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minute, ciliate. Leaves short, few, mostly from the base, narrow 

 and tapering to a fine point. Panicle longer than the rest of the 

 plant, oblong, bending, many branched, lax ; branches thin, pilose 

 at the axils. Pedicels capillary, equalling or longer than the spike- 

 lets. Spikelets linear, very long, obtuse, many flowered, nodding. 

 Flowering glume ovate, obtuse, three-nerved, nerves distinct, the 

 median prominent. Grain round, smooth. 



Found near Gogo, on the Kattywar Coast, Lanowli on the left of 

 the road leading to Poena, and on other dry elevated places. 



Not used on this side. Its foliage is too scanty to be of much 

 value. It is considered to be good fodder in Ajmere. ''Its grain 

 is said to have been extensively utilised by the starving population 

 in certain parts of the Punjab during a famine which took place 

 about 60 years ago, and which is even now remembered as the 

 lukkiioala saV (Duthie). The very slender pedicels, which support 

 the long spikelets, give rise to the constant tremulous motion 

 exhibited by this species, when in flower. 



E. Brownei, Nees, Steud. Syn. PI. Glum., I, 279. Poa Brownei, 

 Kunth., Enum,, I, 333. P. polymorpha, R. Brown, Prod., 180. 



Ver. Fulia, Chihta, Chimanchara, Ghoti hliidi, Jenkua, Khari. 

 Culm usually 6 inches to 1 foot high or higher, glabrous. Sheaths 

 glabrous, except at the mouth, where sometimes a few cilia are noticed. 

 Leaves glabrous, narrow, flat, or convolute. Panicle very variable, 

 sometimes quite simple, and with dense spikelike branches, or with 

 long distant spreading branches. Spikelets very shortly pedicelled, 

 flat, very small, tapering to a point. 10-20 flowered (10-40 flowered 

 Benth.). Flowering glumes closely distichous, glabrous, their lateral 

 nerves distinct, nearly central on each side. Grain ovoid, oblong, 

 smooth. Spikelets are darkish in colour or pale. Found all over 

 Bombay, plains of North-West India and at lower elevations 

 on the Himalaya. It is said to grow in Ceylon and also in 

 Australia. In the latter country it is considered to be a good 

 pasture grass, yielding an abundance of feed both in winter and 

 summer. 



E. unioloides, Nees, Steud. Syn. PI. Glum,, I, 264. Poa unio- 

 loides, Retz., Obs., V, 19; Roxb., Fl. Ind., I, 339. Uniola Indica, 

 Dalz., and Gibs., Bomh. FL, 298. Eragrostis Amahilis, W and A. 

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