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than the free blades, ligule prominent. Spikes over one inch long, two 

 together at the summit of the peduncle, one of them attached a little 

 lower down than the other; pedicels ciliate. Awn twisted and bent 

 below the middle. 



Plains of North -Western India on wet ground ; common in the Cen- 

 tral Provinces. Extends to Australia. It is occasionally used as a 

 fodder grass. 



Var. villosum. Vern. — Cent. Prov. : Piydna-lcoru-gadi (Chanda), 

 chotidli and hhodore (Seoni). 



Rachis thickly clothed with silky hairs. 



I. laxum, R. Br. {Plate LVIII.) Syn. — /. nervosum, Thw. ; Andro- 

 pogon nervosum, Rottb. Vern. — Rajput ana : Sairan or seran and him 

 (Ajmere), sairan (Udaipur). Cent. Prov.: Sira (Chanda), sedwa 

 (Balaghat) ; Berar : Sainad. 



Stems slender, 2-3 feet long. Leaves narrow tapering to a fine 

 point. Spike single, 2-5 inches long, often slightly curved; rachis 

 and pedicels clothed with white hairs. The second glume of the sessile 

 spikelet has a long straight awn, and the flowering glume has a long 

 bent and twisted awn. 



This grass occurs in hilly parts of Rajputana, Bundelkhand and the 

 Central Provinces. It is found also in Burma and Ceylon, and extends 

 to Africa and Australia. Mr. Lowrie says that it is one of the best 

 fodder grasses in the Ajmere district. In Australia it is said to yield 

 a fair amount of feed, and is readily eaten. 



I. pilosum, Hack. Syn. — Andropogon ^foms, Klein. Vern. — Cent. Prov. : 

 Khund (Chanda). 



Glaucous. Roots strong, and thick like those of the dab. Leaves rather narrow. 

 Spikes solitary or in pairs, 2-4= inches long, clothed with long white silky hairs. 



Occurs in black soil in the Central Provinces. 



I. rugosum, Gartn. Syn. — Mesochium rugosum, Nees. ; Thelopogon 

 elegans, Roth. Vern. — Punjab : Mehat (Sabathu Hills), munmuna 

 (Karnal); Rajputana: Jalgundya (Ajmere), toll (Udaipur); N.-W. 

 Prov. and Oudh : Dhanua (Pilibhit), maror (Kheri); Cent. Prov.: 

 Amarkarh and maggru gadi (Chanda), murdi (Balaghat) ; Bengal : 

 Marudi (Santal) ; Berar: Tudi. 



Stems erect, branching. Leaves large and smooth ; ligule bifid. Spikes 

 in pairs, terminal and from the upper axils, 2-3 inches long, erect. Spike- 

 lets in pairs, one sessile, and the other on a thickened pedicel. Outer 

 glumes hard and transversely rugose. Flowering glumes with a long 

 twisted awn. 



Common in wet ground in the plains and at low elevations on the 





