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jargi (Allahabad) ; Cent. Prov. : Bdrdiya (Chanda), phulkia (Bala- 

 ghat) ; Berar: Botyajhara. 



Stems creeping below and branching, joints smooth. Leaves bifarious 

 at the base of the stems, their margins and mouths of sheaths ciliate. 

 Spikes 6-12, digitate, secund, 1-2 inches long ; rachis striated, not hairy. 

 Spikelets 2-flowered ; upper floret composed of one or more empty 

 glumes ; the lower one fertile and sessile. Flowering glume and pale 

 with hairs at the base. 



Common in N.-W. India especially on sandy soils. It is considered 

 a good fodder grass up to the time of flowering, after which time cattle 

 will not touch it. 



C Roxburgliiana, Edgew. {Plate LXV.) Syn. — C. digitata, Steud ; 

 Melica digitata, Roxb. Vern. — Rajputana: Bdmna (Ajmere) ; Bun- 

 delkhand : Mathaniya (Lalitpur) ; Cent. Prov. : Hiha gadi and sala- 

 kodam gadi (Chanda). 



Stems procumbent, or erect when growing amongst bushes. Both 

 surfaces aud sheaths of leaves hairy. Spikes terminal, 4-5, secund, 

 filiform, 6-9 inches long hairy at the base. Spikelets in two rows, 

 sessile. Outer glumes unequal, inner 3-4 times longer, and shortly 

 awned. Flowering glume with a long awn issuing just below its apex 

 from outside. This grass has a superficial resemblance to Panicum san- 

 guinale. 



Not uncommon in Northern India, and ofter growing amongst bushes, 

 where its stems attain a considerable height. Mr. Lowrie tells me 

 that it is considered to be a good fodder grass at Ajmere. 



C. tenella, Roxb. {Plate LXVI.) Vern. — Rajputana : Kdgya (Aj- 

 mere), morbhaga ghds (Udaipur). 



Stems erect from a decumbent base, about one foot high, smooth. 

 Leaves rather large in proportion to the plant, smooth and soft. Spikes 

 solitary or in pairs, secund, about 2 inches long. Spikelets 3-5-flow- 

 ered, the fifth one being rudimentary. 



Rajputana, Bundelkhand, and Central Provinces. At Ajmere it is 

 said to be a good fodder grass. 



56. MELANOCENCHRIS, Nees. Species 3, one of which is 

 found in Northern India. The spikelets are arranged in many short 

 scattered clusters, which fall away at the joints. The two lower empty 

 glumes are clothed with long feathery hairs; the flowering glumes are 

 3-fid, their lobes almost aristate. 



M. Royleana, Nees. {Plate LXVII.) Syn.—Eutriana abyssinica, 

 R. Br. ; M. Jacquemontiana, Jaub. and Spach. 



Annual. Stems many, 6-10 inches. Leaves narrow, upper sheaths 



