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jab: Shdlian (Drummond), tai (Stewart); Sindh: Dangara (Watt.); 

 Kajputana: Garri (Lowrie), sal (Mount Abu); Cent. Prov. : Deodhdn 

 (Chanda) ; Chutia Nagpur: Uri dhdn (Campbell); Santali : Horo 

 (Campbell); Teling : Newaree (Roxb.). 



Cultivated on the plains of Northern India, and up to about 4,000 

 feet on the Himalaya. The straw is sometimes given to cattle, but is not 

 considered a wholesome kind of fodder. Roxburgh says : " the rice of 

 the wild sort is remarkably white, palatable, and reckoned very whole- 

 some ; so that it is carefully gathered and sells dear. The rich esteem it 

 a dainty ; and to make it still more delicate they boil it only in steam." 

 An awned variety of wild rice grows abundantly in wet places on Mount 

 Abu, and the grain is collected for food. 



15. LEERSIA, Swartz. There are five species, all natives of America, 

 Including one which occurs also in Europe, and another in India. They are aquatic 

 and similar in habit to Oryza ; the spikelets, however, are smaller, the glumes, of 

 which there are only two, are thinner, and there is no pale. 



L. hexandra, Swartz. Syn. — L. australis, R. Br. 



Found occasionally on wet ground in the plains of N.-W. India. Symond says 

 that cattle are fond of it ; and in Australia it is said to be much relished by stock. 



TRIBE IV. TRISTEGINEiE. 



16. ARUNDINELLA, Baddi. A genus of 24 species spread over the I 

 tropical and subtropical regions of the world. The following are its chief dis- 

 tinguishing characters : glumes 4, the three lower %>i which are pointed but npfe 

 awned ; the fourth or fruiting glume is smaller than the others, and carries a slender 

 twisted and bent awn. The inflorescence is variable. A. nepalensis, Nees, and A. 

 Walliehii, Nees, extend into the plains from the Himalaya ; and A.pumila, Steud. 

 occurs in Sindh and in hilly parts of Rajputana. Nothing definite is known regard- 

 ing their value as fodder. 



17- RHYNCHELYTRUM, JETochst. A small genus of three or four 

 species, one of which occurs locally in India, and the rest are tropical African. It 

 is at once distinguished from the other genera of the tribe by the long hairs on the 

 lower glumes. 



R. Wightii, Syn. — TricliolcBna Wightii, Nees ; Panicum megalantlmm, Steud. 

 Vern.~ Rajputana : Bard ghds (Jeypore), girri (Ajmere). 



Stems erect, 1-3 feet high. Spikelets large, in rather dense panicles ; outer glumes 

 thickly clothed with pink or lilac coloured pubescence. 



This is a local grass, occurring in sandy soil. I have specimens from Jeypore, 

 Ajmere and Udaipur. It is apparently of little value for fodder purposes. 



18. THYSANOL^INA, Nees. Contains a single species, T. acarifera, 

 Nees, a native of tropical Asia. It is a tall handsome grass with large panicles of 

 minute spikelets. It is not uncommon on the plains, and at low elevations on the 

 hills, usually in the vicinity of water. This grass is called " karsar " in Chutia Nag- 

 pur. A decoction of the root is used as a rinse for the mouth in cases of fever (Rev. 

 A. Campbell). 



TRIBE V. ZOYSIEiE. 



19. TRAGUS, Hall. Contains a single species, which is widely 

 distributed over tropical and temperate regions. 



