^ragrastis,0. Sia^t] olxxiii. gramine^. C J. D. Hooker.) 313 



plnmose. Grain minute, globose oblong ovoid or obovoid, free in the gl. 

 and palea. — Species about 100, of warm countries. 



The Asiatic and African species of this very difficult genus have been studied 

 by Dr. Stapf, to whom I owe the classification and diagnoses of the Indian. Witli 

 regard to' their synonymy, and the citation of autliorities, we have together en- 

 deavoured to determine these ; but from the want of auttientically named specimens 

 of tile species described by Roxburgh (under Fna) and by older authors, and of 

 those enumerated in more recent works, we cannot hope to have attained complete 

 accuracy in these respects. — J. D. H. 



A. Spikelets panioled; panicle open contracted or spiciform. — Species 

 1-23. 



Sect. I. -Cataclastos. Bachilla of spikelets more or less jointed, and 

 breaking up from above downwards. — Species 1-7. 



* Panicle spiciform, rachis bearded at the nodes; margins of jig. glumes 

 ciliate. 



1. E. phleoldes, Stapf; perennial, panicle compact subclavate, 

 apikeletH ^J by iV- s ^^- 1'^" or fewer fld., flg. gls. mucronate, keels of 

 palea long-oiliate. Daotylis phleoides, Klein ex 8teud. Nom. Ed. 11. i. 

 478. D, phleoides & spioata, Herh. Heyne e.v Wall. Cat. n. 5015. — 

 Eragrostoides, Wall. I. c. 



Southern India, Seyne. 



Stems 1-3 ft., densely tufted, erect or geniculately ascending, very slender. 

 Leaves 3-5 in., linear.lanceolate, finely acuminate, spreading, flat, glabrous, base 

 rounded ; sheath bearded close below the mouth ; ligule a few hairs. Panicle 1-3 

 in. by ^-| in. diam., pale, rather shining; branches very short, villous at the 

 nodes. Spikelets moderately compressed ; gls. I and II snbequal, acate ; flg. gls. 

 ■yL-s in., membranous, minutely scaberulous ; nerves slender, prominent ; palea 

 i shorter than its gl. Anthers ^V in. Grain ^jj—iu in., elongate-ellipsoid. 



2. E. ciliata, Nees Agrost. Bras. 512 ; perennial, panicle cylindric 

 compact, spikelets to~6 '"■ °^' smaller much compressed 6-12-fld., flg. 

 sis. cuspidately acuminate, keels of palea long-oiliate. Wight Cat. n. 

 178R; Steud. 8^n. Gram. 265 ; Dalz. <§• Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 298. E. rupestris, 

 Steud. I. L. Po'a ciliata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 334. P. cylindrica, Rerb. Heyne 

 & incurvata, Rottl. e.v Wall. Cat. n. 5014. P. duplo-ciliaris, Boxh. Ic. Pict. 

 iried. t. 831. P. rupestris. Roth. Nov. PI. Sp. 71.— Eragrostid. Wall. I. a. 



Bombay; at Domus, Balz. ^ Gibs. Chota Nagpoke, OZarfce. SouiiiEBir 

 India, Heyne. — Distkib. Cochin China. 



Stems ■ 2-4 ft., erect or geniculately ascending from a nodose base clothed with 

 hard sheaths, smooth. Leaves linear-lanceolate, finely acuminate, widely spreading, 

 flat or couvolute, rarely \ in. broad, smooth, glabrous ; sheath bearded close below 

 tlie moulh ; ligule a few hairs. Panicle 2-3 by i in. diam. ; branchlets hirsute. 

 Gls. I and II acute, cilliite; flg. gls. ^\-i in., membranous_ or subliyaline, 

 minutely scaberulous, nerves prominent ; palea J shorter than its gl. Anthers 

 about Jj-tV in. Grain ovoid to ellipsoid, -^L in,, terete.— I have not seen Bombay 

 specimens. 



3. E. coarctata, Stapf. ; perennial, panicle elongate subspioiform 

 often lobed or lax-fld., spikelets ^-i by 2V «■. slightly compressed 5-10- 

 fld., flg. gls. obtuse, keels of palea long-ciliate. E. oylindrica, Aitch. tat. 

 Panjab PI. 169 (non Steud.).— 'Era^groBtis, Wall. Gat. n. 5003 (tn part). 



