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§,— ISCHAEMUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM, Hack. 



F. B. I. vii. 129, B. P. 1 195 ; F. B. P. ii. 960. 



Perennial tufted hard grass, up to 3 feet high. 

 Stems woolly below, grooved on one side above. 

 Leaves pale green, very long, narrow, rolled. 

 Margins scabrid. Ligule a tuft of hairs. Nodes 

 glabrous. Peduncle slender, far exserted. 

 Spikes 2 — 4. short, erect, covered with golden 

 hairs. Gn stony ground at Jubbulpore. Used 

 for making ropes and has also tieen used for 

 making paper. 



>|| fo. — Aristida Hystrix, Linn, 



F.B. I. vii. 225; F. B. P. ii. 



Perennial creeping grass with erect branches, up 

 to I foot. Leaves pale green, glabrous, short, 

 rolled. Mouth of sheath bearded. Ligule 

 a ring of hairs. Nodes glabrous. Peduncle 

 exserted. Panicle broad. Branches spreading. 

 Rachis stout, angled. Spikelets purplish. 

 Gutter glume distinctly awned. Lower glumes 

 with an awn, 3 branches from ba?e, Gn stony 

 ground at Jubbulpore. 



II.— POLYPOQON MONOSPELIENSIS, Desf., 



F. B. L vii. 245 ; B. P. 1212. 



Annual tufted leafy grass, up to 2 feet. Leares 

 flat, rough. Ligule liarge, membranous. Nodes 

 glabrous black. Peduncle stout, exserted. 

 Inflorescence spike-like. Spikelets smull, 2 

 awned. Growing in Farpi naliah at Hoshang- 

 abad. 



22, — Eragrostis goarctata, Stapf, 



F.B. L vii. 313; B, P. 1221. 



Tufted ascending perennial grass, tip to 12 feet. 



Leaves narrow, rolled, glabrous, pale green. 



Mputh of sheath bearded. Ligule a shortly 



ciliate ring. Nodes glabrous. Peduncle exserted. 



Inflorescence spike-like. Rachis bearded below 



branches. Spikelets purple, margins ciliate. 



jGlumes rounded, falling from above downward^. . 



Qn shallow soil at Jubbulpore. 



