3'20 CLxxiii. GEAJiiNE^. (J. D. Hooker.) [EraijrosHs, 0. Stapf. 



distant, scaberulous, spreading, flexiioas, simple at the base ; pedicels as long or 

 longer than tiie pale olive-greeuspikelets. Gl. I l-nerved ; II 1-3-nerved; rachilla 

 tough, interuodes about y'^-g-V in.j flg. gls. -Jq io-> nerves strong. Stamens 3; 

 anthers linear, about -j-^ in. O-rain -fg in. long. — A stately species. 



14. £. tremula, HooAst. ex Steud. Syn. Grwm. 269 ; leaf-margins 

 eglandular, panicle large ovate very loose branches solitary, pedicels very 

 slgnder, spikelets versatile 1 in. or more linear narrowed upwards 10-70-fld., 

 empty gls. subequal subobtase, rachilla tough glabrous, flg. gls. close-set 

 veiy broadly ovate suhobtnsp, palea obovate- oblong persistent keels scabrid, 

 grain globose. Buthie Fodd Grass. JST. Ind. 65, t. 79 ; Lisboa in Journ. 

 Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. vii. (1893) 382; Boiss. M. Orient, v. 581. E. multi- 

 flora, Trin. in Mem. Acad. Pefersb. Ser. VI. i. (1841) 401 ; Dalz. ^ Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 298 ; Duthi". Grass. N. W. Ind. 38 ; Aitohis. Cat. Panjab. PI. 

 169. E. rhachitricha, Hoclist. ex Miquel Analect. Bot. Ind. ii. 25. Poa 

 i;urvata, Sb. Heyne ex Wall. Oat. ii. 3849. P. multiflora, Uoxb. Fl. Ind. i. 

 338 {nan Forsk.). P. tremula, Lamk. Illust. i. 185; Ku,nth I. c. 332.— 

 Bragrost. Wall. Gat. I. c. 



Northern India ; from the pANJAB to Benqai, and BuBMA, and southward to 

 the Cabnatic.' — DiSTKiB. Affghan., Africa trop. 



Annual. Stems densely tufted, subereet, 6-24 in., leafy chiefly at the some- 

 times hardened base. Leaves few, short, very narrow; mouth of sheath slightly 

 hairy. Panicle often as long as the rest of the plant and 8 in. broad, nodding ; 

 raohis glabrous, axils bearded, branchlets and pedicels roughish ; pedicels longer or 

 shorter thau the spikelets which are pale green or purplish. Empty gls. t'rVij '"■' 

 1-nerved ; internodes of rachilla -g^jy in., thickened upwards ; flg. gls. -^ — ^ in., nerves 

 strong; palea a little shorter than its gl. Stamens Z, anthers ^^ia. &»-ai» hardly 

 •bL in. diam. 



15. £!• major, Host. Gram. Austr. iv. 14, t. 24; leaf-margins (in 

 Indian specimens) glandular, panicle oblong to ovate-oblong stiff, branches, 

 subsolitary spreading, pedicels very short, spikelets ^3 in. ovate-oblong 

 or linear few to 50-fld., empty gls. ovate acute, rachilla tough, flg. gls. 

 broadly ovate subacute, palea broadly obovate much curved, keels scabrid 

 or ciliolate, grain globose. B. flexuosa, Steud. Syn. Gram. 266 ; Buthie 

 Grass. N.W. Ind. 37. E. megastachya, Link Eaum,. Hort. Berol. i. 187 ; 

 Kunth Enum. PI. i. 333 ; Beiohb. lo. Fl. Germ. t. 91 ; Wight Oat. n. 1778 ; 

 T/iwuites Enum. PI. Zeyl. 378 ; Trim. Cat. Oeyl. PI. 109 ; Aitchis. Cat. 

 Panjab PL 169; Butkie Grass. N.W. Ind. 38, Fodd. Grass. N. Ind. 63, 

 t. 75; Lisboa in Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. vii. (1893) 382; Ledeb. Fl. 

 Boss. iv. 382 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, v. 580. B. multiflora, AscAers. ex Boiss. 

 I. c. E. poaeoides, Trin. in Mem. Acad. Petersb. Ser. VI. i. (1831) 404. 

 E. vulgaris var. megastachya, Goss. et Bur. Fl. Alger. 148. Poa cilianensis. 

 All. Fl. Pedem. ii. 216, t. 91, f. 2. P. elegans. Herb. Wight ^ Serb. Ham. 

 ex Wall. Cat. n. 3828 CD. P. Eragrostis, Gav. Ic. i. 63, t. 92 ; Sibth. FL 

 Or«c. t. 73. P. flexuosa, Boxb. Fl Ind. i. 339. P. multiflora, Forslc. FL 

 yUg. Arab. 21. P. polymorpha, Koen. ex Wall. I. c. n. 3828 A. P. Rox- 

 bur^ihiana, Schult. Mant. ii. 315. P. subsecunda. Herb. Ham. ex Wall. I. c. 

 u. 3828 D. P. tortuosa, Spreng. Syst. Veg. i. 345. Megastachya Era- 

 grostis, Beauv. Agrost. 74. Briza Eragrostis, Linn. Sp. PI. 70 ; Sehreb. 

 Besch. GriBs. ii. 74. B. oblonga, Moench. Meth. 185. — Eragrostis, Wall. 

 GaL n. 3828, 3837. 



Throughout the Plaies and lower Hills of India anl Bdema, ascending to 

 5200 ft. in the Himalaya. Ceylon, (C.P. 3163).— Distrib. Westward to S. Europe, 

 Atia trop. audsubtrop. 



