318 OLXXiii. GBiMrNE.'E. (J. D. Hooker.) [Erayrostig, 0. Stapf. 



conrex, empty gls. unequal broadly ovate acute, flg. gla. ovate shortly 

 aoaminate keel curved, keels of palea Hoaberulous. 



Pekak, TTray. Malacca, Uervey. — Disteib. Borneo, Binca. 



Stems densely tufted, 10-18 in., erect or geniculately ascending, very slender. 

 Leaves 2-3 in., very narrow, strict, finely acuminate, convolute ; mouth of shenth 

 with long hairs. Panicle 2-3 in., open or contracted, branches ramiSed from near 

 the base, branchlets short contracted filiform, rachis glabrous. Spikelets slightly 

 compressed, rachilla tough ; gl. 1 Jj in. ; II -^-^ in. ; flg. gls. ^y in., mucronulate, 

 lateral nerves inconspicuous ; palea obovate-oblong, ratlier shorter than its gl., keels 

 narrow. Grain -^^ in., ovoid or ellipsoid, slightly laterally compressed. 



10. E. stenophylla, Hochst. ex Miquel Analecf. Bot. Ind. ii. 27 ; 

 branches of panicle much ramified from above the base, pedicels short 

 filiform, spikelets i— J in. linear 30-40-fld., rachilla zigzag, empty gls. sub- 

 equal subacute 1-nerved, flg. gls. ovate acute sides convex, keel curved, 

 palea caducous with the gl. keels scabrid. Lisboa in Jouvn. Bomb. Nat. 

 Hist. Soc. vii. (1893) 385. E. Brownei, Nees in Wight Cat. n. 1780 

 pariim {non Sttud.). E. elegantula, Nees I. c. 1781, a, l3 (non Steud.) ; 

 Buthie Grass. N. W. Ind. 37, Fodd. Grass. JV. Ind. 63, t. 74. E. gangetica, 

 Steud. 8yn. Gram. 26B. B. ovina, Nees ex Steud. I. c. 268. ?B. Willdenovii, 

 Steud. Norn. Ed. II. i. 565. P. amabilis & nutans, Herh. Heyne ex Wall. 

 Cat. n. 3847 A. Poa aoiabilis. Herb. Bottl. (non Linn.). P. atroviridis, 

 Serb. Mam. ex Wall. Gat. n. 3814 partlw, (non Desf.). P. gangetica, 

 Raxb. Fl. Ind. i. 340. P. nutans, Retz. Obs. iv. 19 (non Roxb.) ; Thwaiies 

 Enum. Fl. Zeyl. 373. P. prooera, Bh. Wight ex Wall. Cat. n. 3831 C. P. 

 ovina, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 428. P. viscosa, var. Wall. I.e. n. 

 3831.— Eragrostis, Wall. Cat. n. 3030 A, 3831 B. CD., 3832 A. (in part) 

 3043 E., 3844, 3847. 



Throughout IniiIA and Bubma. Ceylon, Thwaites (CP. 925, 932). — Disteib. 

 Trop. Asia and Africa. 



Annual orsubpHienuial. Stems many, densely tufted, 12-18 in. high, geniculately 

 ascending. Jjeaves rather short, smooth, usually strict and convolute j sheaths 

 smooth. Panicle ovate or oblong or sublinear, subfiexuose, inclined ; branches 

 rather distant, alternate, obliquely spreading when ripe, ram;ficatious short, con- 

 tracted. Spikelets crowded, blue grey, rachilla tough; gl. I -55 in.; IlJjin. or 

 shorter ; flg. gls. Jj to .jL in. or more, lateral nerves slender ; palea rather shorter than 

 its gl., gently curved. Stamens 3, anthers minute about xiTJ^Tio '"• Qrain about 

 -j^ in., globosely oblong to subglobose. 



11. E. eleg-antula, Steud. Syn. Gram. 266 (non Nees) ; perennial, 

 panicle oblong, branches solitary short, pedicels very short, spikelets 

 i— Jin. linear to linear-oblong 8-30-fld., rachilla tough, empty gls. subequal 

 acute 1-nerved, flg. gls. ovate acute sides convex, palea caducous vrith the 

 gls. keels scabrid. Griseb. in Goett. Nachr. (1868) 75; Lisboa in Journ. 

 Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. vii. (1893) 384. B. Brownei, Nees ex Wight Cat. n. 

 1780; Aitchis. Cnt. Fanjab. Fl. 169; Buthie Grass. N.W. Ind. 36, 

 Fodd Grass. N. Ind. 62. E. luzoniensis, Steud. I.e. 266. Poaj atro- 

 viridis. Ham. ex Wall. Cat. n. 3843 A. P. convoluta, Heyne in Herb. 

 Rottl. ; Wall. Cat. n. ; 831 B. P. Ohariis, Schult. Mant. i. 314. P. diandra 

 & cernna. Herb. Wight ex Wall. Gat. n. 3843 B. C. P. dislans & laevis, 

 Hb. Heyne ex Wall. I.e. n. 3840. P. elegantula, Kunth Revis. Gram. i. 

 340, Enum. Fl. i. 346. P. elegans, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i 338. P. visoosa, var. 

 Herb. Heyne in Wall. Cat. 3831 A.— Bragrost. Wall. Gat. n. 3830 B. 0., 

 3831 A, 3832 B, 3833, 3840, 3843, 3845 A (in -part). 



