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§0. DiGITARIA SANGUINALIS, Scop, VAR. EXTENSA, Pratn. 



B P. 1181; Paspalutn savguinale var. extensum, 



F. B. I. vii. 15. 

 As ?ibove. Spikelets glabrous. Common. 

 Quality probably as above. 



^I, DiGITARIA RoYLEANA, Prain, 



B. P. 1 182 ; F. B. P. ii. 942, Paspalum Royleanum ; 

 F. Bl.vii. 18. 



Perennial slender erect leafy grass, 1-2 feet high. 



Leaves erect, narrow, Ligule membranous. 



Peduncle long, slender, exserted. Spikes racemose. 



Rachis filiform. Spikelets very small, hairy. 



Common. 

 Vern. Kprila, KankrI. 

 Eaten by cattle both in the green and dry state. 



162. DiGiTARiA PEDiciLLARis, Prain. 



B. P. 1 182; F. B. P. ii. 941 ; Paspalum pcdicellare, 

 F. B. I. vii. 19. 



Annual tufted erect grass, 6-18 inches high. Leaves 

 narrow. Ligule membranous. Peduncle long^ 

 yery slender, much exserted. Spikes racemose, 

 slightly spreading. Spikelets very small, pairedj 

 stalked, slightly hairy. Common on poor soils. 



Vern, Bondrya. 



Eaten by cattle both in the green and dry stat.e. 



^3. ISACHNE ELEGANS, Dalz. 



F. B. L vii 23 : F. B. P. ii. 923. 



Annual erect densely tufted grass^ 8-12 inches high. 



Leaves flat, long, narrow, rough on upper side^ 



margins rough. Ligule a ridge of brown hairs. 



Nodes glabrous. Peduncle shortly exserted. 



Inflorescence loose, branches slightly spreading. 



Spikelets globose, flowers equal, hemispheric. 



Stigmas delicate pink. 

 In rice fields. 

 No information. 



§S^* ISACHNE AUSTRALIS, R. Br, 



F. B. I. vii. 24 ; B. p. 1172; F. B. P. ii. 923. 



Annual erect grass, 1-2 feet. Leaves short flat, 

 rough above, margins rough. Ligule a ridge 

 of white hairs. Nodes glabrous. Peduncle long 

 ^xserted^ Jnflorescenc^ terminal ^nd axillary^ 



