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in his opinion A. squarrosus is, or is not, the Khus-khus. There can, of course, 
be no possibility of doubt as to the grass intended by Roxburgh, though there 
may be some as to the identity of Roxburgh’s plant with that of Retzius. 
184, SorGHUM VULGARE Pers., Synops-, i, 101. Andropogon Sorghum 
Roxb., Flor. Ind., i, 269. The Sorghum, vernac. “ Jowa.” 
Améni ; cultivated, Robinson. Kadamum ; cultivated, Robinson. Minikoi ; 
grows well, but very little cultivated, Fleming. 
Cultivated throughout warm countries. 
185. Apluda aristata Linn., Amoen. Acad., iv, 303; Roxb., 
Flor, Ind., i, 324. 
Kadamum ; filling all the outskirts of the jungle, Home! Minikoi; very 
abundant, Hleming ! 
In woods and hedges throughout South-Eastern Asia. 
186. Cynodon Dactylon Pers., Synops.,i, 85. Panicum Dactylon 
Linn., Sp. Pl. 58 ; Roxb., Flor. Ind., i, 289. 
alpen: Alcock ! 
Cosmopolitan in the tropics. The plant from Bangaro, referred with clone to 
this species by Mr. Hume (Stray Feathers, iv 452), is in reality Thuarea 
sarmentosa. 
187. HEleusine Zgyptiaca Pers., Synops. i, 82; Roxb., Flor. 
Ind., i, 344. 
Améni ; Hume! Kadamum ; Fleming ! 
A cosmopolitan tropical weed of cultivation. 
188. ELEUSINE CoRACANA Gaertn., Fruct., i, 8, t. 1, f. 11; Roxb., 
Flor. Ind., i, 843 ; Watt, Dict., iii, 237. The Ragi crop; the Marua Millet. 
Améni; Robinson. Anderut; Alcock. Kadamum ; Robinson. Kalpéni ; 
Alcock ! Minikoi ; Fleming ! 
A field crop in India, Egypt and Japan. 
189. EHleusine indica Gaertn., Fruct.,i, 8 ; Roxb., Flor. Ind., i, 345. 
Minikoi ; Fleming ! 
A cosmopolitan tropical species, occurring as a weed in waste places and on 
waysides, 
190. Eragrostis plumosa Steud., Gram., i, 266. #. tenella Trin. 
var. plumosa Trin., Act. Petrop, vi, i, 898. Poa slumosa Retz, Obs., iv, 20 ; 
Roxb., Flor. Ind., i, 327. P. tenella Linn, VaR, Spreng., Syst. Veg., 
a BLS 
VAR. typica, 
Kalpéni ; Alcock ! Akati ; Fleming ! Kadamum ; Fleming ! Kultén ; Flem- 
ing! Minikoi ; Fleming / 
VAR, panculis fastiquatis, 
