Mragrostis, 0. Stapf.] olxxiii. gramineji. (J, D. Hooker.) 321 



Annual. Stem 1-2 ft., usually stout and branched, but very variable. Leaves 

 flat, smooth, flaccid, narrow, rarely ^ in. broad j sheath sparingly bearded. Paniele 

 2-8 in., sometimes contracted, rachis glabrous, branches stitF or flexuous, ramifying 

 from or near the base. SpikeleU slightly narrowed upwai'ds, dark olive-grey ; 

 Gl. 1, 1- or sub-l-3-nerTed ; II 3-nerved ; flg. gls. ^ in., uppermost usually empty 

 and smaller, nerves strong ; palea \~\ shorter than 'its gl. Anthers about -^^ in 

 Grain -^-^ in., loose within the turgid gl. 



§§ Spikelets ^J in.; fl. gls. less than ~ in. or if longer then 

 narrower and more or less acute. 



J Panicle rather stiff, branches and lateral pedicels usually short 

 lateral nerves of jig. gls. strong. — Leaf-margins often glandular. 



16. E. minor, Sost Gram. Austr. iv. 15, Fl.Austr. i. 135 ; leaf-margins 

 glandular, panicle ovate or oblong rather stiff, branches solitary capillary 

 ramifying from near the base, pedicels short, spikelets ^-J in. linear to ovate 

 ap to 12-fld., empty gls. subequal acute 1-nerved, tig. gls. broadly ovate 

 obtuse, grain globose or ellipsoid-globose dorsally convex. B. poaeformis. 

 Link Sort. Berol. i. 188 ; Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 91 ; T. Nees Gen. Fl. 

 Germ. Monocot. n. i. 65. E. poaeoides, Beauv. Agrost. 76 ; Griseb. in Ooett. 

 .Nachr. (1868) 74; Duthie Grass. JST.W. Ind. 88, Fodd. Grass. N. Ind. 65; 

 Aitchis. Gat. Panjab Pl. 170; Lisboa in Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. vii. 

 (1893) 387 ; Ledeb. Fl. Boss. iv. 380 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, v. 580. E. 

 poaeoides |8, Trin. in Mem. Acad. Petersb. 8er. VI. i. (1831) 404. Poa 

 JEragrostis, Linn. Sp. PI- 68 {in part) ; Kuntli Enum. PI. i. 332 ; Schreh. 

 Beschr. Orxs. ii. t. 38 ; Host Gram. Austr. ii. 50, t. 69. Briza Bragrostis, 

 Vill. Fl. Delph. ii. 50 {non Linn.). 



PlAlKS of NoETHEBN INDIA, ascending the Himalaya to 8000 ft., from the 

 Panjab eastwards to Bengal. The CoNCAN, Jacquemont, &c. Westikn Tibet; 

 Ladrtk, alt. 12-13,000 ft., Thomson. — Distrib. Westward to S. Europe, N. Asia. 



Annual. Stems 6-18 in., densely tufted, slender. Learns rather short, flat; 

 mouth of sheath slightly bearded, Fanic/e 2-6 in., rachis glabrous, branches 

 spreading when ripe. Spikelets pale green to dark purplish or olive-grey, glistening ; 

 vachilla tough; gls. I and II ^VtV '"•> '^^'^ scabrid ; flg. gls. -fy rarely J^-Jj in., 

 lateral nerves strong ; palea i shorter than its gl., obovate-oblong, keels scabrid or 

 aubciliate., Stamens 3, anthers yi^ in. Grain -^--g in. or more, dorsally rounded or 

 slightly flattened. — The glands are a very constant character. A single Bombaj 

 specimen is eglandular, but placed here from its strong resemblance to glanduli- 

 lerous specimens also from Bombay. The Tibetan specimens are very small, 1-6 in. 

 high. 



17. B. Rottleri, Stapf; leaf-margins eglandular, mouth of sheath 

 naked, panicle oblong open rather stiff, branches solitary or lower geminate 

 'ramifying from near the base, pedicels of lateral spikelets very short, 

 apikelets ^i in. linear 6-12-fld., empty gls. subequal, rachilla tough, flg. 

 gls. oblong subacute, palea persistent, grain, terete. E. viscosa, Wiffht 

 Herb, propr. n. 1785, in part. Poa pauciflora, Herb. Bxittl. 



The Cabnatic ; at Tranquebar, Seyne, Bottler, Wight. 



Leaves 1-7 in., flat or more or less convolute. Panicle 2-6 in., rachis naked, 

 branches filiform to capillary. Spikelets pale brown or white; empty gls. about 

 uV'n.: flg. gls. Jy-jiy in., lateral nerves strong; palea rather shorter than its gl., 

 kuels scaberulouK. Stamens 3, anthers about ^ho '"• drain Jg in.— Bottler's P. 

 pauciflora is a tall form with few spikelets. Wight's specimen has the stem viscid 

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