50 SOUTH INDIAN GRASSES 



and another with ovate oblong spikelets. They also vary in the 

 size of the spikelets— some forms have small spikelets and others 

 large. Sometimes the spikelets show variation in the number of 

 glumes. 



This grass is also cultivated for its grain. In cultivated forms 

 the spikelets are larger and the whole plant grows bigger. It is 

 grown both in wet and dry land. 



Distribution. — Throughout India (wild and also cultivated), 



