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finely acuminate, I -nerved, and with scabrid keel. The second glume 

 is twice the first glume in length, oblong-lanceolate, finely acumi- 

 nate, I-nerved. The third glume is broadly oblong, chartaceous, 

 3-nerved, bearded with long hairs along the margins from a little 

 above the base, and with a tuft of hairs at the base and an awn at 

 the apex ; the palea is oblong, a little smaller than the glume, folded 

 along the margins. There are three stamens with pale yellow 

 anthers. The styles are white with purple stigmas. Lodicules are 

 narrowly cuneate. The fourth and the fifth glumes are small, 

 epaleate, empty, oblong, cuneate, 3-nerved, awned. The sixth 

 glume is very small, cuneate, awned. 



Distribution. — In the districts forming the Coromandel Coast and 

 also Gangetic plains and Ceylon. 



