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iig. Andropogon foveolatus, DeL 



F, B. I. vii. i68; B. P. 1203; F. B. P. ii. 977. 



Pe-rennial densely tufted slender leafy grass, 1-2 feeh 

 Siickers and lower sheaths silky villous. Leaves 

 long, very narrow, stiff ; lower surface slightly 

 rough. Mouth ciliate. Ligule a ridge of hairs. 

 Nodes bearded,. Peduncle very slender, exserted. 

 Inflorescence spike-like. Spikes solitary, terminal 

 and axillary, one or more from each node. Spike- 

 lets purple, ciliate. Outer glume with a pit. Com- 

 mon. 



Vern. China marvel. 



A good fodder both in the green and dry states. 



£20. Andropogon pumilus. Roxb. 



F. B.I. vii. 170; F. B. P. ii. 976. 



Annual tufted erect leafy grass, branching from base, 

 1—2 feet, with purple tinge, red when ripe. 

 Leaves narrow, sheath keeled. Ligule membran- 

 ous. Nodes glabrous. Peduncle long, slender. 

 Spikes in pairs, compressed. Pedicles clavate. 

 Spikes arising from spatbe. Common everywhere. 



Vern. Diwartan. 



Eaten by all animals both in the green and dry 

 states. 



121. Andropogon pertusus, Willd. 



F. B. I. vii. 173 ; B. P. 1204 ; F. B. P. ii. 978, 



Erect annual tufted leafy grass, up to 2 feet. Leaves 

 long, narrow, upper surface rough, margins 

 rough. Mouth bearded. Ligule membranous. 

 Nodes bearded. Peduncle Ion?, slender. Spikes 

 3-8, arising close together. Spikel^ts long, silky. 

 Glume with 1-2 distinct pits. Common. 



Vern. Malhar, Chotikel. 



A good grass. 



J22. Andropogon intermrdius, R.Br. 



F. B. I. vii. ; B. P. 1204 ; F. B. P. ii. 980. 



Perennial stout leafy grass more or less tufted, 

 up to 3 feet Leaves long, narrow, flat, waxy, 

 Mouth of sheath bearded or not. Ligule membra- 

 nous. Peduncle exserted. Inflorescence of whorls 

 of spikes. Spikes spreading. Spikelets ciliate, red. 

 Common, 



