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Gujerat). Common. The peculiar feature of this grass is its capacity for re- 

 taining its chloroplastids unaltered by drought. It remains green, and 

 even goes on flowering almost throughout the year. (D.) 



29. Chloris, Sw. 



1. C. tenella, Roxb. 



Occasional on the city wall, and on banks, Surat. Very common in al- 

 most all situations, Ahmedabad. The racemes are described by Cooke as 

 usually erect, but they are in reality almost always decurved. (SD.) 



2. C. villosa, Pers. 



Very common on sandy hills and barren pasture, Ahmedabad. (Spor.) 



3. C. barbata, Sw. 



In rich land and on the edges of tanks, Ahmedabad. (Spor.) 

 * 4. C. virgata, Sw. (teste R. K. Bhide.) 



Abundant on the most gravelly and barren land by roads and in com- 

 pounds, Surat and Ahmedabad. (D.) 



30. Eleusinb, Gaertn. 



1. E. Indica, Gaertn. 



Common in compounds and where water runs or accumulates, Surat and 

 Ahmedabad. (SD.) 



2. E. Aegyptiaca, Desf. 



Abundant in all situations, Surat and Ahmedabad. Often reduced in 

 shallow gravelly soil to two or even one spikelet. (D.) 



3. E . aristata, Ehrenb. 



Common on sandy soil, Ahmedabad, often associated with Erianthus 

 Ravennm ; also on the Tapti banks, Surat. This grass is very slender and 

 can only grow where there is freedom from all tall vegetation. (Spor.) 



31. DiNEBKA, Jacq. 



1. D. Arabica, Jacq. 



Abundant in Surat and common in Ahmedabad as a weed of cultivation 

 often in association with Eragrostis interrupta, var. koenigii (q. v.) Noted 

 as far from Surat as Bardoli and Jalalpur. 



32. Oryza, L, 



There is a rice which grows in water holes in low valleys under the 

 Chandola carial, Ahmedabad. This may be 0. coarctata, Roxb. or an escape 

 from cultivation. 



33. Elytkophokus, Beauv. 



1. E. articulatus, Beauv. 



In dry rice fields in the Modasa Petha in the extreme North-East of the 

 Ahmedabad district. (Spor.) 



34. Aelxtropxjs, Trin. 



1. A. villosus, Trin. 



Common on the sandy foreshores of creeks, Surat. (D. but often in 

 "glorious isolation" as the only plant over large areas). 



