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The sessile spikelet is as long as the stalked or a little less, with 

 a thick callus, shortly bearded at the base or sometimes glabrous 

 and consists of four glumes. The first glume is elliptic-oblong or 

 oblong, obtuse or truncate, irregularly 2- or 3-toothed, 5- to 9-nerved, 

 sparsely villous with long hairs and margins slightly infolded. 

 The second glume is smaller than the first glume, acute, mem- 

 branous, 3-nerved and keeled, the margins are ciliate and infolded. 

 The third glume is hyaline, linear, acute, or obtuse, nerveless 

 sparsely hairy at the tip, very much shorter than the second 

 glume. The fourth glume is an awn with a linear hyaline base, 

 erect, about an inch long. Stamens are three, ovary is oblong 

 with two feathery, dark purple stigmas. Lodicules are two, 

 cuneate. 



The pedicelled spikelets are male and consist of only three glumes. 

 The first glume is elliptic, oblong, irregularly obtuse, about II- 

 nerved, margins slightly infolded with long pilose hairs through- 

 out, more along the margin. The second glume is a little smaller, 

 3-nerved, sparsely hairy only along the marginal nerves, folded 

 inwards, and slightly keeled. The third glume is shorter than the 

 second, hyaline, nerveless, narrow-lanceolate, acute; stamens are 

 three, with green anthers, purple-dotted. Lodicules are two, broad 

 and cuneate. 



This grass is found flourishing all over India and grows in 

 cultivated fields and gardens and likes sheltered places. This 

 yields a considerable amount of fodder and stands cutting well. 



Distribution. — Throughout India in the hills and the plains. 



