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SOUTH INDIAN GRASSES 



but narrower, nerveless. LodicuUs are quadrate ; grain somewhat 

 ^arge oblong and compressed. The pe >dicelled spikelets are usually 

 imperfect. . 



This grass occurs all over the Presidency in cultivated dry 



fields. . £ t j; 



D£s<riftn*w«.-Throughput the lower hills and plains ot India 

 and in Australia and Africa. 



