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82. AxoNOPUs GiMiciNUS, Beauv. 



F. B. 1. vii. 64 ; B. P. 1174 ; F. B. P. ii. 92. 



Tufted perennial hairy grass 1-2 feet. Leaves 

 broad, ci Hate ovate or ovate-lanceolate, base cof- 

 date. Sheaths harshly hairy. Peduncle lone, slen- 

 der. Spikes yerticillate, flowerless below. Glumes 

 ciliate, with purple hairs like dark lines. Spike- 

 lets awned. 



Common everywhere. 



No information, 



S3. TRiCHOLi^NA WiGHTii, Nees & Arn. 

 F. B. I. vii. 65; F. B. P. ii.925. 

 Annual tufted leafy erass, 18 inches. Leaves long, 



narrow, flat. Sheaths with tuberculated hairs. 



Ligule a ridge of hairs. Nodes finely hairy. 



Peduncle much exserted. Inflorescence loose. 



Branches slightly spreading. Spikelets silky 



hairy with pink hairs. 

 On hilly ground at Jubbulpore. 

 " Of little value for fodder purposes. " Duthie. 



,84. Oplismenus compositus, Beauv. 



F. B. L vii. 66 ; B P. 1173 ; F. B. P. ii. 926. 



Creeping leaiy annual grass, 1-3 feet. Leaves broad 

 glabrous. Ligule a ring of hairs. Nodes 

 glabrous. Peduncle short. Inflorescence with 

 few spike-like branches. Spikelets awned. Awbs 

 stout, smooth. Under shade in hilly places. 



A variegated variety, red, white and green, is grown 

 in gardens. 



.65. OpLTSMENUS BURMANNir, ^^^M-y. 



F. B. L vii. 68 ; B. P. 1173 ; F. B. P. il. 927. 

 Creeping diffusely branched grass, 6-18 inches. 



Stems leafy. Leaves ovate, acuminate, broad. 



Peduncle not exserted . Inflorescence with few 



spike-like branches, drooping, paniculate. Awns 



fine, rough. Common everywhere. 

 Vern Nini. 

 *' Good fodder and hay. " Symonds. 



8^. Setaria italica, Beauv, 



F. B. I. vii. 78; B. P. 1 170; F, B. P. ii. 927. 

 Tall annual grass, 2-5 feet. Leaves long, broad. 

 Ligule haixy. Nodes glabrous. Peduncle stoyt, 



