Lisboa in Journ., Bomb. 

 Nat. Hist. Soc. vii (1893), 386 ; Hook. f. in F. B. I. vii, 314 ; Cke. ii, 1023.— 

 E. paniculata, Steud. Syn. Gram. 278.— Poa paniculata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i, 340. 

 —P. aspera, Jacq. Hort.Vindob. iii, 32. 



Description : Cke. ii, 1023. 



Locality: Konkan : ( Lisboa !).-£. M. Country: Hubli, in water hole, 

 2,500 ft., rainfall 30 inches; (Sedgwick & Bell 4230!) in a small tank near 

 Dharwar, 2,500 ft., rainfall 34 inches (Sedgwick 1814 ! ) ; common in the water 

 holes in the Naval Tract (Sedgwick) —N. Kanara : (Lisboa !). 



Distribution : W. Peninsula, S. India, Ceylon, tropical and S. Africa, Isle of 

 France. 



3. Eragrostis ciliaris, Link Hort. Reg Berol. i (1827), 192 ; Boiss. Fl. Or. v, 582 ; 

 Baker Fl. Maurit. 456 ; Duthie Grass. N. W. Ind. 37, Fodd. Grass. N. Ind. 62 ; 

 Aitchis. Cat. Panjab PL 169 ; Lisboa in Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. vii (1893), 

 380 ; Hook.f. in F. B. I. vii, 314 ; Cke. ii, 1023.— Poa ciliaris, Linn. Sp PL 

 102.— Eragrostis lobata, Trin. in Mem. Acad. Petersb. ser. vi, i (1831), 396.— 

 E. lepida, Hocbs^. ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii, 424.— £. plumosa, Boiss. Fl. 

 Or. v, 582 {excl. syn).—E. pulchella, Pari, in Hook. Niger Fl. 186. — E. arabica, 

 Jaub. & Spach 111. PL Or. iv, 31, t. 322,— Megastachya ciliaris, Beauv. 

 Agrost. 74. 



Stapf (in Hook. f. F. B. I. 1. c.) distinguishes 2 varieties : — 



a. var. ciliaris Proper, Stapf. Panicle spiciform, more or less lobed or 

 interrupted. 



b. var. brachystachya, Boiss. Fl. Or. v, 582. Panicle short, compact, 

 cylindric. 



In our opinion the many intermediate forms make it practically impossible to 

 keep up this varietal distinction. The above synonymy and the following 

 description are such as to include both varieties. 



Description : Annual. Stem 15-60 cm. high, procumbent below and geni- 

 culately ascending;, slender, glabrous, smooth. Leaves very narrow, flat, 

 tapering to a fine point ; sheaths striate, usually bearded at the mouth with 

 long hairs ; ligule a fringe of short hairs. Panicle 1-15 cm. long, spiciform, 

 more or less lobed or interrupted, or short, compact and cylindric, appear- 

 ing hairy from the long cilia of the pales ; branches very short, divided from 

 the base, glabrous ; nodes of glabrous rhachis naked ; pedicels very short, 

 glabrous. Spikelets 2*5 mm. long and broad, crowded, 6-12 flowered, strongly 

 compressed, very pale ; rhachilla breaking up. Involucral glumes subequal, 

 ovate-lanceolate, acute, 1'5 mm. long. Floral glumes about 1 mm. long 

 oblong, subtruncate. mucronulate, spreading, lateral nerves submarginal. 

 Pales equal to their glumes and falling with them, the keels with long 

 rigid cilia. Stamens 3 ; anthers very short. Grain elongate-ovoid, about 

 0*5 mm. long. 



Locality : Sind : Karachi ( Burns ! ) ; Jamadar ka Landa, near Karachi 

 (Stocks) ; Mirpurkhas ( Sabnis B1175 ! ) ; Mirpurkhas Farm, Mankad (Herb. 

 Econ. Bot. ! ) ; Jamesabad, in fields ( Sabnis B1109 ! ) ; Nasarpur, clayey soil 

 (Sabnis B105S ! ) ; Sanghar ( Sabnis B757 ! ) ; Tatta ( Blatter & McCann 

 D649 \).—Cutch : Bhuj Hill (Blatter !).— Gujarat : Baroda (Woodrow) ; Domas, 

 near Surat (Bhide !) ; Porbander ( Bhide ! ) ; Nadiad (Chibber!) ; Broach 

 ( Woodrow ! ) ; Sungiri ( Gammie 16553 ! ) ; Perim Isl., Gulf of Cambay 

 ( Blatter \).—Khandesh : Taner, Tapti bank (Blatter & Hallberg 5166 ! ) ; 

 Nim, Tapti bed (Blatter & Hallberg 5400 !) ; Tapti Isl. near Bor, on sand and 

 mild (Blatter & Hallberg 4394 !) ; Bor, Bori River ( Blatter & Hallberg 4423 !); 

 Amalner, Bori River (Blatter & Hallberg 5114 !).— Konkan : St. Xavier's 

 College, compound (McCann 4527 ! 4596 !) ; Alibag, sandy shore Ezekiel !).— 

 Deccan : Trirnbak, Nasik Dist. (Chibber \).— Kanara : Honavar (McCann !). 



Distribution : India, Arabia, tropical Africa and America. 



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