T72 



SOUTH INDIAN GRASSES 



A very common grass occurring in the plains and lower hills, all 

 over the Presidency and grows well in all kinds of soil. 



Distribution. -All over India. 



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Fig, 145. — Apluda vari:i. 



1. 2, 3 and 4. The first, second, third and the fourth glume, respectively, of the 

 sessile spikelet ; 3a and 4a. are the palea of the third and the fourth glume, respectively ; 

 5. stamens, ovary and lodicules; 6, 7, $ and 10. the first, second, third and the fourth 

 glume, respectively, of the pedicelled spikelet ; 9 and 11. palea 

 fourth glumes. 



of the third and the 



