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Locality : Deccan : Panchgani (Blatter & Hallberg B1313 !, B1317 !).— S.M. 

 Country : Belgaum ( Ritchie). —Kanara : Dandeli, 1,800 ft., rainfall 100 inches 

 (Sedgwick & Bell 4206 !). 



Distribution : W. Peninsula, tropical Africa. 



14. Eragrostis papposa, Steud. Nom. ed. ii, i, 564 ; Stapf in Hook. f. F.B.I, 

 vii, 322.— Poa papposa, Desf. in Roem. & SchuJt. Syst. ii, 585.— P. nigra-. Clem, 

 ex Willk. & Lange Prodr. Fl. Hisp. i, S3.— Eragrostis atro-virens , Lange in 

 Koebj. Vediosk. Meddel. (1860) [non Desf.).— E. rigidifolia, Hochst. Herb. 

 Mem. Div, Forsk. {nomen).—E. speirostachya, Coss. et Dur. ex Lange I.e.— E. 

 vulgaris, var. speirostachya, Coss. et Uur. Fl. Alger. 148.— E. verticillata, 

 Coss. ex Lange I.e. {non Cav.). 



Description : An elegant perennial. Stems 30-50 cm. high, very slender, 

 simple. Leaves short, strict, very narrow, convolute ; mouth of sheath bearded 

 with long silky hairs. Panicle 10-20 cm. long, ovoid, very delicate, lax, open, 

 sparingly branched ; rhachis filiform, glabrous ; branches solitary, alternate, 

 rarely binate, spreading, almost capillary, naked below, loosely branched 

 beyond the middle with capillary, spreading, stiff branchlets ; pedicels long, 

 capillary. Spikelets 4-8 mm. long, linear, 7-23-flowered, very pale yellow or 

 dark or pale olive-grey ; rhachilia tough. Involucral glumes subequal or 

 lower shorter, hyaliue ; lower involucral glume 1 mm. long, usually less, 

 nerveless, upper slightly longer, faintly 1-nerved. Flowering glumes broadly 

 ovate, margins above hyaline, about 1*5 mm. long ; pale rather shorter, obtuse, 

 denticulate, persistent, keels scabrid. Stamens 3, anthers \ mm. long. Grain 

 obovoid, about \ mm. long, dorsally grooved. 



Locality : Sind (ex Agharkar). 



Distribution : Punjab; Trans-Indus districts, westward to Arabia, N. Africa, 

 Spain. 



15. Eragrostis pilosa, Beauv. Agrost. (1812), 71 ; Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 91 ; 

 Duthie Grass. N. W. Ind. 38, Fodd. Grass. N, Ind. 64 : Aitchis. Cat. Panjab 

 PI. 170 ; Lisboa in Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. vii (1893), 381 ; Boiss. Fl. Or. 

 v, 581 ; Stapf in Hook. f. F.B.I, vii, 323 ; Cke. ii, 1028 ; Haines Bot. Bihar & 

 Orissa (1924), 960.— Poa pilosa, Linn. Sp. PI. 68 ; Host Gram. Austr. ii, 168, t. 

 68.— Eragrostis indica, Steud. Syn. Gram. 264.— E. parviflora, Trin.inMem. 

 Acad. Petersb. ser. vi, i (1831), 411.—^. pellucida, Steud. I.e. 279 —E. punc- 

 tata, Link ex Steud. Nom. ed, ii, i, 561, Syn. Gram. 264.— E. verticillata, Roem. 

 & Schult. Syst. ii, 575 ; Reichb, Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 9; Aitchis. Cat, Panjab PI. 

 170.— Poa indica, Koen. ex Rottl. in Ges. Naturf. Fr. Berl. Neue Schrift iv 

 (1803), 194.— P. parviflora et pellucida, R. Br. Prodr. 180.— P. punctata, Linn, 

 f. Suppl. 109 ; Kunth Enum. PL i, 330 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. i, 338— P. verticillata, 

 Cav. Ic. i, 63, t. 93 ; Kunth Enum. PI. 329. 



Description : Cke. ii, 1028. 



Locality : Sind : Sanghar (Sabnis B902 !).— Konkan : Bvculla, common in 

 Bombay Isl. (McCann A8!) ; Karjat (Halberg 3602!) ; Ka'lyan (Garade!).— 

 Deccan : Lina Hill, Nasik Dist. (Blatter & Hallberg 9975 !) ; Khandala 

 (McCann A7 !) ; Nasik (Lisboa) ; Deolali (Blatter & Hallberg 4559!) ; Igat- 

 puri (McCann 4590 !) ; Gangapur (Blatter & Hallberg 4578 !) ; Waghoti, Mawal, 

 Poona Dist. (Woodrow) ; Poona (Cooke), Chattarshinji (Ezekiel !) ; Ganesh- 

 khind Botanic Gardens (Supt. of the Gardens!) ; Bairawadi, Purandhar 

 (McCann 5068 !).— 5. M. Country : Dharwar (Sedgwick 2672 !, Woodrow). 



Distribution : Most warm countries. 



16. Eragrostis bifaria, Wight ex Steud. Nom. ed. 2, i (1840), 562, Syn. Gram. 

 264, Suppl. 282 ; Lisboa in Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. vii (1893), 387 ; Stapf 

 in Hook. f. F.B.I, vii, 325; Cke. ii, 1029. -Poa bifaria, Vahl Symb. ii. 19 ; 

 Roxb. Fl. Ind. i, 331 ; Kunth Rev. Gram, i, 334, t. 80, Enum. PI. i, 327, Suppl. 

 282. 



Description : Cke. ii, 1029. 



Locality : Konkan : Bassein (Chibber !) ; Matheran (Gammie 16649 !) ; 

 Parsik, hill (Ryan 1147 !) ; Wada range, Thana Dist. (Ryan 687 !).— Deccan : 

 Sinhagad, forests (Bhide !) ; Kirkee (Garade 479!) ; Chattarshinji Hill, Poona 

 (Ezekiel !); Khandala ( Woodrow).— S. M. Country: between Yelvigi and Sava- 

 nur, dry hill side, 1,800 ft. (Sedgwick 2019 !) ; Hubli, dry hill sides, 2,0C0 ft., 



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