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A. brevifolius, Swartz. Vern. — Cent. Prov. : Ware-gare or wanji>jari 

 (Chanda). 



Stems slender, decumbent, much branched, f-1 \ feet long. Leaves narrow, short, 

 1-2 inches long, obtuse or with a short oblique point. Spikes solitary, very slender, 

 seldom above one inch long. 



A. caricosus, Linn. Syn. — A. serratus, Retz. j A. filiformis, Pers% j Lipeo~ 

 cercis serrata, Trin. Vern.— Bundelkhand : Klieral (Lalitpur) ; Cent. Prov. ; 

 Palmanega gadi (Chanda), bilaria handi (Seoni) ; Berar : Killa macJihar ; BEN- 

 GAL : Detara, and detta (Roxb.). 



Perennial. Stems decumbent at the base ; upper nodes bearded. Spikes single 

 or in pairs on filiform peduncles. Lower outer glume of fertile floret obovate, obtuse, 

 and ending in three teeth ; flowering glume reduced to a long golden coloured bentt 

 awn which soon becomes detached. From its general appearance one would be inclin- 

 ed to reckon its value for fodder about equal to that of A. annulatus. 



A. f astigiatus, Swat ■■tz. Vern. — Cent. Prov.: Liyur (Chanda). 



Apparently an annual with narrow finely pointed leaves. Spikes few, on very 

 slender peduncles enclosed in narrow boat-shaped bracts. Rachis of spikes thickly 

 clothed with white silky pubescence. Outer glumes with slender hair-like awns 

 Awns of flowering glumes much longer, bent and twisted. 



A variety in which the whole plant assumes a reddish tinge, and the outer glumes- 

 are tinged with a darker colour, has been received from Chanda, in the Central Pro- 

 vinces, under the name of *' lal kusal." Similar specimens from Parasnath in Behar 

 bear the manuscript name of A. Loharduggce, (C. B. Clarke.> 



A. foveolatus, Del. (Plate XXI.) Syn.—A. monostachys, Spremg. 

 Vern, — Punjab : Girji munhdk and sirwala (Hissar), Rajputana : Boa- 

 ri (Merwara), junjhli (Ajmere), kard ga'ndhel (Jeypur); N.-W. Prov. : 

 Murjaini (Etawah) ; Bundelkhand: Girgua (Jhansi), murjnah or muj- 

 na (Lalitpur). 



Perennial, glaucous, csespitose. Stems ereet or ascending, simple 

 or branching • nodes bairy. Leaves narrow, with bulbous-based hairs- 

 on lower surface and near the mouth of the sheath. Spikes solitary at 

 the summit of the stem or of each branch, slender, linear. Spikelets 

 distichously imbricate in pairs, the one sessile hermaphrodite or female 

 and awned, the other stalked and male or neuter and without awns. 

 Rachis of spike and pedicels of sterile spikelets clothed with white hairs. 

 Glumes of fertile spikelet with a pit just below the summit. Flower- 

 ing glumes of fertile spikelet reduced to a slender twisted and bent awn 

 three or four times as long as the spikelet. 



Abundant on sandy and rocky ground in the plains, and usually reck- 

 oned a good fodder grass. 



A. gangeticus, Back. Vern. — Cent. Prov. : Kora gadi (Chanda). 



A tall slender (annual ?) grass with smooth and polished stems. Leaves narrow, 

 scabrous ; midrib white, prominent beneath. Panicle narrow, rather lax. Spikelets 

 small, pale green ; pedicels ciliate ; awns slender, bent, and twisted below. 



A. glaber, Roxl. Fmt.— Marathi : Tdmhat (Dymock) ; Bengal : GundKa- 

 goorana (Koxb.). 



