BOMBAY GBASSES. 381 



Ver. Dhooria, Bharhhuri, Mondiajori, Ichcoi (Campbell). 



Tufted annual. Culm erect, smooth, six inches to near two feet 

 high. Leaves flat, narrow, pointed towards the end, smooth, glabrous, 

 rather scabrous at the margins. Panicle very long and narrow 

 occupying the greater part of the plant. Branches numerous, filiform, 

 usually much divided, ascending, or the lower ones verticillate or in 

 clusters. Spikelets pedicillate, numerous, very small, ovate, 3-4 

 rarely 6-flowered, often tinged red. Glume thin, almost hyaline, 

 obtuse, loosely imbricate, rachis articulate, palea glabrous. Seed 

 oval, brown, smooth. 



Grows all over India. Not common in this Presidency. Whilst 

 writing these notes, I have before me specimens from the cultivated 

 ground in Bassein. It is said to be good fodder, much appreciated 

 in Australia. Mr. Duthie says " common in the plains of Northern 

 India, specially in cultivated ground along with sugar-cane, juar^ 

 and arhar. It is eaten by cattle both fresh and dry. 



E. nutans, Nees, Steud. Syn., PI. Glum.^ I., 264; Dalz. and Gibs., 

 Bomb. FL, 297; Poa nutans, Retz., Obs., IV., 19 ; Roxb., FL Ind., 

 I., 337; E. interrupta, Beauv., Agrost., 71 ; Poa interrupta, Koenig, 

 Roxb., Fl. Ind. 



Ver. Poke, Poche, Dhooria (Bassein name), Ghodila, Ghorila 

 (Teling name Nakurmaral and Urenke, Roxb.), Chiksi (Khardi), 

 Madra (Khardi, Thana), Shetpatra (Bheundi, Thana). 



Culms single, erect, glabrous, 3 — 5 ft. high. Leaves narrow, 

 long, scabrous. Panicle linear-contracted, 1-2 ft. high; branches 

 filiform, solitary, two or more from nearly the same place, giving 

 the panicle a verticillate appearance, lower branches are often 

 distant. Spikelets pedicelled, smooth, glabrous, often tinged red, 

 8-14 flowered. Seed oblong. 



It is a tall species with beautiful long drooping panicles, often of 

 purple coloured spikelets, growing in large quantities in good, 

 moist soil near the banks of rivers and streams, in water holes, and 

 borders of rice-fields all over India and Ceylon. 



It is not considered to be a good fodder grass. Cattle eat it, 

 when other food is not available. Report from Khandeish says that 

 it is a good fodder for buffaloes. 



E. pilosa, Beauv. Agrost., 71; Poa pUosa, Linn.; P. verticillata, 



