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ace of th< original specimens, it is not easy to disfcingiuish 11 from 

 A. Nepalmsk or A. sefosa. 



A. Nepalensis, Trim, Sp. Gram, t. 26b. 



Vern. Kotir, Dundee. 



Mahableshwar, Lanowli, Kbandala aud North Canara. 



In the specimen before me, the branches of the panicle arc distant 

 from each other, and not closely clustered, as stated by Mr. Benthara 

 in his description of the Australian plant. 



It is not eaten by cattle. 



A. (sp. now). 



Culm 3 — 4 ft. long, slender, glabrous; leaves \\ ft. long, pointed, 

 rough and hairy by 4 lin. ; ligule hairy; sheath glabrous, 4 - 5 in . 

 long; panicle narrow, 1 — 1 \ ft. long, dense or loose, erect or nodding; 

 branches verticelled or semi-verticelled; spikclets geminate unequally 

 pedicelled, one on a pedicel 4 lin. and the other on a pedicel 2 — 2h lin., 

 very narrow, about 1£ in. long. Common rachis ridged ; partial rachis 

 and pedicels with minute stiff hairs. Outer glume with a central more 

 or less distinct nerve, a little shorter than the second, both pointed, 

 and covered with numerous thin soft hairs ; second glume with one 

 central nerve and two lateral, almost indistinct ; third glume thinner, 

 as long or a line longer than the first, with a male flower in the axil, 

 and a few hairs on the upper part of its back on the mesial line; fourth 

 glume smaller, hyaline, with a fine twisted bent-back awn from the 

 top, nearly double the length of the spikelet ; palea small, 

 Vern. Turdia, Kotir. 



Common in Poena, (?) at Lanowli, Khaudalla and below the Ghats. 

 This is probably A. gigcuitca, Dalz and Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 

 Not eaten by cattle. 

 A. Eitchei, Munro, MSS. 



A tall grass ; culm 3 — 4 ft. long, glabrous smooth ; nodes with or 

 without a ring of short hairs ; leaves 16 in. long by 5 — 6 lin. at the 

 broadest part, pointed, glabrous, or minutely downy, with a few hairs 

 at the inner base ; ligula 1 line long, hairy ; sheath longer than the 

 nodes, glabrous, and generally about 8 in. long ; spike (panicle) termi- 

 nal, 1 ft. long or more, rather contracted ; branches numerous, opposite 

 or sometimes alternate, arising singly or 2 and 3 together ; the lower 

 4-5 in. long, the upper shorter. The common rachis of the spike and 



