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hills,—one west of Ellichpur at Deogaon, and the other oe 
at Belkhera : Motia grass I saw in abundance on these two 
expeditions, but of Sofia one plant only. On a third occasion 
I descended ae ghat near Dhamangaon, and found on the lower 
slopes only Motia. 
A little facthis backs in the hills on steep slopes, and especi- 
ally at first on slopes not facing south, [began to meet with sheets 
of Sofia. Later, on the highest slopes, upon any face, I found 
Sofia to be the form generally found; and when over the water- 
shed, in the Sipna valley, I found nothing but Sofia until towards 
the Tapti, I neared the third class thinner forests which sur- 
round the good teak forests about Sembadow. 
On the rocky sides of Gawilgarh as on Asirgarh, Sofia 
root leaves, and was bunched, and short; but in the Melghet 
these are not the characters by which to ‘tell it, and the grass 
collectors do not rely on them: they say that it has broader 
leaves, darker colour, and is taller, and the spikes larger. 
t is to be noted, then, that whereas at Asirgarh Sofia w 
of shorter growth than Motia, it is said to be taller in the 
Melghat : I find the statement correct. I measured one tall 
plant of Sofia west of Harisal, and found it to be 84 feet high ; 
others were nearly as high. The fact is that either grass in the 
Spots most suited to it is taller than the other. Breadth of 
leaves goes with the height ; and colour in a general way, too. 
However, this further I worked out ip the Melghat, that Motia 
and Sofia leaves are set on to their sheathes at very different 
angles. I figured these angles very carefully, and here reproduce 
my drawings, pescitar with one made from Motia grown in my 
own garden in Calcutta. 
I attribute hb distribution of Sofia and Motia to different 
preferences in climate, Sofia liking more moisture than Motia. 
Motia in the Melghat grows where the associated grasses grow 
knee high ; Sofia where the same species grow neck high. Sofia 
is the variety which occurs in the first class teak forests ; there 
rapid ee at night cools the air enormously, even enough 
for frosts to occur in February, and dew is copiously deposi 
over much of the year. On banks chiefly—for the grass, obvi- 
of Asirgarh and Gawilgarh ; against the cliffs of these forts the 
south-west monsoon, throughout July, clouds, and to their 
moisture I attribute the success of Sofia on a cliffs. 
Motia, on the other hand, grows | where t mists are 
not so copious : that is, chiefly in the nee: forests ait below 
_ 1 When Sofia grows on the flat, as it sometimes does, it is — eae 
80 vigorous, as on any adjacent bank. It particularly affec 
edge of any sip ip cutting on the roadside, and often Mote nei tpt 
same—each in its own parts of the hills. 
