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.glabroug. Peduncle long, exserted. Inflores? 



xence with whorled l^ranches. Spikelets reddish. 



Outer glumes ciliate on the keels. Common. 

 Vern. Bhurbhusi. 



Eaten by all animals both in the green and dry 

 states . 



;i45. Sporobolus coromandelianus, Kunth, 



F. B. I.vii. 252; B. P. 1213 ; F. B. P. ii. 1021. 

 Annual -tufted grass with many stems, up to 1 foot. 

 Leaves long, flat, narrow, with a few hairs 

 on upper surface, margins with sharp teeth. 

 Mouth hairy. Ligule ciliate. Nodes glabrous. 

 Peduncle exserted. Inflorescence of whorled 

 branches. Spikelets green. Keel of glume not 

 ;Ciliate. Common. 

 Vern. Lahan Bhurbhusi. 



r}^6, MiCROCHLOA SETACEA, R.^r. 



F.B. I. vii. 283; B. P. 1226; F. B. P. ii. 1032. 



A dwarf grass, slender, tufted, 2 — 6 inches. Leaves 

 curved,! short. Ligule shortly ciliate. Nodes 

 glabrous. Kachis enclosed. Inflorescence very 

 slender, spike,=like, curved. Spikelets on one 

 side of rachis. Not uncommon. 



No information. 



JI47. GrACILEA ROYLJEANA Hook. 



F. B. I vii. 284 ; B. P. 1226 ; ;F. B. P. ii IQ31. 



jQensely tufted short annual grass, up to i foot. 

 Leaves thread-like. Sheath with tubercu- 

 lated hairs. Ligule a ridge of brown hairs. 

 Nodes glabrous. Peduncle exserted. Spikes 

 clustered, s^rranged on one side of the rachis. 

 Spikes inverted, conical. Long bristles on 

 glumes. Very common on shallow soils, 



Vern. Phulsi. 



Probably the earliest of all local grasses. 



,^8. Tripogon Jacquemontii, Stapf. 



F. B. I. vii. 286; F. B. P. ii. 1037. 

 Pereixfiial slender erect tufted gras5, 2,-3 feet. 

 Leaves long, na,rrow, thread-like. Ligule none. 

 Nodes glabrous. Peduncle exserted. Inflores- 

 cence very long, 6—10 inches, spike-like. 

 Spikelets long, up to ^ inch, cigar-shape(i. Outer 

 glume with a tooth on (fwae side. On stony 

 ]land. not common. 



