202 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, 1891. 



A. strictus, Rox. Fl. Ind. I. 261. In the Deecan and in North 

 Karwar. This is described by Hackel as a variety of A. favcoluhis, 

 Del. 



A. pachyarthus, Hack, Androp. 449. A. humilis, Wight ; A di- 

 missus, Steud. Syn. PI. Glum. I. 388. 



Ver. Lull gavat (so named on account of the red colour of the 

 spikelets), Tambrut, Gondad, Chifnan Chira, Malakava. Very com- 

 mon in Poona, in Khandeish (West and East), Karwar, and all 

 over India. It resembles very much A. pumilus, Roxb. Reckoned 

 to be a good fodder grass, especially before it flowers. Duthie says 

 that it is " good for cattle, but not for horses." 



A. pertusus, Willd. Spec. IV. 922. 



Ver. Ganya marvel (Sattara and Sholapore name), Pay en, Paha, 

 Palwan. It is common in Poona, also in Sattara, Sholapore, Kanara, 

 and all over the Presidency, and in other parts of India, in Africa and 

 Abyssinia. It is reckoned as a good fodder grass. It is said " This 

 grass, which is met with all over the plains of Northern India, is 

 universally esteemed as a good fodder grass, both for grazing and 

 stacking. In Australia also, it is highly valued, being regarded as one 

 of the best grass to stand long droughts, while it will bear any amount 

 of feeding. It is useful also as a winter grass, if the weather is not 

 too severe." I have not seen it eaten by cattle. There are two 

 varieties of this species — one with two piths on the outer glume of 

 the pedicillate spikelet, and the other with three piths. This was 

 collected by Major Serpa Pinto in Central Africa. The infloresence 

 of this grass is scented, a circumstance which is not noticed by any 

 agrostologist I know of. 



A. intermedium, R. Br. Prodr. 202 ; Benth. Fl. Austral. VII. 

 531 ; A. fascicularis, Thwait. Emm. PI. Zeylon, 437. 



Ver. Kolum. It is intermediate between A. ischcBmum, Linn., 

 and A. pertusus, Willd. Resembles these species in general appear- 

 ance, but the panicles are more loose and more elongated. Grows 

 all over India ; it is a tall and coarse grass with long narrow leaves ; 

 is used in Mahableshwar for thatching. 



A. punctatus, Roxb. Fl. Ind. I. 264. A. perfossus, Nees Steud. 

 Syn. PL Glum. I. 391. 



Ver. Kunda. My specimens are from Poona and East Khandeish. 



