Eleusine Gaertner

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1980, Flora Europaea. Volume 5. Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 258

124. Eleusine Gaertner 2

Annuals or perennials. Leaves flat. Ligule a ring of hairs. Inflorescence of several spikes more or less digitately arranged at the top of the flowering stem. Spikelets compressed, with 2-many florets in 2 rows on one side of a broad rhachis. Glumes unequal, shorter than the florets, 1 - to 7-veined; lemma 1 - to 3-veined, unawned. Stamens 3. Grain striate; pericarp membranous, not adherent to seed.

Annual, with 5-12 slender spikes up to 15 cm 1. indica Perennial, with 2-4 thick spikes not more than 3 -5 cm 2. tristachya