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fourth glume is cuneiform, 3-nerved, awned, shortly ciliate above 

 the middle, empty. The fifth glume is awned, 3-nerved, glabrous, 

 and globose. 



This grass is very widely distributed and it grows in all kinds 

 of soils. Cattle eat it when young, but avoid it when the inflores- 

 cence is mature. 



Distribution.— Throughout the plains in India, Burma and 

 Ceylon. 



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