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Common in hilly parts of Northern India, usually on stony or sandy 

 soil. On the Siwalik range it is used extensively as fodder. 



C. Gryllus, Trin.* Syn.— Andropogon Gryllus,'Lixm.i Holcus Grylluj, R. Br. 



Perennial, csespitose. Leaves long, narrow. Panicle loose, spreading, 3 to 6 inches 

 long, branches numerous, simple, capillary, mostly verticellate, of unequal length. 

 Second glume of fertile floret awned ; awn of terminal one long and rigid. 



Hilly parts of Northern India It is said to be an excellent pasture grass in Australia. 



C. montanus, Trin. Syn.— C.parvifloruSyBenth.; Andropogon mon- 

 tanus, Roxb. ; A. monticola, K. and S. ; Sorghum parvifiorum y Beauv. 

 Vern. — Rajputana: Ballah (Mount Abu). 



Perennial. Stems \g3jfeet, more or less villous at the nodes. Leaves 

 flat, tapering to a fine point ; sheaths smooth or villous. Panicle 4-8 

 inches long, much branched ; ultimate branches hair-like, supporting 

 minute spikelets scarcely 1| lines long."' 1 Central sessile spikelet with 

 a tuft of white hairs at the base. Awn of flowering glume six or seven 

 times its length. 



Hilly parts of Northern India. On Mount Abu I found several patches 

 of this very elegant grass growing in depressions of the hill overlooking 

 the Civil station. It is said there to be an excellent fodder grass, and the 

 grain is collected and used as food by the natives. 



C. serrulatus, Trin. Is recorded from Jhelam (Aitchison), Moradabad (T. 

 Thomson), and Banda (Edgeworth). 



40. SORGHUM, Pers. There are two species, both of which oc- 

 cur in India; one is "juar," and the other a widely distributed grass 

 known as " bani." The arrangement and structure of the spikelets is 

 very similar to that of Chrysopogon, but the panicle branches are scarcely 

 jointed, aud the outer glume of the fertile spikelet is ovate and becomes 

 hard. 



S. halepense, Pers. (Plate XXVII.) f Syn.— Holcus halepensis. 

 Linn. ; Andropogon halepensis, Sibth. ; A. arundinaceus, Scop. Vern. — 

 General: Baru ; Kashmir: Brahdm (Stewart) ; Kumaon : Bikhonda 

 (Watson); Bundelkhand : Bdjra, harm and bar a (Banda); Cent. 

 Prov. : G 'alia jar i and paddajalla gadi (Chanda) ; Berar : Kartdl. 



A tall perennial with creeping rhizome which throws up many suckers. 

 Stems many and branching. Leaves flat, smooth ; midrib prominent 

 beneath. Panicle pyramidal, with numerous spreading branches. Her- 

 maphrodite spikelets ovate oblong. Male spikelets oblong lanceolate, 

 all clothed with short hairs at the base; glumes pubescent, grain 

 oblong. 



• See Plate D., Fig.M, of present Volume. 



t See also Plate D., Fig. 18, of present Volume, 



