BOMBAY GRASSES. 377 



Culm erect, simple, notramous, about ^ foot high. Sheath hairy. 

 Ligula short, ciliate. Leaves flat, tapering to a fine point, ciliate. 

 Spikes digitate, 3 — 5, often reduced to one, secund, about | of an 

 inch long or shorter. Rachis terminated in a distinct mucro. 

 Spikelets numerous, densely imbricate, arising from the lower or 

 outer part of the rachis, 5 — 3 flowered. Flowering glume tapering 

 into a short mucroniform point ; keel sparsely ciliate. 



It is a short species, producing often one spike only. Specimens 

 received from Khandeish, Nassik, and Poena. It is very common 

 in some places of the latter district. It has close afiinity to 

 E. ^gyptiaca, if not the same species. I have described it because 

 there is a specimen thus named by the late General Munro and kept 

 in the Herbarium of the Poena College of Science. 



E. flag ellif era, Nees,in Royle's Herh. ; E. Arahica, Hochst, Steud., 

 Syn. PI. Glum., I., 211. E. sfolonifera, R. Br. Prod. 



Yern.Veli, Eaundi, Cliimbar,Ganthia,Qanth doh, GiLrduh (Royle), 

 Chuhrei, Bharu, Chemhar, Gathil, Karimbor, Duhra (Duthie) — Peren- 

 nial. The whole plant is glaucous. 



Culms many, creeping and arising from the bulb-like rooting 

 nodes. The base covered with dry sheaths. These ciliate at the 

 mouth. Leaves narrow, linear, lanceolate, acuminate, rigid, distant, 

 upper very short. Spikes 2 — 5, 6 — 7 lin. long-, digitate, loose, imbri- 

 cate, 5 — 8 flowered. Glumes lanceolate, smooth, and obtuse, the 

 flowering one acute. This grass lies prostrate over the ground 

 and creeps over more than two feet. Not uncommon on hard 

 and arid soil in Poena and West Khandeish, where it is con- 

 sidered to be a good fodder for cattle and horses. In Northern 

 India it is also valued as a good fodder. 



E. Scindica, Duthie, Fodder Grass of India, 58 ; Dadyloctenium 

 scindicum, Boissier. 



Vern. Mandjiro, Bhobra, Bohriya, Gantliia, Ganti-grass, Jangli 

 Malicha, Eahro-Mahro. Perennial. Culm creeping and rooting at 

 the lower rather thickened nodes. Flowering stem long, slender, 

 erect, naked at the upper part, 2 — 2i ft. long. Leaves short, 

 I2 — 2^ inches long-, very narrow, about 1 — 1^ ins. large, acuminate, 

 flat, edges ciliate at the mouth from bulbous base. Spikes 3 — 5 ins., 

 digitate, 4 — 5 lin. long, slightly curvate, rather thick, secund. Rachis 



