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f 67- F-RAGROSTis PiLOSA, Beauv. 



F. B. I. vii. 323 ; B. P. 1223 ; F. B. P. ii. 102S. 



Annual small tufted grass, }— 2 feet. Leaves rolled. 

 Mouth bearded. Ligule hairy. Peduncle slender, 

 long, exsert^d. Panicle with whorled branches. 

 Spikelets small. On shallow soils. 



Infiovescences spike-like, Nos, 168 — 179. 



168. Eragrostis Nardojdes, Trin, 



F. B. I. vii. 326; B.P, 1223. 



Perennial tufted slender grass up to 18 inches. 

 Leaves long, almost hair-like with tufts of hairs 

 above. Margins smooth. Ligule membranouSj 

 eillate. Nodes glabrous. Peduncle very much 

 exsertef^. Inflorescence spike-like. Spikelets 

 close set. In stony places. 



169. Eragrostis coromandelina, Trin, 



F. B. 1. vii. 326; B. P. 1223. 



Rather stout perennial tufted grass, up to 18 inches. 

 Leaves short, narrov/, hairy above. Margins 

 smooth, Ligule a broad-toothed membrane. 

 Nodes glabrous. Peduncle much exserted. 



Inflorescence spike-like. Spikelets distant below, 

 above crowded, usually smaller than above. In 

 stony places. 



170. Eragrostis brachyphylla, 



F. B. I. vii. 327; B. P. 1223. 



Perennial densely-tufted grass up to t8 inches. 

 Leaves rather broader, glabrous. Mf^rgins rOugh. 

 Ligule ciliate. Nodes glabrous. Peduncle much 

 exserted. Inflorescence spike-like. Spikelets 

 broad, usually large. In stony places. 



171. Oropetium Thomaeum, Trin. 



' - F. B. I. vii. 366; B, P. 1231 ; F. B. P. it. 1046. 



A dwarf tufted grass, up to 5 inches. Leaves 

 thread-like, short, with a few long hairs on the 

 upper surface. Ligule a much-divided membrane. 

 Nodes glabrous. Peduncle slender, exserted. 

 Inflorescence spike-like, slender. Rachis flattened, 

 zig-zag. Spikelets alternate, minute, sunk in pits 

 in rachis. Glume II, closing cavity of rachis* 

 jRachilla bearded. On stony ground. 



