284 OLXxiii. QEAMiNEj). (J. D. Hooker.) IGraeilea. 



Proc. Linn. Soe. i. (1841) 95; Wight Cat. n. 1768 ; Dale. S{ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 

 297. M. Perrottetii, Jaub. & 8p. 111. PI. Or. IV. 39, t. 326. Pommereulla 

 monoeca, Bottl. I. c. ; Both. Nov. Sp. 33 (monoioa) ; Kunth Enum. PI. i. 

 321 ; Wall. Cat. n. 8905 excl. D. 



Mtsokb and the Caenaiic, Seyne, &c. Cbtlon ; Mannar district, Tnmen. 



Stems 6-8. in., stont and decumbent below, erect or genicalately ascending. 

 Lewees f-l in. , narrowed from the subcordate base to the acute tip, rigid, margins 

 setosely serrulate ; ligule of short hairs. Spikes and clusters of spikelets as in 

 O. Soyleana, but tip of gl. Ill entire, IV bicuspidate. 



2. 6. Royleana, flbofc./. ; annual, leaves filiform. Melanooenchris 

 Eoyleana, Nees in Proc. Linn. Soc. i. (1841) 95; Aitchis. Oat. Panjab PI. 

 168 (excl. Si/n.) ; Buthie Grass. N.W. Ind. 33, Fodd. Grass. N. Ind. 54,, 

 t. 67; Lisboa in Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. viii. (1893) 370. M. 

 Jacqaemontii, Jaub. & Sp. III. PI. Or. iv. 36. Pommereulla monoica, 

 Wall. Cat. n. 8905 D. P. Eoyleana, Steud. Norn. Ed. II. ii. 379. Amphi- 

 pogon humilis, Serb, Sam. ex Wall. Cat. I. c. — Roylea, Nees ex Stevd. I. c. 

 476. 



The Panjab Plain, Samilton, Boyle, &c., eastwd. to Delhi, Olarke. Eaj. 

 pooTANA, Centkal India, the CoNCAN, Canara, and Scind. — Distbib. Socotra, 

 Nubia. 



Stems 3-8 in., densely tufted, very slender. Leaves 1-2 in., flat or convolute, 

 glabrous or margins below and sheaths setulose ; ligule a ridge of hairs. Spikes 

 filiform, 1-2 in., flexuous, often reclined or recurved i rachis 3-gonous, smooth; 

 clusters of spikelets J-J in. long including the awns, green or purple ; awns of gl. 

 I and II longer than the gls., of III very short. 



Var. plamosa ; clusters of spikelets i in. including the awns. M. plumosa, 

 Jaub. Sf Sp. I. c. 37 J Hochst, in Flora (1855) 273, 417. Pennisetum plumosum, 

 Hochst. ex Stevd. 8yn. Oram. 201. Ptilonema plumosum, Steud. I. c. Eutriana 

 abyssinica, Br. ex Fresen. in Mus. Serikenh. ii. (1837) 142. — The Panjab, Jhelum 

 Biver, Aitchison. Scind, Stocks. Arabia, Abyssinia. 



86. ENTEROFOGON, Nees. 



Slender perennial grasses. Leaves long, very narrow. Spikelets very 

 narrow, l-i2-fld. (lower fi. perfect upper if present male or neuter) uni- 

 lateral in a solitary terminal slender spike, not jointed at the base ; 

 rachilla jointed at the base. Glumes 3 or 4; I and II unequal, narrow, 

 hyaline, 1-nerved, persistent ; III much larger, linear, rigid, soabrid, 

 dorsally rounded, 3-nerved, tip entire, or acutely 2-fid with a short erect 

 awn in the cleft; callus bearded; palea lanceolate, 2-toothed, keels 

 scabrid. Lodicules 2. Anthers very long. Styles distinct. Grain 

 narrow, free within the hardened gls. — Species, an African, and the 

 following. 



E. mellcoldes, Nees in Li.ndl. Introd. Nat. Syst. Ed. II. 449 ; Wall. 

 Cat. n. 8893 ; Wight Cat. n. 1757 ; Trim. Cat. Oeyl. PI. 109. Eutriana 

 enteropogon, Steud. Syn. Crram. 216. Ischsemum melicoides, Koen. ex 

 Bota. in Ges. Naturf. Neue Fr. Schrift. iv. (1803) 211. Ctenium seyohel- 

 lense. Baker Fl. Maurit. 452. Pestuca mysorensis, Seyne ex Boem. S; 

 Sch. S}jst. ii. 600. PRottboellia triacantha. Both. Nov. Sp. 43. R. pilosa. 

 Both, in Boem. 4" Sch. t. o. 785. 



MisoBE, Heyne, Wight. Bubma; Shan Hills, Oollett. Cetlon, Trif)ien. — 

 Distbib. Seychelle Islds. 



