506 
BEGORDS OF THE BOTANICAL SUKVEY OF INDIA, 
8. E. multiflora Hochst. in Flora XXIV (1841) I. Intell. 20 nomen ; 
et in A. Rich. Tent. FI. Abyss. II, 412. 
Habitat : II. Above Menacha, near Kahil, 2,500 m, (S. 1462 1). 
Fr. : Feb. 1889 (S.). 
Distrib. : Abvssinia, Arabia. 
E. aristata Ehreiib. ex Boiss. FI. Or. V, 557. 
Habitat : II. Jedda (Zohrab 166 !) ; Shukra (S. 71 !) ; Aggara near 
Hodjela, 600 m., in maize fields (S. 1174 !). 
Fr. : Jan. 1889 (S.), Mar. 1881 (S.). 
Distrib. : Widely spread along the Red Sea within the tropics. 
Observ. : “ Dactyloctenium glaucophylhini, Courbon in Ann. Sc. Nat. 
ser. 4, V, 18, (1862)^:>. 133, has the nodes densely and long pilose, its 
stem ‘ climbing etc. and can hardly have been the above species. ** 
(C. B. Clarke). 
E. Tocussa Fre*en. in Miis. Senckenb. II (1837) 141. 
Habitat : 11. Wady Djara (Ehrenb. 227 !). 
III. Lokham near Mokalla, 60 m. (Limt 78 !). 
Distrib. : Abvssinia, Arabia. 
Observ. : Oaltivated as food for cattle (Lunt). 
Vern. name : Dokkn (Lunt). 
45. Dactyiocteuiuni Willd. 
I. I>. aegyptiacum Willd. Enum. Hort. Berol. (1809) 102S. 
Habitat ; 11. Liht (Ehrenb. 231 !) ; Wady Djara (Ehrenb. 228 !) ; 
Wolledje, Jebel Bura (S. 1928 !) ; Jebel Bura, 600 m. (S. 250) ; Jedda 
(Zohrab 219 !) ; Aggara near HodjeJa, 600 m. (S. 1024) ; Regina near 
Hodjela, 900 m. (S. 1929) ; Wady Fatimah near Mecca (Schimp.. 801 !) ; 
Wady Fatimah (Fischer 130 !). 
Fl. : Feb. 1837 (Fischer), Dec. 1888 (S.), Jan.-Feb. 1889 (S.). 
Fr. : Jan. 1889 (S.), Feb. 1836 (Schimp.), Feb. 1837 (Fischer), Dec. 
1888 (S.), Jan.-Feb. 1889 (S.). 
Distrib. : Widely spread throughout the tropics. 
Vern. name ; Kerasi (S.). 
46. Leptochloa Beauv. 
I. L. unitloi'a Hochst. ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. II, 409. 
Habitat : II. Ussil, 1,400 m. (S. 1348). 
Distrib. : Abyssinia, Arabia. 
E. obtusliolia Hochst. in Flora XXXVIII (1855) 203. 
Habitat : IL Hille, Jebel Bura (S. 495 !). 
Fr. : Jan. 1889 (S.). 
Distrib. : Abyssinia, ALrabia. 
