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glume is similar to the third glume but smaller, paleate with rudi- 

 mentary anthers and two fleshy lodicules. The fifth sixth ™ A 

 seventh glumes are imperfect and gradually decreas ng "in size 

 and with awns varying in number from 5 to 8, 3 to 5, and 1 to 1 

 respectively, minutely paleate or not. 3 ' 



This grass grows well in black cotton and rich loamy soils and is 

 a hardy one. Cattle seem to eat this grass. 



Distribution.— Fairly common in the plains in the Decran 

 districts and in the Coromandel coast districts. ^eccan 



