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lf6t. SacChArum spontaneum, Linn, . 



F.B.I vii. ii8; B. P. 1188; F. B. P. I1.94i5. 



Perennial tall erect grass, usually about 5 high, witk' 

 deep creeping root-stock. Leaves hard, keeled^ 

 glaucous. L'g:ule membranous, bearded. Nodes 

 gJabrotis. Peduiicle not ex^erted. Spikes whorlecf,' 

 with tufts of spreading white hairs Common on 

 black soil and becon^es a troublesome weed. 



Vern. Kan5, Padyar, Padar. 



Cows and buffaloes eat it when green. Used for 

 thatching and makes a good silage. 



J02. ISCH^MUM ARISTATUM, Linn. 



F. B. I. vii. 126 ; B. P. I T96 ; F. B. P. ii. 956. 



Perennial stout erect leafy grass, 1-4 feet. Leaves 

 long, broad, smOoth. Ligule short, membranous. 

 Nodes glabrous or finely hairy just below. 

 Peduncle shortly exserted. Spikes 1-2 stout. 

 Spikelets with 4 warts on each edge, villous. 

 Common at HoShangabad. 



Vern. Kander. 



103. IscH^MUM RUGOSUM, Salisb. 



F. B. J. vii. 127 ; B. P. 1 196 ; F. B. P. ii. 959. 



Annual erect tufted grass, 1-2 teet. Leaves long, 

 narrow, reddish. Mouth eared. Nodes glabrous' 

 or hairy. Peduncle shoitly exsferted. Spikes' 

 paired, cylindrical, yellow. Spikelets with trans- 

 verse wrinkled lines on outer glumes. Common 

 in rice fields* 



Vern. Tor, Badawar. 



Eaten by cattle when young, '' Grain eaten.'* Duthie. 



4O4. ISCHi^MUM PILOSUM, Hack. 



F. B L vii. 130; B. P. 1196; F. B. P. ii. 961. 



Perennial tall stout creeping tufted grass, 3 feet high.' 

 Leaves long, narrow, hard. Ligule membranous. 

 Nodes glabrous. Peduncle stout, shortly exserted. 

 Spikes more or less erect. Spikelets woolly white, 



A troublesome weed on black cotton soil. 



Vern. Kunda. 



'* A good fodder." Lisboa. 



205, ISCH^MUM CILIARE, Retz. 



F. B. L vii. 133 ; B. P. 1 196 ; F. B. P, ii. 962. 

 Annual tufted leafy grass, 2 feet high, often 

 creeping below. Leaves flat, covered with tuber-*' 

 ciliated hairs", Mouth of sheath shortly eared, 



