( CI ) 



E. articulatus, Beauv. {Plate LXXII.)* Syn. — Bchinalysium strictum, 

 Trin. ; Dactylis spicata, Willd. Vern.— N.-W. Prov. : Balha (Doab) ; Cent. 

 Pkov. : Kolliati (Seoni), suria (Balaghat); Santal : Khet kapuri (Campbell). 



An erect glabrous annual 6 inches to 1 foot high. Leaves flat, often longer than 

 the stem ; sheaths loose. Spikelets small, numerous, disposed in globular sessile 

 clusters, and forming a cylindrical spike, which is often interrupted, and sometimes 

 shortly branched from the base. Pale with two dorsal wings. 



Plains of Northern India, on damp clay soils, not common. 



66.. LAMARCKIA, Mcench. Contains a single species, which is abundant 

 in the Mediterranean region, and has been recorded from Peshawar by Stewart. 



L. aurea, Mcench. Syn. — Cynosurus aureus, Linn. ; Chrysurus cynosuroides, 

 Pers. ; C. aureus, Spreng. 



A small annual with handsome golden-coloured inflorescence. Spikelets in a 

 dense unilateral panicle. 



67. KGELERIA, Pers. This genus contains about 12 species, the 

 most of which are European. The spikelets are arranged in a dense 

 cylindrical spike-like panicle. The flowering glumes are scarious and 

 transparent. 



K. phleoides, Pers. Syn. — Festuca phleoides, Vill. 



Annual. Panicle densely cylindrical. Flowering glumes ending in 

 two teeth, and with a short awn between the teeth. A common Medi- 

 terranean grass, extending through Afghanistan to the Punjab. Dr. 

 Aitchison in his " Flora of the Jhelum District " recommends this 

 grass for cultivation as likely to be of great use during the cold weather 

 for fodder. 



Another species, 2£ cristata, Pers., is abundant at moderate elevations on the 

 Himalaya, and is a good fodder grass. It is a perennial species. The panicle is 

 spikelike, often interrupted at the base. The flowering glumes are neither toothed 

 nor awned. 



68. ERAGROSTIS, Beauv. This genus contains about 100 des- 

 cribed species, which are distributed over all parts of the world. In the 

 plains of Upper India there are upwards of 15 species. The spikelets 

 are numerous, somewhat compressed, many-flowered, and arranged in 

 a panicle which is either spreading or compact. The outer glumes are 

 shorter than the distichously imbricate flowering ones. The flowering 

 glumes are awnless, 3 -nerved, and prominently keeled. 



E. bifaria, W. and A. {Plate LXXIII.) Syn.—Poa bifaria, Kunth. 

 Vern. — Rajputana : Punya-safed and chota bhdnkta (Ajmere), riioi 

 (Mount Abu) ; Teling : Wooda-tallum (Roxb.). 



Stems straight, wiry, 1-2 feet high. Spikes narrow, compact, 4-8 

 inches long. Spikelets sessile, in two rows from one side of the rachis ; 



upper many-flowered, lower ones 4-6-flowered. 



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* See also Plate F., Fig. 31, of present Volume. 



