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Fie .. 82. Eleusine indica (L.) Gertn. GOOSE-or YARD-GRASS. .—a, A portion 
of the axis of a spike bearing 3 spikelets, one of which is terminal; b, a single 
spikelet; c, a floret; d, the seed. 
82. ELEUSINE Gertn. Fruet. et Sem. fay fy i doen Sho ee pda 
flowered, mene, aa closely 
rhachis, which tk Tachilla artieu- 
lated above the empty glumes, Glumes ina gamtn kee led, On, but rigid, 
obtuse, the Ist 2and sometimes the u uppermost 1 empty. ie a little shorter 
than the glume, compressed, bicarinate. Seed rt ely striated and ine 
— Shang n peri carp. Coarse-tufted uals, ie cg oie stout unilateral 
“Species | 5 or 6, in tropical and subtropical mers of the Old World. E.cora- 
cana, is valued in | Africa, India, and some othe: Tr eastern countries as a cereal 
s- yy Ls ates 4 
weed in all the warmer countries of 
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the world. 
