43 



§erted. PaViGle open.. Branches alfefnatei 

 Spikelets broa!d, flat. Pedicel naked at base* 

 Like quaking grass. Gdinmon evei^'ywhere. 

 VerSi Chota lona. 



I6j. El^AGROSTIS STENOPHYLLA, Hoctist, 



F. B. I. vii. 318 J B. P. 1222; F. B. P, ii. 1026. 



Perennial tufted erect grass, u^ to 18 inches high. 

 Liaves long, very narrow, stiff, upper surface/ 

 with long hairs. Mouth bearded. Ligule a nar- 

 row ridge. Nodes glabrous. Peduncle much' 

 fexserted. Panicle open. Branches alternate dis- 

 tant. Pedicels thread-like. Spikelets sntall. 

 Grain globose, red-brown. Ripe glumes falling' 

 from below. 



Growing en rice Embankments at Jubbulpore, 



i^^ EragrOstis elegantula, Steud, , .. 



F. B. L vii. 318; E. gangetica, B. P. 1222; F. B; P, 

 ii. 1025. 



Perennial tall stout grass, ^-2 feet. Leaves Idrig, 

 narrow, rolled, glaucous. IVIouth sometimes 

 bearded. Ligule a narrow ridge. Nodes glabrdus. 

 Peduncle long, much exserted. Inflorescence a 

 panicle of alternate, long, approximate brancHes. 

 Spikelets dark-green. Grain oblong. Usually 

 in wet places, 



Vern. Asara. 



265. Eragrostis tremula, Hochit. 



F. B. L vii. 320; B. P. 1223; F. B. P. ii. 1027. 



Densely tufted erect annual grass, | — 2 feet. Leaves' 

 narrow. Sheath bearded. Ligule minute, hairy. 

 Nodes glabrous. Peduncle exserted. Panicle op^n,- 

 bearded In the axils of the solitary branches, 

 Spikelets long. Pedicels very long. 



On the banks of the Tawa River iii Hoshangabad., 



166, Eragrostis mk]or, Hochst, 



F. B. L vii. 320 ; B. P. 1223 ; F. B. P. ii. 1026. 

 Stout leafy grass, r — -2 ^^^t. Leaves flat, margins 

 glandular. Mouth bearded. Ligule a hairy ring. 

 Peduncle short, not fnuch exserted. Panicle rath^^r 

 dense, branches solitary, Spikelets broa^,- 

 Common. 

 Vern, Godaweri^ 



