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the back, villous ; the side lobes are acuminate or aristate and the 

 central lobes are shortly awned. The fifth, sixth and seventh glumes 

 are obovate-cuneate, 7- to 9-nerved, paleate, flower-bearing and 

 3-lobed, the side lobes are acuminate and the central lobe is bifid 

 and dorsally awned ; palea is ovate-acute, 2-nerved and ciliolate. 

 The eighth glume, if present, is neuter and imperfect, 3-lobed and" 

 shortly awned. Lodicules are minute. Stamens are two or three 

 with small anthers. Grain is oblong, compressed, reddish brown. 



This grass generally grows in gravelly and somewhat alkaline 

 soils. So far this has been noticed and collected in Chingleput 

 and Nellore districts. 



Distribution. — Mysore and the Carnatic, and Ceylon. 



