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Vern. Taimb, Bari feandi. 



Eaten when green. Used for maMng bastet^* 



^23. AnD^ROPOGON INTERMBDIUS, /?• Bi, VAR. PUNCTATtJf' 



Hook, 

 Outer glume pitted. 



124. AnDROPOGON HALEPENSfS, Brot, 



F. B. I. vii, 182; F. B. 1204; F.B^ p. ii. 983. 



Perennial stout tall grass, usually 6 fedt high. L^ves 

 long, broad, flat, margins wit^ small teeth. 

 Ligule membranous, ciliate. Nodes finely hairy, 

 often white with wax. Peduncle Enclosed. Pani- 

 cle large. Branches ascending. Spikelets cr6\vd- 

 ed hairy. Not common. 



Vern. Baru. 



Eaten whfen young, but the chief use of this gra^s is 

 for making pens. 



|2^, Andropogon purpureo'-sericeus, Hochst, 



F. B. I. vii. 185; F. B. P.ii. 984. 



Annual tall stout grass, 3-4 feet. Leaves long, nar- 

 row, hairy, moutb ciliate. Ligule shortly ha'.ry. 

 N^des villous. Peduncle stout', far exserted. 

 Branches in whorls, very slender. Spikelets few in 

 number, downy with long brown hairs. Common^ 

 on stony soils. 



No information. 



i26, Andropogon squarrosus, Linn. 



F. B. I vii. 186; B. P. 1204; F. B. P. ii. 991. 



Perennial densely tufted grass^ 2 — 4 feet Leaves 

 long, narrow, rigid, channelled, niargtns rough. 

 Ligule a narrow ridge. Nodes glabrous. Pedun- 

 cle st6ut, exserted. Inflorescence of whoHed 

 spikes, ascending. Spikelets with tuberculated 

 based teeth. A grass confined more or less to 

 nullah sides in jungles. 



Vern. Khas, Urai. 



Eaten when yduri'g, but the roots are of most import- 

 ance on account Of the volatile oil they contaiue 

 The oil is extracted. The roots are made into 

 screens for use in the hot weathei:. 



izj, Andropogon monticola, SckulL 



F B. L vii. 192 ; B. P. 1205 ; F. B. P. ii. 985, 

 Tufted perennial erect grass, i — 3 feet. Stem slender„ 

 teaves earrow, long, margins scabrid. Lower 



