CLXIII. GRAMINE^. 
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\Eragrostis. 
Spikelets -05 in, long, pale green tinted violet. Glume I very short 
ovate; glume II twice as long. Flowering glumes 3 or 4, ovate 
obtuse. Hah. Waste ground, paths and gardens. Common, whole 
Peninsula. Singapore, Gardens; Changi; Pulau Ubin. Pahang 
Pekan. Malacca (Griffith); Tanjong Kling; Ayer Panas (Cantley). 
Selangor, Port Swettenham. Penang, Fort Cornwallis (Curtis). 
Kelantan, Kamposa. ' Distrib. India and Siam (Burkill). Native 
name : Rumput Tulong Belalang, 
(2) E. viscosa Trin. Mem. Acad. Petersb. Set. vi. i. p. 297; Ridl. 
Mat. hi. 177. E. tenella var. viscosa Staff, in Hook. fit. F.B.I. vii. 
315. 
Small tufted grass, long rooted, viscid, culms geniculate ascend¬ 
ing or erect, 6 to 9 in. tall. Leaves narrow, i to 3 in. long, sheath- 
mouth bearded. Panicle i to 2 in. long, dense, branches crowded. 
Spikelets about twice as big as those of E. tenella, brown, viscid. 
Glumes I and II nearly equal. Flowering glumes 4 to 16. Hah. 
Sandy places near the sea, local but abundant. Singapore, Changi. 
Province Wellesley, Teluk Ayer Tawar. Penang at Dato Kramat. 
Distrib. India, Java, Africa. 
Very distinct from E. tenella in appearance, and undoubtedly wild here, 
which I doubt if E. tenella is. 
(3) E. interrupta Beam. Agrost. 71 (not Roem. and Schultes 
nor Trin.)] Staff, in Hook. fit. F.B.I. vii. 178J Ridl. Mat. iii. 178. 
E. nutans Nees in Steud. Nom. Ed. ii. i, p. 563* E. diplachnoides 
Steud. Syn. Gram. 268. 
A perennial grass 2 to 3 ft. tall. Leaves i ft. long, -25 in. wide, 
linear acuminate. Panicle variable, stiff and interrupted or lax, 
over I ft. long, branches short 1-5 to 3 in. long separate or sub- 
whorled, Spikelets -12 in. long, brown, pedicelled; rachilla break¬ 
ing up from top downwards. Glumes I and II ovate sub-equal. 
Flowering glumes 6 to 12, longer, ovate obtuse. Hah. Rare on sandy 
heaths. Pahang, Pekan, and Setul Heath (Ridley). Distrib. India 
and Africa, 
The variety here is var. diplachnoides, Stapf. l.c., with a long lax panicle 
of not-whorled branches. 
(4) E. amabilis Wight and Arn. in Hook, and Am. Beechey’s 
Voyage, 251; Staff, in Hook. fit. vii. 317. E. unioloides Nees 
in Steud. Syn. Gram. 264. (Fig. 224, p. 247.) 
A pretty annual grass 6 to 18 in. tall, slender. Leaves linear 
acuminate, 2 to 4 in. long, -25 in. wide or less, flaccid, glabrous 
except for a few hairs on the sheath mouth. Panicle finally wide- 
spreading, branches separate. Spikelets flat, ovate to oblong, 
•12 to -5 in. long, pale to rose pink; rachilla persistent. Glumes 
falling off with the paleas from the base upwards. Flowering glumes 
20 to 50, close-set, keeled, boat-shaped with two green raised ribs on 
each side. Hab. Very common in waste ground on paths and open 
