( 22 ) 



T. racemosa, Hall. {Plate XIV.) * Syn. — Lappago racemosa, 

 Willd. ; L. biflora, Roxb. ; Genchrus racemosus, Linn. Vern. — Gener- 

 al: Barchinte; Punjab: Barchinte choti (Hissar); Rajputana: Dhd- 

 man (Merwara). 



A small annual with procumbent stems and rooting from the lower 

 nodes. Leaves short with ciliated margins. Spikelets in clusters of 

 3-5, arranged in compact spikes ; upper outer glume stiff and covered 

 on the back with hooked bristles. 



Plains of Northern India on sandy soils,. Mr. W. Coldstream says 

 that it is common at Hissar both on bir and on cultivated land, that 

 it is too small to stack, but being a very nutritious grass, it is much 

 grazed in the rains, Mr. Symonds, however, says that cattle will not eat 

 it, and Mr. Lowrie, writing from Ajmere, condemns it as a bad fodder 

 grass. It is found in Australia, where it is regarded as good for winter 

 feeding. 



20. LATIPES, Kunth. Contains a single species, L. senegalensis. (Syn. — 

 Lappago Latipes, Steud.), a native of tropical Africa, and extending eastward as far 

 as Sindh. The spikelets are smaller than those of Tragus, and usually solitary, or 

 rarely in pairs on the pedicel. 



21. PEROTIS, Ait. Contains about three species, one of which 

 P. latifolia, Ait.f (Syn. — Anthoxanthum indicum, Linn.; Saccharum 

 spicatum, Linn. ; Agrostis spiccsformis, Linn. /.) is very common in the 

 plains on barren and sandy soil. The plant is from 1 foot to 1 J feet 

 high ; leaves short and hairy ; spikelets 1 -flowered, arranged in a sim- 

 ple spike-like raceme. Of the three glumes the two outer ones are 

 stiff and linear with slender terminal awns. The following are some 

 of its vernacular names: — Punjab: Chambar ( Sabathu Hills) ; Raj- 

 putana : Puniya (Ajmere), uhdar puchha (Jeypur) ; Cent. Pro v. : 

 Banda puchhi (Seoni). Roxburgh says that cattle are not fond of 

 this grass ; Mr. Lowrie, however, states that at Ajmere it is considered 

 to be a good fodder grass. 



TRIBE VI. ANDROPOGONEJE. 



22. IMPERATA, Cyrill. Of the three or four described species 

 one is very common all over India, and is easily recognized by its pure 

 white cylindrical spike-like panicles of silky spikelets. The thin trans- 

 parent glumes are without awns, and there are only two stamens. This 

 genus has one character in common with the following (Miscanthus), and 



* See also Plate B., Fig. 8, of present Volume. 

 t Plate B., Fig. 9. 



