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with long straggling branches, and thin interrupted panicles 

 with often large spikelets. It is common in Colombo, and I 

 have found it in the patanas at Kattabooia in Kotmale, but it 

 is rare compared with E. Brownei, and has none of its peculiar 

 glaucous hue. Dr. Trimen states that Moon's name for this 

 is Poa cynosuroides, Moon Cat. 



178. Eragrostis oiuentalis, IV in. Dr. Thwaites gives 

 Central Province, not uncommon, for this plant, and asks if it 

 is not a variety of E. Brownei, but I have not found it except 

 in Colombo where it is most common in the Cinnamon Gardens, 

 but generally in very dry sandy soil, and often with E. Brownei. 

 This one has a compact panicle and has not the glaucous hue 

 of the other, and there is a small delicate variety of it. It is a 

 good deal like E, Brownei in some respects, 



179. Eragrostis pilosa, Beanv. Poa pilosa, Linn. P. 

 verticiliata, Cav. P. segyptiaca, Willd. P. elegantula, Kth. P. 

 elegans, Rox. ? This is a very abundant plant from the sea 

 coast up to Dimbula, where it and Paspalum liliculme are the 

 most common weeds on some of the coffee estates. It is a thin 

 delicate grass, and is generally found in great patches. 



180. Eragrostis mkgastachya, Link Poa megastachya, 

 KoeL Briza eragrostis, Linn* This is a fine plant with large 

 open panicles of w r hite spikelets and the most like one of the 

 Brizas. Found from the coast up to the Kandyan country. 



181. Eragrostis paniculata, Steud. E. nigra, N. ab Es. 

 Poa paniculata, Box. FL lnd 1. p. 340. Found by Dr. 

 Thwaites in Dumbara and Maturata districts I do not recollect 

 where my specimens were collected. It is a tall handsome 

 grass with a much divided ample panicle. 



182. Eragrostis nutans, Steud. Poa nutans, Retz. Rox. 1. 

 c. 335. PoaKcenigii, Kth. P. interrupta, Keen. Rox. 1. c. This 

 is a tall grass from 3 to 5 feet high, with beautiful featherj- 

 drooping panicles of purple-coloured flowers, and grows in large 



