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ders. ; Themeda ciliata, Hack. Vern. — Cent. Prov. : Chudur jahara 

 ( Seoni) ; Berar : Gondalli. 



Stems 1-3 feet high. Leaves narrow, ciliate at the base. Clusters 

 of spikelets few, the lower ones on slender peduncles. Bracts subtend- 

 ing each spike sheathing at the base, and tapering into points longer 

 than the cluster. Spikelets narrow, four male or barren ones sessile at 

 the base of the bearded rachis, and two or one stalked at the top, glabrous 

 or clothed with a few long hairs. Fertile terminal spikelet glabrous or 

 shortly pubescent at the end ; awn twice as long as the spikelet. 



Hilly parts of Northern India, common on the Himalaya. It is abun- 

 dant in Australia and Tasmania, and well known under the name of 

 " Kangaroo grass." It is considered by Australian farmers an excel- 

 lent grass for stock. 



A. scandens, Roxb. {Plate LXI.) Vern. — N.-W. Prov. : Bhoru 

 (Allahabad); Bundelkhand : Guner, ganori, ganaiya and genehru ; Raj- 

 putana : Gendar (Mount Abu) ; Cent. Prov. : Ghonydr and era-holla- 

 gadi (Chanda), ghonadi and ghondl (Nagpur), ghunhair and titar (Bala- 

 ghat). 



Perennial. Stems scandent, branching and rooting from the lower 

 joints. Panicles large, composed of verticelled fascicles of spikelets 

 which turn to a bright reddish colour after flowering. Summit of glumes 

 of outer spikelets of each fascicle beset with hairs seated on tubercles. 

 Awn hairy, twisted, and slightly bent, much longer than the spikelet. 



Common in Rajputana, Bundelkhand, and the Central Provinces. It 

 is used for fodder and for thatching purposes. This species differs from 

 A. ciliata in being a perennial, and usually scandent. 



A. Themeda Forskalii, Hack. Syn — A. ciliata, Auct. (non Linn.) 



Vern. — Cent. Prov. : Era-kolla-gadi and tatiyan (Chanda). Stems thick, and 

 swollen at the nodes. Resembles A. scandens, Roxb., in habit, but rachis of panicle 

 more slender. Clusters in a more interrupted panicle, narrower and with shorter 

 bracts. I have received specimens from Gwalior and from the Central Provinces. 



Var. major. Vern. — Cent. Prov. : Gudda-niT&o-gadi, and eraj-tulira-gadi 

 (Chanda). 



Clusters larger and more compact ; altogether a more robust plant than that of the 

 type. 



42. ISEILEMA, Anders. Species 3, of which two are Indian and 

 °ne Australian. In habit they have a close resemblance to Apluda. 

 The clusters of spikelets are small and glabrous. The spikelets are 

 stalked, and each is enclosed within a sheathing bract. 



I. laxum, Hack. (Plate XXVIII.) Syn.— I. prostrata, Anders. 

 Vern. — General: Gandhi and gdndhi ; Punjab : Champ (Simla Hills), 

 luinji (Kangra), chhat (Rawal Piridi), gaadi (Hissar) ; Rajfutana: 



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