PANICEyE 



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This grass grows luxuriantly in the sands near the sea on both 

 the coasts of the Madras Presidency. 



Fig. 106. — Spinifex squarrosus. 



Female plant — 1. A branch with female inflorescence ; 2, 3, 4 and 5. the first, second, 

 third and the fourth glume, respectively ; 6. palea of the fourth glume; 7. ovary and the- 

 lodicules. 



Distribution. — Throughout the sandy coasts of India and Ceylon. 



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