294 CLXxiii. GEAMiNE^. (J. D. Hoolcer.) [Eleusine, 



Norn. Ed. II. i. 549. E. distans, Mmnch. Meth. 210. E. domingensis, Sieb. 

 ex SehuH Mant. ii. 323. E. Gonini, insequahs, rigidifolia, &scabra, Fourn. 

 ex Eemsl. Biol. Ccnir. Amer. iii. 565. E. gracilis, Salisb. Prodr. 19. 

 E. marginata, Lindl. in Mitch. Three JExped. i. 319 ; Steud. Syn. Gram. 

 212. E. trietachya, Ldmk. I. c; Kunth Revis. Gram. i. 92, Enwm. i. 273 ; 

 Steud. I. c. CyDosTirus indicfus, Linn. Sp. PI. 72. 0. Ara, Herb. Ham. ex 

 Wall. Cat. n. 3816 I. PO. pectinatns, Lamk Enrycl. ii. 188. PLeptochloa 

 pectinata, Kunth Bevis. Gram. i. 91, Enum. PI. 272 ; Steud. I. c. 210. 

 Panicum oompressiim, Forsh. Fl. JSg. Arab. 18. Paspalum disseotutn, 

 Eniphof. Cent. Bot.inOrig. 1. 11. Triticum geminatum, Spreng. Syst. i. 326. 

 Agropyrum geminatum, Schult. Mant. iii. 655. — Bheede Hort. Mat. xii. t. 69. 



Thronghont the low country of India, (ascending to 5000 ft, in the Himalaya) to 

 Penanq and Ceylon. — Distbib. Tropical Old World ; introd. into the New. 



Siem 1 -2 f t., stout, roft. Leaves distichous, narrow, flaccid, acuminate ; sheaths 

 flattened, ciliate; li^rule obsolete. Spikes 5-7, 2-5 in. long, all in a. terminal whorl, 

 or with sometimes 1 or 2 lower down. Spikeleti very variable in size, ■^y'\ '°'i 

 3-5 -fid. ; quite glabrous; gl. I small, 1 -nerved ; II 3-nerved ;.III and succeeding 

 ovate, subacute. Grain oblong ; pericarp loose, but persistent ; seed oblong rugose. 



CuiyT. roKM. E. OOHAOANA, Gaertn. Fruet. i. 8, t. 1 ; stem stout 2-5 ft. often 

 as thicli as the thumb, leaves broad, spikes very stout up to 6 in. long by -^ in. broad 

 straight or incurved, grain globose. Lamk. lilustr. t. 28; Schreh. tfro/«. ii. t. 35 ; 

 Trin. 8p. Gram. 7c. t. 70 ; Steud. Syn. Gram. 211; Pantt. in Muench. Denkschr. 

 iv. (18U) t. 8; Nees Fh Afr. Austr. 251; Kunth Enum. PI. i. 273, 8up,pl. 

 225; Roicb. Fl. Ind. i. 342; Wall. Cat. n. 3817; Grah. Cat. Bomb. PI. 235; 

 Aitchis. Caf. Paiijab PL IfiS; Trim. Cat. Geyl. PL 109; Duthie Grass. N.W. Ind. 

 3i, Porld. Grass. 'N. lad 57, t. 69, Field 3c Gard. Crops, 15, t. 28 ; Miquel FL Ind. 

 Bat. iii. 386 ; lAsboa in Juurn. Bomb. Nat Hist. Soc. vii. (1893) 373. E. cerealis, 

 Sa/isb. Prodr. 19. E. sphaero^perma, Stokes Sot. Mat. Med. i. J 49. E. stricta, 

 Soxb. I. c. 343 ; Kunth L o. ; Uteud. I. c. E. Tocussa, Fresen. in Mus. Senhenb. ii. 

 (18l7) 141. C'ynosurus coracaou'^, Lmn. Syst. Ed. II. 875. — Rheede Hort. Mal.sM. 

 t. 78.— Cultivated in all parts of India. 



2. E. flag'ellifera, Nees in Linnrna, xvi. (1842) 220; perennial, 

 prostrate, jiruliterously branched, leaves vt-ry short glaucous, spikes digitate, 

 gl. II lanceolate mnorotiate or aristulate, III hairy acute. Steud. Syn. 

 Gram. 211; Duthie Grass. N.W. Ind. 34, Fodd. Grass. N. Ind. 57, t. 37; 

 Boiss. Fl. Orient, v. 655. E. avabica, Hoehst. ex St^ud. I. c. ; Aitchis. Cat. 

 Panjab PI. 167 ; Lisboa in Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. vii. (1893) 377. 

 E. ? stolonifera, Br. in Salt Abyss. App. 63. ? Ochthocloa dactyloides, 

 Edgew. in Journ. As. Soc. Bang. xi. (1812) 27. 



Plains of the Panjab, Boyle, Jacquemont, &c. SciND, Slocks, &c. — Distetb. 

 Affgbau. and westward to N. Africa. 



Stems stout or slender, smooth, stiff, widely spreading, rooting at the distant 

 thickened leafy nodes, and sending np slender branches ; internodcs 4-8 in. Leaves 

 i-l^ in., rigid, recurved, flat or tortuous ; ligule hairy. Spikes 3-6, 1-li in. long, 

 very variable in breadth, i-| in. ; raohis pubescent. Spikelets Imbricate, sub- 

 pedicelled, J-J in. long, 4-6-fld., green or brownish ; gl. I small, ovate, acute, 

 membranous; II twice as large, coriaceous with membranous margins; III ovate- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, chartaceous, 3-nerved, mid-nerve compound, sides and 

 membranous margins below ha'ry ; palea elliptic-oblong, keels hairy. — Ockthocloa 

 dactyloides, Edgew., h & doab\fnl plant of which I have seen no specimens. It is 

 not included in any of Duthie's works on the Grasses of N.W. India. It might 

 be traced by its habitat. Loodiana, Jassowala, on tumuli with Cappa/ris aphylla. 



Wall. Gat. n, 3815; annual, stems short 



