360 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, 1892. 



Ver. — Telingi name — Yelliha-tungoo-gadi, Roxb. It is a small 

 cespitose plant, 4-8 inclies. Lower part of the calm surrounded with 

 many leaves, which are somewhat rigid, acuminate, with finely 

 serrate margins. Sheaths glabrous, as long as the interne des. 

 Panicle 1^ inch long. Branches verticelled, secund. 



Spikelets very small, glabrous. Glumes acute, nearly equal to the 

 flowering glume. Seeds naked, ovate, rugose. 



It is very common in some places in Poena. Uses not known. 



8. indicus, B. Br. Prodr, 110. S. tenacissimus, Beauv. ; Kunth. 

 Enum., I, 211. Vilfa tenacissima, Trin., 8'p. Gram.j Plate 60 ; 

 F. capensis, Trin., Spec, Qram.^ Plate 56. 



Ver. — Ghorla, Khir. 



An erect grass. Culm slender, 1-1| feet, glabrous. Nodes 

 glabrous. Sheaths glabrous, with a few hairs at the margins, or 

 at the mouth only. Leaves also glabrous, mostly at the base of the 

 stem, linear, ending in fine points. Panicle spike-like, contracted, 

 3-8 inches long, sometimes longer, often interrupted. Spikelets, 

 numerous, crowded along the short, erect, almost intricate or distant 

 branches. The outer glume obtuse, about | lin. long, 2nd glume f 

 lin. long. The 3rd or flowering glume about 1 lin. long. Seed 

 obovoid. 



It grows all over India, the Himalaya, North- West Provinces, 

 Ceylon, Australia, and is generally spread all over the tropical and 

 subtropical parts of the world. Considered to be a good fodder 

 grass. At Balaghat it grows on clay soil, and is used as fodder when 

 young. In the Gujranvalla district (Punjab) it is reckoned as a good 

 fodder, especially for horses. In Australia it is valued as an excellent 

 pasture grass. It stands drought well and is generally eaten by 

 stock. ( See Duthie. ) In the United States this grass, which is known 

 there under the name of smuth grass, is of considerable value for 

 grazing purposes, if frequently cut or grazed down, but if allowed 

 to remain untouched long, cattle and horses will not eat it, unless 

 very hungry, as it becomes tough and unpalatable. Mr. J. N. 

 Brashear, of Port Gibson, quoted by Dr. Vasey, remarks in reference 

 to this species : " It is common all over our pasture lands, and is very 

 hardy, standing any sort of weather. It grows well on almost any 

 kind of land, but does best on rich moist bottoms. It is not used to 



