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da), Tcoddajari (Seoni), Ian Jcodo (Balaghat) ; Chutia Nagpur : Kodo; 

 Santali: Janhe; Tbling : Aruga and neer (Koxb.). 



This is possibly the wild state of P. scrobiculatum, from which it 

 differs by its decumbent stems usually rooting from the lower nodes, 

 and by its shorter leaves. It is a common weed on low-lying marshy 

 ground, and on river banks. Cattle, and especially buffaloes, eat it 

 readily when it is young. Growing naturally in moist soils, its value as 

 forage is largely increased during seasons of drought. 



Of other Indian species of Paspalum the following are occasionally met with dur- 

 ing the rainy season : — P.filiculme, Nees ; P. Moyleanum t 'Nee$ ; and P. pedicella- 

 tum> Nees. In habit they are more closely related to some of the Panicums of the 

 Bigitaria section. 



Some of the American species are highly valued both for grazing and stacking. 

 Prof. Phares of Mississippi, quoted by Dr. Vasey in his " Report on the Agricultural 

 Grasses of the United States," says with reference to the American Paspalums: — 

 " They are all succulent, tender, nutritious, hardy, thrifty, and relished by all grass- 

 eating animals. They fill the soil with a matting of roots, and cover the surface 

 densely with luxuriant foliage from early spring till autumnal frosts." 



2. ERIOCHLOA, H. B. fy K. A genus of 5 species widely spread 

 over the warmer parts of the globe. It agrees with Paspalum in hav- 

 ing only three « mp t y glumes, and with Panicum as to its inflorescence ; 

 but it differs from both in the presence of a hard cup-like disc at the 

 top of the pedicel. One species is found in Northern India, and extends 

 as far as Queensland. 



E. polystachya, H. B. § K. (Plate XLI.) Syn.—E. annulata, 

 Kunth ; Paspalum annulatum, Fliigge. 



Perennial, erect, 2-3 feet high. Stems and leaves glabrous except 

 at the nodes and mouth of sheaths. Leaf blades flat, dark green ; 

 sheaths paler, almost glaucous, somewhat inflated. Panicle narrow, 

 2-3 inches long; branches simple. Spikes slender, 1-1 \ inches long. 

 Spikelets narrow, tapering at the end. Flowering glume much shorter 

 than the empty ones, coriaceous, the midrib produced into a point or 

 short awn resembling those of the outer glumes of Panicum helopus, 



A quick growing succulent grass, usually occurring on damp low- 

 lying ground, but not common. 



In Australia it affords fodder all the year round, and is said to be highly relished 

 by stock. 



3. ISACHNE, R. Br. A genus of about 20 species, two of which 

 occur in the plains of North-West India. It has very much the habit of 

 Panicum, but the two lower glumes, which are nearly equal, are persist- 

 ent below the joint of the pedicel, a character which gives this genus an 

 exceptional position amongst the Panicacece. 



