This grass is abundant in wet places on the hills and fairly common in the plains though not abundant.
Distribution.—Throughout India and Ceylon.
Fig. 219.—Eragrostis tremula.
Eragrostis tremula, Hochst.
This is an elegant annual grass. Stems are tufted erect or sometimes geniculately ascending, branching freely, 6 inches to 3 feet.
The leaf-sheath is smooth, glabrous, shorter than the internodes, becoming purplish when dry. The ligule is a ridge of short hairs.