326 CLXxiii. GRAMiNE>B. (J. D. Hooker.) lUragrostii, 0. Stapf. 



27. E. Collettii, Stapf; perennial, leaves filiform convolute, spikelets 

 i-J in. linear or oblong-linear slightly compressed 6-12-fld., glumes tumid, 

 wings of keels of palea about 5^ in. broad minutely oiliate. 



BuKMA; Pinmona, Abul Sui: ; Meiktalla, GoUett. 



Stems 18-20 in., densely tufted, very slender, bases densely clothed with a brush 

 of soft filiform fibres J in. long. Leaves 2-4 in., glabrous or sparsely hairy. Spike 

 5-7 in., erect, strict or slightly curved ; rachis slender, terete, smooth. Sfihelets 

 purplish, erect, close-set, almost imbricating ; empty gls. subequal, yi^xV '"• 1 1 acutely 

 keeled ; II dorsally rounded ; flg. gls. -^ in. or less, turgid, broadly ovate, obtuse or 

 acute with incurved tips ; palea almost as long as the gl., dorsally pubescent. Antliers 

 almost -Jj- in. 



** Keels of palea not irr obscurely winged. 



28. E. nardoides, Trin. in Mem. Acad. Petersb. VI. i. (1831) 415 ; 

 perennial leaves 3-9 in. almost capillary convolute with tufts of hairs on 

 the surface below the middle, spike very long slender, spikelets g-J in. and 

 upwards oblong to' linear 20-32-flcl., glumes turgid. B. bifaria. Wall 

 Cat. n. 3827 D. F. ; Dutkie Grass. N. W. Ind. 36 ; Fodd. Grass. N. Ind. 

 61, t. 73 ; Griseb. in Goett. Nachr. (1863) 76 ; Steud. Syn. Gram. 266. 



OuTEE Himalaya, from the Panjab to Nepal, up to 5500 ft. Behae, on 

 Parasnath, and Chota Nagpoee, Clarke, J. V. H. 



Stems 12-18 in., densely tufted, filiform. Leaves as long as the stem or shorter. 

 Spike 6-10 in., very slender, straight or subfiexuous ; rachis terete, smooth. 

 Spikelets erecto -patent, close-set, laterally compressed, olive-green ; empty gls. 

 subequal or I slightly shorter, acutely keeled ; II -^ in. or less, obtusely keeled ; fig. 

 gls. nearly ^ in., ovate, acute or subobtuse, nerves faint, keel smooth or nearly so. 

 Anthers-^ in. Grain -^ in. or more, narrowly ellipsoid or subovoid, subterete or 

 obscurely triquetrous, epicarp finely reticulate. 



29. E. coromandelina, Trin. in Mem. Acad. Petersb. VI. i. (1831) 

 415 ; perennial, leaves 1-3 in. filiform convolute puberulous above, spike- 

 lets §-5 by Yt iu. oblong to linear 10-32-fld. Steud. Syn. Gram. 264. 

 E. cretacea, JS'ees in Arm. Nat. Hist. i. (1838) 284. Poa coromandelina, 

 Koen. eoc Bottl. in Ges. Naturf. Fr. Berl. Neue Sehrift. iv. (1803) 191 ; 

 Both. Nov. PI. Sp. 71 ; Kunth Enum. PI. i. 327. P. secunda, Boxb. Ic. piet. 

 ined. t. 827. 



Plains OP InuiA; from Kajputana to Behar, and southwards. Chota Nagpore, 

 Wood. Uppeb Buema, Abdul Rule. 



Stem. 12-18 in., rather stout. Leaves short, rarely flat, spreading and recurved. 

 Spike 4-8 in., interrupted ; rachis slender, terete, smooth. Spikelets close-set, 

 erecto-patent, laterally compressed, olive-grey or -green; empty gls. equal or I 

 slightly shorter, acutely keeled ; II -^ in. or less, usually obtusely keeled ; flg. gls. 

 up to ^ in., ovate, acute or subobtuse, nerves faint, keel smooth or nearly so ; palea 

 almost as long as its gl., keels sometimes obscurely winged scabrid. Stamens 3, 

 anthers ^ in. Grain ^\ - ■ ^„ in., shortly ellipsoid or subovoid, obtusely 3-quetrons, 

 epicarp loosely reticulate. 



So. E. secunda, Nees ex Steud. Syn. Oram. 264 ; perennial, leaves 

 6-18 in. convolute or flat minutely puberulous above, spike very slender 

 flaccid, spikelets ^ in. linear-oblong up to 10-fld., empty gls. unequal. E. 

 bifaria, Thwaites Enum. PI. Zeyl. 373 (excl. Syn.) ; Trim. Cat. Ceyl. PI. 109. 



Cevlon, ascending to 500O ft., Walker, Thwaites (C.P. 60). 

 Spikelets secnnd or distichous, laterally compressed, olive-grey or straw-colrd. ; 

 empty gls. unequal, I about ^V in. acutely keeled j II | in., dorsally rounded j flg. gls. 



