134 SOUTH INDIAN GRASSES 



filaments, anthers are short, broad and pale yellow. The style 

 branches are pale and feathery. Lodicules are two, fleshy and 

 cuneate or subquadrate. The grain is free inside the glume and 

 the palea, linear oblong, slightly compressed and pale brown, the 

 embryo occupies about V3 the length of the grain. 



This is one of the commonest grasses growing everywhere in 

 tufts with usually prostrate branches. In some situations the 

 branches are erect. 



Distribution. — Plains of India throughout and Ceylon. It is 

 found in all the warm regions of the world. 



