616 



(13) E. PEOCEEA. (Boxl.) 



Ident. Eoxb. 1. c. p. 332 (tinder Poa). 



Spec. Chae, Culms braaclied, 3 — 5-feet: leaves elongated, 

 slender, scabrous : lignla long, lacerated, membranaceous : rays of 

 the large panicle elongated, simple, filiform : Bpikelets pediceUed, 

 rather remote, linear, many-flowered. 



Peninsula, in moist rich soil. 



(14) E. KoENiGii. (Kunih.) 



Ident. Kunth En. pi. I. p. 346 (under Poa). 



Byn. Poa intermpta, Roxb. I. c. p. 335. ' 



Spec. Chati. Culms terete, glabrous, 1 — 3-feet, erect : leaves 

 narrow, elongated, scabrous and glabrous : rays of the erect linear 

 panicle short, remotely fascicled, or twin or even solftaiy : spikelets 

 pediceUed, minute, 6 — 12-flowered : seed obcordate. 



Borders of rice-fields. 



(15) E. riAEEHENA. (Steudel.J 



Ident. Steudel 1. c. p. 266. 



Syn. Poa diandra, Roxb. — P. diarrhena, Roem. and Schult. 



Spec. Chae. Eoot turfy : culms erect, slightly branched, 3 — 6- 

 feet : leaves elongated, attenuated into a long acumen : rays of the 

 lineax panicle (half the entire plant in length) scattered, compound, 

 expanded : spikelets lanceolate, small, 4 — 8-flowered, slightly 

 obtuse, diandrous. 



Bengal, flowering ia the cold season. 



(16) E. ELEGANXULA, (Nees.J 



Ident. Nees in Steudel 1. c. 



Syn. Poa elegans, Roxl. — P. elegantula, Kunth. 



Spec. Chae. Culm erect, simple, 1 — 3-feet: leaves few, small, 

 bearded at the throat, rest glabrous : rays of the nodding oblong 

 panicle solitary, rather remote, adpressed : spikelets pediceUed, 

 8 — 12-flowered, purpUsh: outer valve of the coroUa 3 -nerved: seed 

 globose, brown. 



Bengal, in moist pastures. 



(17) E. plexuosa. (Roxb.) 

 Ident. Eoxb. 1. o. p. 339 (under Poa). 



