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Trib. IX. FESTUCEiE. 
26. ERAGROSTIS. P. de JBeauv. 
1 . Caudatse : 7-ami paniculcB elongates breves, fasciculiformes. 
1. E. cylindrica. N. ab E. — Poa cylindrica. Roxb. FI. Ind. I. p. 334; (ed. Wall.) 1. 
p. 335. Kunth, En. 1. p. 345. — Megastachya cylindrica. Schult. Mant. 2. p. 328. 
Hab. Circa Macao urbem ; Millett. In insula “Danorum” dicta, 12 mill, infra Cantonem ; G. H. 
Vachell, n. 56. 
Esemplum nostrum, a Vachellio lectum, fructu delapso jam ramulis paniculse gaudet paullo magis patulis, 
valvulisque interioribus, ut in E. pectinacea persistentibus rigidulis patulisque, saepe subtrifidis. Folia linea 
latiora, attenuata, rigidula, lasvia, glaucescentia, convoluta, circa os vaginae barbata. Paniculce rami in 
axillis scabridi. Valvula infe7'ior trinervis, pallida. 
[Our specimens from Mr. Millett are much less advanced : the panicle is very contracted, cylindrical, and 
composed of short, crowded, adpressed, compound, alternate branches, as described by Roxburgh, The 
spikelets are tinged with purple. The glumes and lower valvelet of the florets are minutely strigoso-pubes- 
cent, but otherwise glabrous and without cilise on the margin.] 
$ 2. Megastachyse; paniculatce, paniculce ramisvalidiuscidis, spiculis ovatis oblongis lanceolatisve, valvulis 
hand pellucidis. 
2. E. amabilis ; panicula racemoso-composita patula erecta, ramis plerisque solitariis 
basi glabris prope a basi divisis circumscriptione lanceolata, pedicellis longiusculis, spiculis 
coloratis ovatis 16-24-floris, flosculis arete imbricatis inferioribus deciduis, valvula inferior! 
late ovata acuta trinervi membranacea, caryopsi ovata, culmo ramoso adscendente nodis- 
que glabris, ligula brevissima, foliis lanceolato-linearibus glaucis laevibus basi ciliatis. 
Wight et Arn. in litt. ; Wight Cat. n. n77. — Eragrostis. Wall. Cat. n. 3838. — Megas- 
tachya amabilis. P. de Beauv. — Poa amabilis. Linn. — Willd. Sp. PL 1. p. 392. Kunth, En. 
1. p. 334. Roxb. in Ccet. Merc. Angl. Ind. Or. Mus. tab. 842 (fide Arn.) — P. uniloides. 
Roxb. FI. Ind. \. p. 339; {ed. Wall.) 1. p. 340. Kunth, En. 1. p. 335 (an Retzii ?) — P. 
rubens. Lam. III. Gen. t. 45./ 2. Kunth, 1. c. 
Hab, In insula Lappas ; G. H. Vachell, n. 55. 
Gramen perelegans, spiculis brizoideis purpureo pallidoque variis In adumbranda Poa sua uniloidc Retzius 
ante oculos habuisse videtur spiculara ex inferiore parte paniculge paucifloram, cui glumse jam delapsae 
deficerent. Turn vero flosculorum duorum inferiorum inferiores valvulas glumas esse, sive calycem, existi- 
manti, obstabant valvulae utriusque flosculi superiores, quas nisi calycem alterum interioremque declararet, 
non habebat quibus explicaret. 
3. E. megastachya; panicula racemoso-composita patente erecta, ramis inferioribus 
subverticillatis alternisque in axillis et ad ramificationes barbatis, reliquis omnibus alternis 
prope a basi divisis pedicellis brevibus, spiculis lineari-oblongis pallidis aut plumbeo- 
viridibus 15-25-floris, valvula inferiorj obtusasubemarginata brevissime mucronata trinervi 
nervo lateral! prominulo superior! ciliata, caryopsi globosa, culmo ramoso adscendente 
nodisque glabris, vaginis glabris ore barbatis, foliis lanceolato-linearibus margine serrulato- 
