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ie;^-. DtNEBRA APfABlCA, y^r^. 



F. B I. vii. 296; B. P. 1230; F. B.P. ii. 1030'. 



Annual tufted erect leafy grass, 3 feet. Leaves longfy- 

 flat, sheath loose. Ligule a divided membrane. 

 Nodes glabrous. Peduncle exserted. Inflores- 

 cence long, racemose. Outermost glume awned. 

 Common. 



Vern. Lona, Kama. 



A good fodder both in the gre'en and dry states. 



15'4. Leptochloa fiLiformis, Hockst, 



F. B. I. vii 298; B. P. 1225. 



Annual slender grass, 1—2 feet, branching at base. 

 Leaves long, flat, soft, slightly hairy. Sheath^' 

 hairy, Ligule m.embranous. Nodes glabrous. Ped- 

 uncle much exserted. Branches first single, above" 

 whorled or alternate, very slender. Common. 



Vern. Bhurbhusi, Rai. 



355. Arundo Donax, Linn. 



F. B'. L vii. 302 ; B P. i2i8 ; F. B. P. il. i0.t;T. 



Tall perennial stout grass, with creeping base, 6 — lo 

 feet high. Leaves large, flat, base clasping the 

 stem. Mouth auricled, hairy. Ligule a ciliate 

 membrane. Panicle dense. Rachilla h.a i r y . 

 Spikelets long, hairy above the middle. Growing 

 on the Adhartal Farm at Jubbulpore. 



This grass, as well as a variegated variety,' are often- 

 grown in garden shrubberies. 



i<fi. Phragmites Karka, Trin. 



F. B. L vii, 304 ; B. P. 1218 ; F. B. P. ii. 1007. 



Perennial stout tall grass, up to 10 feet. Leaves 

 long, flat, broad. Sheath loose. Mouth with 

 ears, bearded. Ligule a ridge of short hairs. 

 Nodes glabrous. Peduncle stout, exserted. Pani- 

 cle with very slender whorled branches. Spike-- 

 lets purple, long,, narrow, awl-shaped. Common 

 in water. 



Vern. Baru. 



The stems are* used for making pens, 



J57. Elyteophorus articulatus ^^awz;. 



F. B. L vii, 306; B. P. 1218; F. B. P. ii, 10-44, 



Dwarf annual erect tufted grass. Leaves narrow',. 

 'flat. Sheath loos€. Ligule smaJl, membranous^ 



