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awn divided into three branches. The cylindrical shaped grain is closely 

 enveloped by the flowering glume. Of the North Indian species occur- 

 ring in the plains the two following are the most important as fodder 

 grasses owing to their greater abundance. 



A. depressa, Bete. (Plate XXX.) Syn.—A. carulescens, Desf. Tern. 

 — Punjab : Lamb and lamba (General), ghydn and ghydni (Kangra), 

 larrCe (Cent. Punjab), lam (Jhang), lamp (Hissar) ; Rajputana : Rdmpla 

 (Jeypur); Bundelkhand : Choti parba and sinlca (Lalitpur) ; Teling : 

 Nalli-pootihi (Roxb.). 



A slender annual with hard wiry stems and narrow subulate leaves. 

 Panicle spikelike 3-8 inches long, interrupted towards the base. Spike- 

 lets sessile narrow, crowded, often tinged with purple. 



Common on sandy ground in North-West India. Opinions vary as 

 to the value of this grass for fodder. Stewart described it as a favour- 

 ite fodder for cattle in the Punjab. Symonds says that it is a trouble- 

 some grass which cattle will not eat. Coldstream states that it is grazed, 

 but is too short and light to stack ; that it covers the Hissar bir in vast 

 sheets, is too fine to cut with a scythe, but is nutritious, and particularly 

 relished by cattle. In the Jhang Settlement Report it is stated to be 

 a grass of average quality, and is found growing in kallar. Neither at 

 Ajmere nor at Jeypur is it considered to be a good fodder grass. 



A. hystrix, Linn.f. {Plate XXXI.) Vern. — General: Lamp; 

 Rajputana: Ldpri dhauli (Ajmere), lal rdmpla (Jeypur); N.-W. 

 Prov.: Lappa (Etawah), lappa (Allahabad); Teling: SMlpuroo-Jcalli 

 (Roxb.). 



Stems 1-2 feet, branching, and rather straggling. Panicle large, oval, 

 thin, branches spreading. A more rigid grass than the preceding, and 

 with a broader and more open panicle. 



Common on dry sandy or stony ground in Northern India. As a fod- 

 der grass it would be ranked as of equal value with the preceding. 



Mr. Edgeworth in his " Florula Mallica" (Multan District ) mentions 

 the following additional species:— 



(1). A. articulata, Edgew, Erect, glabrous. Leaves needle-like. Panicle con- 

 tracted. Glumes about equal ; awn jointed at the top of the stipe. Found in the 

 Rechnab desert, Punjab. (2). A. funiculata, Trin. and JRwpr. (3). A. hirti- 

 glume, Steud. (4). A. hystricula, Edgew, Small, glabrous. Upper glume 

 twice as long as the oval mucronate inferior one. Very unlike A. hystrix > Linn, f., in 

 habit. Sindh and Multan. (5). A. mallica, Edgew. Leaves scabrous, pilose. 

 Glumes nearly equal, the lower one a little the longer very acute terminating in a 

 hispid bristle. This species is technically most like A. Royleana, Trin., but the habit 

 is very different. It is of a reddish colour and very dwarf. (6). A. plumosa, 

 Linn., Vern. — Lonak or ronak (Stewart). Found by Edgeworth at Jhang and on 

 the sand-hills to the south of the Multan district. (7). A. pogonoptila, Jauh and 



