CHLORIDES 26l 



each side, with short scattered appressed hairs ;the palea is narrow 

 oblanceolate, minutely 2-fld at the tip, with margins folded inward 

 and embracing the stamens, ovary and the lodicules. Grain is 

 narrow, trigonous, oblong, translucent and shining. The fourth 

 trlume is borne by a short rachilla which is about l A the length of the 

 third glume or less, shorter than the third, cuneiform, empty and 

 awned. 



This grass grows well and produces a fair amount of foliage. 



Distribution.— This is not very common. So far collected only 

 from Hosur in Salem district and Bellary district although its 

 distribution is said to be Central and Southern India. It was found 

 growing abundantly on old walls of houses in Poona city in 1920 

 and 1921. 



