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.|40. ArtstidA ^etagea, Retz, 



F. B. 1. vii. 225 ; B. P. I2ii ; F. B. P. ii. lOoS. 

 iFerennial stout grass, up to 3 feet. Leaves very 

 long, .narrow, r<olled, rough above. Mouth 

 .n?Lked. Ligule a ridge of hairs. Nodes glabrous, 

 peduncle much exserted. Panicle long. Branches 

 .short approxinaate. Spikelets purplish. Outer 

 glumes distinctly awned. Inner glume with an 

 awn 3-branched from the base. 



f4i. Arisuda funigulata, Trin, 



F. B I.vii. 226; F. B. P. ii. loip. 



Slender tufted erect grass, 1 foat. Leaves very 

 ^lender. Ligule a ridge of hairs. Nodes glabrous. 

 Peduncle long, exserted. Panicle narrow. Ripe 

 spikelets purple. Glumes with a stalked, 3- 

 hranched awn ; stalk twistcjd, branches equal. 

 ;Common on shallow soils. 



Vern. Burgi, Kusara. 



342. Aristida redacta, Siapf. 



F. B. I. vii. 227 ; B. P. 121 1 ; F. B. P. ii. loio. 



;Blender erect tufted grass up to 2 feet. Leaves very 

 slender, few hairs aboye. Ligule shortly hairy. 

 Nodes glabiious. Peduncle exserted. Panicle 

 long, branches slightly spreading. Spikelets pur- 

 ple. Glume with a stalked, 3-branched awn ; 

 stalk twisted, 2 branches shorter than third or 

 none. Common on shallow soils. 



Vern. Burgi. 



^43. Sporobolus diander, Beauv. 



F. B. L vii. 247; B. P. 1213 ; F. B. P. ii. 1017. 



Annual erect slender grass, braqohing from base, 

 J — 3 feet. Leaves long, rplled. Ligule very 

 short, ciliate. Nodqs glabrous. Peduncle not 

 much exserted. Panicle long, branches distant. 

 Spikelets racemosely arranged along branches. 

 Common everywhere. 



Used as fodder. 



^44. S.PORQ|?Qm5 ^^ULCHELLUiS,/?. 5r. 



F. B. L vii. 252 ; B. P. 1213. 



Annual tufted slender leafy grass, i -2 feet. Leavep 

 flat, rather broad, margin with tuberculated 

 jhairs. Mouth bearded. Ligule none. Node^ 



