582 GRAMlNEyE. 



Sect. 1. EuEKAGROSTis. — Rhackis not jointed: palea persistent. Fertile glumes ■usually 



17. E. prolifera, Steud. Perennial, stoloniferons, rigid, erect (or iuflexed at the base), 

 glabrous ; leaves linear-setaceous, often convolute ; panicle expanded : branches geminate- 

 solitary, little hairy at the base ; spikelets lanceolate-linear, 4-12(-" 20 ")-flowered : fertile 

 glumes ovate, pointed, 3-nerved : palea nearly the same length, glabrous. — Poa, Ssw. ! — 

 li'-2' high, csespitose, slender : the lowest leaves often half as long as the stem; panicle 

 4"-8", flowers f"' long. — Hab. Antigua !, Wullschl., S. Lucia, [Caribbean islands !, Sw.]. 



18. E. ^lutinosa, Tr. Caspitose, little stoloniferons from a fibrous root, rigid, erect, 

 glabrescent, viscous below; leaves linear, setaceous-acuminate, Jlat ; panicle spreading: 

 branches solitary, lowest geminate, scabrous, glabrous at the base ; spikelets lanceolate, 4- 

 12-flowered : fertile glumes ovate, pointed, 3-uerved, scabrous at the Iceel : palea little 

 shorter, minutely ciliate. — SI. t. 71. f. 2.— Poa, Sw. — 1'-2' high ; leaves rigid, often reach- 

 ing to the panicle, the latter 4"- 6", flowers f" long. — Hab. Jamaica!, Wullschl., in sandy 



^ savannahs of the southern districts. 



19. E. pilosa, P. B. Annual, slender, erect, glabrous; leaves flat; panicle expanded: 

 lower branches half-whorled, bearded at the base ; spikelets lanceolate-linear, 3-12-flowered, 

 about as long as the hair-like pedicels : fertile glumes ovate, somewhat pointed, with the 2 



■ lateral nerves delicate : palea shorter, minutely ciliate. — Seicheni. Ic. Germ.f. 1659, 1660. 

 — Poa, L. — Spikelets i'" broad, often purplish ; flowers about \"' long. — Hab. S. Vincent !, 

 Guild. ; Trinidad !, Sch. ; [temperate and tropical countries of the globe]. 



/ 20. E. bahiensis, Schrad. Annual, erect, glabrous ; leaves linear, setaceons-acnmi- 

 nate, often involute; panicle spreading (or contorted) : branches solitary, glabrous or little 

 hairy at the base ; spiielets oblong-linear, i-iS-Ao'wei'ei, shortly pedicellate : fertile glumes 

 ovate, pointed, 3-nerved : palea little shorter, minutely ciliate. — E. Brownei, Ns. Poa 

 polymorpba, IL. Br. (mob TT.). — Spikelets purplish or pale, 1'" broad ; flowers f" long. — 

 Hab. Jamaica!, Wullschl.; [all tropical countries and beyond their limits]. 



21. E. poseoides, P.B. Annual, diffuse; leaves flat; panicle spreading: branche 

 solitary or geminate, glabrous or little hairy at the- base ; spikelets oblong-linear or lanceo- 

 late, 4-20-flowered : fei'tile glumes ovate or ovate-oblong, bluntish, 3-nerved : palea two- 

 thirds as long, minutely ciliate. — Reichenb. Ic. Germ.f. 1661. — Poa Eragrostis, L. P. capil- 

 laris, Sw. (non £.), or P. tephrosanthos, Sehult. : the West Indian form, with shorter spike- 

 lets and the fertile glumes ovale-oblong. — Spikelets almost 1'"' broad; flowers i"'-S"'- 

 long. — Hab. Jamaica !, Wils., Wullschl., March ; [temperate and tropical countries of the 

 globe]. 



22. E. reptans, Ns. Low, ascending, ceespitose, stoloniferons ; leaves shortly linear- 

 acuminate ; panicle short, raceiniform : branches solitary, simple, or lower divided from near 



f the glabrous base ; spikelets oblong-linear or linear, 10-40-flowered, longer than the pedicels ; 

 Tjfertile glumes ovate-lanceolate, membranaceous with 3 green nerves : palea one-third to 



one-half as long, mmutely ciliate. — 2"-5" high : spikelets 1'" broad ; flowers f" long. — 



Hab. Trinidad !, Cr. ; [United States I to Buenos Ayres I]. 



Sect. 2. Brizoma, Nutt. — Rhaehis jointed, with the joints seceding. Fertile glumes 

 membranaceous. 



23. E. ciliaris, Lie. Annual, ascending, glabrous ; leaves linear-acuminate ; panicle 

 contracted, long; spikelets ovate-oblong or oblong, 6-^8 (-20) -flowered; fertile glumes 



I ovate-oblong, blunt, with a dorsal and 2 marginal, distant, green nerves ; palea nearly as 

 long, long-cilittte. — Jacq. Ic. Rar. i. 304. — Poa, L. P. elegaus, Pair. — Panicle 2''-6" 

 long ; spikelets 1"' broad ; flowers V" long. — Hab. Jamaica !, all coll., in sandy soil ; 

 S. Kitts !, Els., Antigua!, Wullschl., Dominica!, Imr., S. Vincent!, Guild.; Trinidad!, 

 Cr. ; [Cuba I and Mexico ! to Brazil ! ; Galapagos ! ; East Indies !, Arabia, trop. Africa ! to 

 the Cape !j. 



/ 24. E. conferta, Tr. Perennial, stout, branched the whole length, glabrous; leaves 

 linear-acuminate: ligule truncate; panicles long, glomerate-virgate ; spikelets ovate or 

 ovate-oblong, coverine; the pauiele.branches to their base, 2-4(-S)-flowered; fertile glumes 



1 lanceolate, aotiminate, with a dorsal and 2 mai'ginal, distant, green nerves : palea a little 



