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'Sheaths keeled. Ligule v«ry short, cillate. Nodes 

 glabrous. Peduncle slender, much exserted. 

 Branches spreading in whorls. Spikelets solitary, 

 clothed with yellow hairs. Awn long, twisted in 

 lower portion. Common in stony places. 



Vern. Gurgusi, Mayni, Gada sel^.. 



Eaten by cattle. 



,128. A^DROPOGON CARICOSUS, Linn. VAR MOLLICOMUS, Hack, 



F. B. I. vii. 196 ; B. P. 1205 ; F. B. P. ii. 987. 



;Erect tufted leafy grass, base creeping, freely 

 branching, 2 feet. Leaves narrow, sometimes hairy 

 near base. Margins slightly rough. Sheath 

 flattened. Ligule a ciliate ridge. Peduncle long 

 exserted, downy bel^w spikes. Inflorescence of 

 spikes arising close together. Spikelets more or 

 ^ess in 2 rows, green with long awns. Common. 



Vern. Mothi marvel, Bari kel. 



A good grass. 



C129. Andropogojj annulatus, Forsk, 



F. B. I. vii. 196 ; B. P. 1205 ; F. B. P. ii. 988. 



Perennial erect leafy grass, densely tufted, 2-3 feet. 

 Leaves narrow, base round, uppqr surface with 

 tuberculated hairs, margins scabrid. Mouth beard" 

 ^. Ligule membranous. Nodes hairy. Pedun- 

 cle exserted. Branches in whorls. Spikelets in 

 many rows, awned, usuallv purple. Very common. . 



Vern. Lahan marvel, Kandi. 



A good grass. 



,130, Anoropogon contortus, Linn. 



F. B. P. vii. 199; B. P. 1205; F- B. P. ii. 990. 



Perennial erect leafy grass, 1^5 feet tufted. Stem 

 compressed. Leaves mostly at the base, long, 

 jTather broad, rough above, base ciliate, margins 

 slightly rough. Sheath keeled. Ligule short 

 ciliate.' Nodes glabrous. Peduncle slender, enp 

 closed. Inflorescence a solitary spike. Awns long 

 and twisted. Qrain with barb. Very common. 



Vern. Kusari, Sukla, Lampa. 



An edible grass until it flowers jan4 again after the 

 ** spears '* have fallen. 



ii3l. Andropogon schgenanthus, Linn, 



F. B. I. vii, 204; B. P. 1203; F. B, P. ii.p9i. 



Tall perennial si^ented grass 6 feet. Stems erect 



