316 oLxxiii. aiiAMiNB^. (J. D. Hooker.) [^Eragrostit, 0. Sfcapf. 



Bouthivd. — Trop.&S, Africa. — Subvar. |8. lasiantha, Stapfj stem 2J ft. erect branched, 

 nerves of fl. gls. oiliate. B. terebinthacea, Kurz mss. — Pegu, Kurz. Burma, Gollett. 

 — Subvar. y. corUracta, Stapf; panicle compact spiciform lobed or interrupted, 

 branches very ehort.. E. niangalorica, Bochat. em.Sieud. Syn. Gram. 265. E. 

 viscosa, ;8, minor, Nees in Wight. Cat, n. 2359. f B. viacosa, Dalz. ^ Gfibs. 

 Bomb. .Fi. 298. Poa incnrva,.S'er6. -KotH. {in part). — Deccan Peninsula. 



Tar. breviculmis, Stapf; stems 1-3 in. usually ascending from a prostrate base, 

 panicle 1-T J in. by 3-4 lines broad oblong to ovate-oblong rather dense but not com. 

 pact, rachis bearded or not, empty gls. subequal, fig. 'gls. -Jj- in., anthers -j-Lj-y^ in. 

 or less, grain Jg in. — From the Panjab to Behar and Central India. 



7. Zi. interrupta, Beauv. Agrost. 71 {non Boem,. ^ Sch. nee Trin.) ; 

 panicle very variable usually stifE inteiTupted, spikelets iV-J in- ovate to 

 linear few or many-fld., flg. gls. obtuse nerves slender, keels of palea 

 scaberulous, stamens 2, grain obovoid. 



Throughout India, Blbma, Ceylon.— Distbie. Mesopot., Afr. trop. 



Very variable, irom 2-6 in. high with slender stems and ovate panicle to 3 ft. 

 high and branched with the stem as thick as a small goose-quill, and a panicle 1-3 ft. 

 long either contracted with appressed branches or intermpted with many tiers 

 of rather short spreading subwhorled branches. Spihelets usually very minute, from 

 ^L in. with 2-3 flg. gls. to about J in. with many flg. gls., green or pale brown, rarely 

 coloured. 



Var. Koenigii, Stapf; panicle long narrow with short dense pseudowhorls, spike- 

 lets shortly pedicelled usually 6-14-fld., flg. gls. -j^—^'va. or less.. E. Koenigii, Linlc 

 Bnum, Hort. Berol. ii. 294 j Steui. Syn. Gram. 266. E. hapalantha, Trin. in 

 Mem. Jead.. Fetersb. Str. 71. i. (.1839) 409 (in part). E. minutiflora, Presl Eel. 

 Hmnk. i. 274 {excl. Syn.) ; lAsloa in Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. 8oc. vii. (1893) 386. 

 B. mossnlensls, Steud. I. c. 264. B. nutans, Nees. in Wight Cat. n. 1776 ; Steud. 

 Norn. Ed. II. i. 563; Dut/de Grass. N.W. Ind. 38, Fodd. Grass. N. Ind. 63, t. 76; 

 Aitchis. Gat. Pavjab PI. . 169 ; Lisboa I. c. 381 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, v. 583. K. 

 Kothii, Steud. Syn. Oram. 267. E. stricta, Steud. I. c. 264. E. verticillata, Nee.i 

 in Wight. Cat. n. 1784. Poa Corana, & P. diandra, Merb. Ham. ex Wall. Cat. ii. 

 3850 F. D. P. interrupta, Lamk. III. i. 185 ; Poir. Sticycl. v. 87 ; Hei/ne ex 

 Roth. Nov. Sp. 67 ; Eoen. ex Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 335. P. Koenigii, Kunth Enum. 

 Fl. i. 346. P. latifolia. Wall. Gat. u. 5001 E. P. nutans, Koen. ex Both. A'oc. 

 Sp. 64 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. 335 (non Retz.). — Eragrostis, Wall. Cat. n. 3850 A.D.E.— I. 

 5005, 5006. — All India. Ceylon, Trimen. Eastwd. to Egypt. As. and Afr. trop. 



Var. diarrhena, Stapf; panicle long linear-oblong, branches 1-2 in. hardly 

 whorled simple at the base, spikelets 10-14- fid., flg. gls. aV'"- E. diandra, .<4tie/rt». 

 Cat. Panjab PI. 169 (non Steud.) ; Buthie Grass. N.W. Ind. 37; Griseh. in Goett. 

 NacJir. (1868) 76. E. diarrhena, Steud. Syn. Gram. 266. Poa diandra, Roxb. Fl. 

 Ind. i. 336 (non Br.). P. diarrhena, Schult. Mant. 616. — Eragrostis, Wall. Cat. 

 n. 3850 K. L., 5002, 5004. — Sirmore, Bengal, Mysore, Carnatic. 



Var. diplachnoides, Stapf; stem tall stout branched, panicle long effuse or con- 

 tracted flaccid, branches solitary or 2-3 in a whorl elongate simple or if br.mched 

 the whorl rarely overtopped by 1 or 2 brandies 2-5 in. long, ultimate branches 

 not divaricate, spikelets 6-12-fld., flg. gls. very obtuse rarely J^ in. E. diplach- 

 noides & Hochstetteri, Sttud. Syn. Gram. 268. E. nutans, Thw. Enum. FL Zeyl. 

 373 ; Trim. Cat. Ceyl. PI. 109. Diplacline elongata & poseformis, Hochst. ex Steud. 

 I. c. — Central India, eastwd. to Afr. trop., Clarke, Buthie. Ceylon,, Walker, Thuaites 

 (CP. 933 (m^ari!) 3259. 



Var. tenuissima, Stapf; panicle long loose narrow usually stifi', branches -J-2 in. 

 pseudo-whorled spreading ramified from the base, branohlets and pedicels divaricate 

 filiform to capillary, spikelets few-fld., fl. gls. very obtuse ■g>j in. E. anrea, Steud. 

 Syn. Gram. 267. E. caudata, Nees ex Steud. I. e. 264 ; Buthie Grass. N. W. Ind. 

 37. E. japonioa, Trin. in .Mem. Acad. Petersb. Ser. VI. i. (1831) 405. E. 

 tenella^/3, Roem. ^ Sch. Syst. ii. 356. E. tenella, Benth. Fl. Hongk. ii\;.Fl. 



