788 



MISC. PUBLICATION 200, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 



Eremochloa ciliaris (L.) Merr. Found 

 near a Chinese warehouse in San Francisco. 

 Southeastern Asia. Mentioned ; n the Botany 

 of California (2 : 262. 1880) under Ischaemum 

 leersioides Munro. Not since collected in the 

 United States. 



nate. Freely branching annual with 

 flat blades, the numerous racemes 

 solitary and more or less enclosed in 

 the spathes, these usually fascicled 

 in the axils of the leaves. T}^pe spe- 

 cies, Hackelochloa granulans. Named 



Figure 1193. — Hackelochloa granulans. Plant, X Yi', single raceme, X 2; two views of spikelets with rachis 



joint, X 5. (Pringle, Ariz.) 



164. HACKELOCHLOA Kuntze 



(Rytilix Raf.) 



Spikelets awnless, in pairs, the 

 rachis joint and pedicel grown to- 

 gether, the two clasped between the 

 edges of the globose alveolate first 

 glume of the sessile spikelet; ped- 

 icellate spikelet conspicuous, stami- 



for Eduard Hackel and Greek chloa, 

 grass. 



1. Hackelochloa granulans (L.) 



Kuntze. (Fig. 1193.) Culms 30 to 100 

 cm. tall; sheaths papillose-hispid; 

 blades flat, 5 to 15 cm. long, 3 to 15 

 mm. wide, papillose-hirsute, ciliate; 

 racemes 1 to 2 cm. long; sessile spike- 

 let about 1 mm. thick; pedicellate 



