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,23*— Eragrostis cynossaroides. Beawo. 



F. B. I. vii. 324; B. P. 1223; F. B. P. ii. 1028. 



Tall stout perennial tufted grass, up to 3 feet. 

 Root stock crcping. Leaves crowded at base, 

 long, flat, hard. Marsfins finely toothed. Ligule 

 a short membrane. Nodes glabrous. Peduncle 

 stout, very far exserted. Inflorescence a,n inter- 

 rupted, spike-like, panicle. Rachis angular, 

 hairy. Branches short. Spikelets sessile, much 

 compressed, jointed. Glumes falling from below* 

 jFrom Jubbulpore. 



