WDROPOGONE.f: T60 



brownish hairs on the marginal nerves. The third glume is hyaline, 

 a little shorter than the second, lanceolate-linear, tip bifid or 

 irregularly toothed, paleate with two stamens or rarely empty ; 

 the palea is linear, about as long as the glume, tip irregularly 

 toothed. The fourth glume is hyaline, as long as the third glume. 

 2-nd at the tip, awnless with a very minute arista in the cleft or 

 not, paleate with two stamens ; palea narrow and hyaline. The 

 first glume of the lower spikelets above is somewhat narrower, 5- or 

 3-toothed with long hairs at the margins and with tufts of hairs 

 at the baek about the middle. The pedicelled or upper spikelets 

 also have four glumes and bear one male flower and one bisexual 

 flower. The first glume is shorter than the second glume, narrow, 

 oblong, cuneate, 3-toothed with marginal hairs and tufts of hairs at 

 about the middle at the baek, 7-nerved all nerves running straight. 

 The second glume is longer than the first. 15 inch long, subchar- 

 taceous, lanceolate, 2-fid at the tip, awned with hyaline margins, 

 3- to 7-nerved, marginal nerves with long brown hairs, and also 

 with two tufts of hairs at about the middle or without it- The 

 third glume is hyaline, nerveless, linear-lanceolate, shorter than the 

 second glume, tip irregularly toothed or unequally bifid, paleate 

 with two stamens; palea is linear about as long as the glume. The 

 fourth glume is hyaline, about % inch long, lanceolate, 2-fid at 

 the tip, awned in the cleft, lobes are hairy ; awn is % inch lon.ii, 

 paleate, usually bisexual, rarely female ; palea is two-thirds of the 

 glume in height, broadly ovate or quadrate, lobulate at the apex. 

 Styles are very long, purple, anthers long, yellow. Grain narrow 

 ellipsoidal or cylindric as long as the palea. 



This grass is found in Chingleput, Nellore and Chittoor districts 

 in open waste places in loamy soils. 



Distribution-— The Konkan, Kanara and Central Provinces. 



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