Eragrostis, 0. Stapf.] clxxiii. gramij. 



VedinsTe. Meddel. (1860) 47 {non Bexf.). E. rigidi., 



Biv. Forsk. (nomen.). B. speirostaohya, Goss. et -Ij. 



vertioillata, Goss, ex Lange I. c. (non Caw.). E. vulgaris^i/^ 



Cass, et Bur. Fl. Alger. 148. Poa nigra, Ohm. ex WiUh.^% , f i ^' 



Fl. Hisp. i. 83. P. papposa, Besf. in Roem. & 8ch. Si/st. ii. 6oo 



stachya ? papposa, Boem. & Sch. I. o. """ ,^^ 



N.-Eastern Panjab; common in the Trans-Indns districts; Rawul pindi, Ac., ' 

 Stewart, Aitchison. — Distbib. Westward to Arabia, N. Africa, and Spain. 



Stem 12-18 in., very slender, simple. Leaves short, strict, very narrow, con- 

 volute ; moutli of sheath bearded with long silky hairs. Pmiir.le 4-8 in. ; rachis 

 filiform ; branches spreading, alternate, almost capillary, naked below, loosely branched 

 beyond the middle with capillary spreading branohlets. Spikelets very pale yellow 

 or dark or pale olive-grey ; gl. I -^g— ^ in. or less, nerveless; II -jVttj '°> faintly 

 I-nerved; flj. gla. about -^ in.; palea- rather shorter, keels scabrid. Stamens 3, 

 anthers ^ig in. Grain ^o - ^^ in., dorsally grooved. — A very elegant species, with 

 usually quite pale very narrow spikelets. 



21. E. pilosa, Beauv. Agrost. 71 ; annual, panicle oblong to pyra- 

 midal flaccid open or contracted, rachis glabrous or hairy, branches 

 usually more or less whorled and branohlets very slender, pedicels longer 

 or shorter than the spikelets which are ^ in. linear 5-12-nd., empty gls. 

 unequal hyaline, raohilla tough, flg. gls. ovate acute, palea subperaistent 

 keels Bcaberulous, grain ellipsoid. Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 91 ; T. Nees 

 Gen. Fl. Germ. Monocot. i. n. 55 ; Thw. Enum. PI. Zeyl. 373 ; Trim. Go,': 

 Geyl.Fl. 209; Wight Gat. n. 1784, 1784b.; Buthie Grass. N.W. Ind. 38, 

 Fodd. Grass. ZV. Ind. 64 ; Aitchis. Gat. Fanjah PI. 170 ; Lishoa in Journ. 

 Bomb. Nat. Hist. Sac. vii. (1893) 381, Ledeh. Fl. Boss. iv. 382; Boiss. Fl. 

 Orient, v. 881 ; Benth. Fl. Hongh. 432, Fl. Austral, vii. 645 ; Baker Fl. 

 Maurit. 455 ; Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 532. B. elegantula, a, Nees in Wight 

 Cat. n. 1782. E. indica, Steud. 8yn. Gram. 264. E. parviflora, Trin. in 

 Mem. Acad. Petersb. Ser. VI. i. (1831) 411. E. pelhicida, Steud. I. c. 279. 

 B. punctata, Link, ex Steud. Nam. Ed. II. i. 661, Syn. Gram. 264. 

 E. verticillata, Roem. & Sch. 8yst. ii. 575 ; Beichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 9 ; 

 Aitchii. Cat. Punjab PI. 170. Poa amabilis. Herb. Seyne ex Wall. Cat. 

 n. 3829 B. P. indica, Keen, ex Bottl. in Ges. Naturf. Fr. Berl. Neue 

 Schrifl. iv. (1803) 194. P. nutans. Herb. Wight ex Wall. Gat. u. 3829 D. 

 P. parviflora & pellucida, Br. Prodr. 180. P. Phullica, Herb. Ham. ex 

 Wall. I. c. 3829 C. & 5012 (Phulcia). P. pilosa, Linn. 8p. PL 68 ; Host 

 Oram. Austr. ii. 168, t. 68; Kunthl.c. 329. P. punctata, Linn.f. Suppl. 

 109; Kunth Enum. PI. i. 330; Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 338. P. tenella, Herp. 

 Heyne ex Wall. I. c. 3829 B. P. rerticillata, Gav. Ic. i. 63, t. 93 ; Kunth 

 Enum. 329. Milium tenerum, Herb. Heyne ex Wall. I. e. 3829 B.— Era- 

 grostis, Wall. Gat. n. 3829. 



Throughout India and Buema ; ascendini? the Himalaya to 5000 ft. or more. 

 Cetlok ; common (C.P. 929).— DisTBlB. S. Europe and most warm countries. 



Stem 3 in.-3 ft., tufted, erect, usually very slender and simple, rarely stout and 

 branched. Leaves short, narrow, flaccid or strict and convolute, rarely elongate ; 

 mouth of sheath bearded. Panicle very variable in size and form, erect inclined or 

 uodding ; rachis hairy ar not at the nodes ; branches filiform or capillary, fascicled 

 or sub-whorled, simple below, lower sometimes 6 in. long. Spikelets usually grey 

 tipped with purple ; empty gls. nerveless or II faintly 1-nerved ; flg. gls. -^^-I in. 

 Stamens 3, anthers -^ in., violet. Grain -fr-^ in., base laterally apiculate.— 

 Dwarf specimens 2-4 in. high look very different from the ordinary state of the 

 plant. 



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