MilA V tlliASSES. l»f 



J. ciliaris, Beauv. Agrost Plat? XL, fig. 6. Ver. name Ztawfc, 

 Turde. l-.amd in Lano^li and Sat tarn: eaten by cattle. , 



A. nudus, Benth. in Linn. Soc.'s Journal. Batratherum nudum, 

 Nees in Steud. Syn. PI. Glum. I. 383. 



S ^a-farcta, Naugnr-,nodi, Gonial, Morel (Thana name). 



, uncommon over the Ghats, Lanowli. It is eaten by cattle. 

 This is described by Prof. Hackel as a variety of A. dlians. 



A. quartiams, A. Richard, Tent. FL Abyss. II. 448, Piute 99; 

 /'/,. uroplitis phunbsa, Nees, Steud. Syn. PL Glum. I. 414, Found all 

 ;• ghats in Kanara and other districts of this Presidency. 



A.micans, Hockst. in Flora; Batratherum mwans, Nees in Anal. 

 and Mag. Nat. Hist. Found in Poona and over Ghats; also Dehra 

 Dun and AgarwaUa. Not common. Described by Prof. Hackel as 

 a variety of Arthraxon cuspidatus, Hockst. 



Apocopis, Nees. 

 A. Wightii, Nees; Andropogon courtallumensis, Steud. Syn. Pi. 



Glum. I. 377. 



There are in the collection received from North Kanara speci- 

 mens which agree in all particulars with the plant described as 



-iib-species A. Var. A. typicus, except that the culm is not 

 branched. It appears, however, that these specimens are from plants 

 collected inGanjam, Madras. 



Ophiurtjs, R. Br. 



0. corymbosus, Gaertn. fil, Carpol. Plate 181 ; RottbceMa eorym- 

 bua, Roxb. Corom. PL Plate 181. 



Ver. Sputter, Sut, Sonthi, Katia, Karvel. Very common all over 

 India. Used for thatching and tying bandies of grass ; as fodder 

 when young, or before flowering, and when other kinds fail. 



0. perforatum, Trin. in Mem. Ac. Petersb. ; Rottbaellui perforata; 

 Roxb. Corom. PL Plate 182, PL Ind. I. 356. 



Ver. Sassur, Sutgiina Kvrhe. 



All over this Presidency, in Madras, Neilgherry, in Bengal, and 



in Himalaya up to 5,000 ft. Also in Nepal and Ceylon. It is said to 



be common at Satpuda, West Khandeish (in iiplands), and used as 



fodder for cattle. It is not uncommon in the low -lying land in 



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