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Africa, Hills oi Abyssinia, and is said to bo used by cattle and 

 horses when young and green. 



Tschaemum, Linn. Gen. riant. ; I. aristatum, Linn. Spec. Plant. 

 Several varieties are described under different names by different 

 authors. Dalz. and Gibs. Bo?nb. FL 306. 



1 . /. imberbe, Retz. obs. VI. 35 ; /. aristatum, Burm. FL Ltd., 

 Plate 21, fig. 3 (not good). 



2. I. mangalnricum, Hack. Androp. 204. 



3. /. gcniculatum, Roxb. FL Ind. I. 322. 



4. /. datum, Hack. Androp. 205 ; Mcoschium e/atum, Nees in 

 Steud. Syn. PI. Glum. I. 376. 



Ver. This variety is known to natives as Bangadi, Khanden, 

 It grows all over India, Ceylon and at Hong-Kong. The plant seen 

 by me in Lanowlee is rather small. 



It is a good fodder, eaten readily by cattle. 



/. conjugation, Roxb. Fl. Ind. I. 321, Dalz. and Gibs. Bomb. 

 FL 305, Andropogon cordaiifolius, Steud. Syn. PL Glum. I. 376. 



Ver. Ber, Bher, Bar, Khanden, Bhangadi. Mr. Davidson of the 

 Survey Department and others state that it is a very good fodder. 



Received specimens from Konkon, Kanara, Malabar. It grows 

 also in Bengal and Ceylon. 



/. rugosum, Gaerten. Carp. Suppl. p. I. PI. 181 ; Dalz. and 

 Gibs. Bomb. FL 305. 



Ver. Laz, Bardi, Bar, Bher, KarJtel, Tiki, grass. Common all 

 over India, Serampur, Karaaon, Silhet, Nepal, China, Canton, 

 Philippine Islands and Timor. Good fodder when young: not fit to 

 cut or stock, as the stems are easily broken when dry. Grows with 

 rice plants and injures it. Davidson. 



/. semisagitaium, Roxb. FL Ind. I. 321. 



Ver. Dalaga, Ber, Sy'-Kadi or Kari (Mahim name). Not com- 

 mon. Received specimens from Kanara, Thana and Sattara. Mr. 

 IVrgusson says it is a good fodder grass. 



/. ciliare, Retz. Obs. VI. 36 ; Andropogon in Retzu and A. cert us, 

 Steud. Syn. PI. Glum. I. 375. Professor Hackel describes several 

 varieties. /. prorepens, Hack ; under which is placed I. tenellum, 

 Roxb. FL Ind. 1. 323. 



1. villosum, spodiopogon villosus, Nees ; /. malacophyllum, Andro- 



