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aJ5' ROTTBOELLIA E^ALT^TA, Linn, 



F. B. J. vii. 156; B. p. 1192 ;F.B. p. ii. ggt;. 



Perennial stout leafy erect branched grass, 6 — 10 fee^ 

 from a tufted base. Stems hispid below lowest 

 nodes. Leaves long, flat, rough on upper surface, 

 margins rough, sheath lopse. Lij^jule ciliate. Nodes 

 glabrous. Peduncle not exserted. Inflorescence 

 spike-like, fragile. Spikes terminal and axillary, 

 stout cylindrical, tapering. Outer glume scabrid. 

 Growing near the railway line at Jubbulpore. 



Vern. Bursali. 



:^l6. ROTTBOELLIA PERFORATA, Roxb, 



F. B. I. vii. 158; Mnesithea IcBvis, B. P. 1 193. 



Erect slender grass, 2 — 4 feet. Leaves long, narrow, 

 flat, margins rough. Mouth long, hairy. Ligule 

 membranous, short. Nodes glabrous. Peduncle 

 enclosed. Inflorescence spike^like, fragile. Spikes 

 single, shortly exserted. S pikelets in opposite pairs. 

 In wet places. 



Vern. Lom, Sodar. 



Eaten by cattle when young. Used for thatching 

 when dry. 



SJ7. MaNISURIS GRANULARIS, Izww. 



Erect annual leafy, slender grasSj 6-30 inches, branch- 

 ing from base. Leaves broad, flat, ntargins and 

 base ciliate. Sheath enlarged hispid. Ligale a 

 ciliate ridge. Nodes bearded. Peduncle slender, 

 exserted. Inflorescence spike-like. Spikes two or 

 more axillary ; terminal solitary. Grain like small 

 shot, wrinkled. Common everywhere. 



Vern, Phulwa. 



*' A good fodder ", Lisboa. 



pi8. QPHIURUS COEYMBOSUS, G'^£'y^«. 



F. B. I. vii. 160 ; B- P. I iQi ; F. B. P. il. 951. 



Perennial tall grass, leafy, '5 feet. Leaves long, nar- 

 row, flat with tuberculated hairs above, margins 

 ■with small sharp teeth. Ligule short, membranous. 

 Nodes glabrous. Peduncle enclosed. Inflorescence 

 spike-like. Spikes cylindrical, fragile, naked 

 below, clustered terminal and axillary, Glume 

 usually with pits in longitudiual rows. Common 

 on black soil. 



Vern. Gunit, Sontha. 



A thatching grass. 



