615 



(9) E. Mangaioeica. fHoohstJ 



Ident. Hochst. in Herb. Hohenhack Ind. Or. N. 262.— Steudel 

 1. c. p. 265. 



Spec. Chab. Culm erect, geniculate, with knots and very short 

 leaves glabrous: sheaths hairy at the mouth : rays of the contracted 

 panicle solitary, irregularly distributed on the rhachis, almost 

 floriferous from the base, not hairy: spikelets 8 — 14-flowered, 

 rufescent, valves ciliated at the edges, ovate, obtuse, smooth at the 

 keel, I -nerved at the side. 



Mangalore. 



(10) E. TENELLA. fUnn.J 

 Ident. Linn. sp. I. 395 (under Poa). 



Syn, Poa tenella, Roxh. 



Spec. Chab. Erect: culms prostrate below, branched, 1 — 2- 

 feet : leaves smooth, scabrous at the margin, hairy at the throat of 

 the sheath : panicle spreading, linear-oblong, verticillate, pedicels 

 hairy at the base : spikelets very small, 4 — 6-flowered, nodding. 



Peninsula. Bengal. 



(11) E. PLTJMOSA. (Bet&.J 

 Ident. Ketz. obs. iv. 20 (under Poa). 



Poa plumosa, Roxh. — P. decipiens. Link. 



Spec. Chae. Culms filiform," branched, spreading at the base, 

 erect above, 1 — 2-feet : leaves linear, long hairy at the throat of the 

 sheath: rays of the ovate-oblong diffuse panicle scattered, hori- 

 zontal, hairy at the insertions ; spikelets depending, pediceUed, 

 4 — 6-flowered : inner valves ciliated. 



Bengal. Peninsula. In tufts on pasture ground. 



(12) E. 8TEiroPEYi.LA, (HocJist.J 



Ident. Hochst. in Herb. Hohenhack. Ind. Or. N. 664. — 

 Steudel 1. c. 



Spec. Chae. Cuhn simple, striated, straight, especially leafy at 

 the base : leaves -linear, very narrow, somewhat convolute, glabrous : 

 sheaths striated, hairy at the mouth : ligula very short, scarcely 

 any : panicle erect, contracted, rays 'fascicled, erect, almost ad- 

 pressed to the culm, racemosely panicled : spikelets linear, 12 — 20- 

 flowered : florets rather loose, smooth, lower valve twice as narrow 

 as the outer one, very thinly serrulate. 



Canara. 



