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anastomosing halfway, finely scaberulous especially on the nerves 

 and more so on the central one. The second glume is slightly longer 

 than the third, green or purple, ovate, acuminate, generally 

 7-nerved and sometimes also with two more indistinct marginal 

 nerves, i.e., 9-nerved, scaberulous on the nerves. The third glume 

 is pale green or yellow, ovate-oblong, acute or subacute, obscurely 

 scaberulous, 9-nerved (two of the nerves in the middle sometimes 

 not running to the base), paleate, empty. Palea is hyaline, smaller 

 than the glume, oblong, obtuse, minutely two-lobed or two- 

 toothed at the apex ; margins broadly infolded. The fourth glume 

 is elliptic obtuse, shorter than the third, smooth, shining, coriaceous, 

 dorsally convex, with a prominent short, broad stipe at the base 

 which is persistent with the glume, 5-nerved, sometimes with 

 seven nerves especially when young (two marginal ones being 

 indistinct). Palea is similar to the glume in texture. Anthers are 

 three, linear, orange yellow. Lodicules are two and prominent 

 though small. Stigmas feathery and white. 



P. tenellum, Roxb. Fl. Indica I. 306 is probably not this plant 

 though quoted as a synonym, for it is described as having culms 

 prostrate and rooting at the nodes. 



This grass is of wide distribution in the Presidency, but it is 

 nowhere abundant. It is fairly common in cultivated dry fields. 

 Cattle like this grass. 



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