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E. Coracana, Gcertn. Syn. — Cynosurus coracanus, Linn. Yem.— 

 General: Mandua, makra and marua; Punjab: Kodoh, koda, kutra 

 andmandwa (Himalaya), kodra (Bias and Chenab basins), mandal (Ravi 

 basin); Bundelkhand : Eotka ( Jalann) ; Bengal : Murha (Campbell) ; 

 Santal : Kode (Campbell); Teling : Pedda and sodee (Roxb.); S. 

 India : Rdgi. 



Stems erect, 2-4 feet bigh, compressed. Spikes digitate, usually in- 

 curved. Spikelets 3-6-flowered. Glumes all obtuse. Pericarp loosely 

 investing tbe small globular seed. Roxburgh's E. stricta is a luxuriant 

 variety with straight spikes. 



Cultivated as a kharif crop in Northern India, but chiefly on the lower 

 slopes of the Northern Himalaya, where it sometimes provides the princi- 

 pal food of the people. The stalks are given to cattle as fodder. It is 

 figured in " Field and Garden Crops, N.-W. Provinces and Oudh," 

 Part II., Plate XXVIII., and in " Church's Food Grains of India," 

 Figs. 17 and 18. 



E. flagellifera, Nees. {Plate XXXVII.) Syn.—E. arabica, Hochst. ; 

 E. stolonifera, R. Br. Vern. — General : Chhimbar ; Trans-Indus : 

 Chubrei and bhdru (Stewart) ; Punjab : Chemri (Stewart), chembri 

 (Multan), chhembar (West of Sutlej), gathil (S. Punjab), ganihil and 

 kharimbar (Sirsa), dubra (E. Punjab) ; Rajputana : Ganthia (Ajmere), 

 gdhth dob ( Jeypur) ; Doab : Ghurdub (Royle). 



Perennial, glaucous. Stems many from the bulb-like rooting nodes 

 of a prostrate extensively creeping rhizome. Leaves narrowly linear, 

 acuminate, stiff, distant, upper very short. Spikes 3-5, digitate, 5-8- 

 flowered. Glumes lanceolate, smooth, the upper one very acute. 



Plains of Northern India, preferring a sandy soil. It is generally 

 considered to be a very good fodder grass, both for horses and cattle, 

 though in the Gujranwala and Shahpnr districts it is supposed to dimin- 

 ish the milk of cattle if eaten dry. In the Jhang Settlement Report it 

 is mentioned as being the most common grass in the bar, and also one 

 of the best. 



E. indica, Gcertn. (Plate LXIX.) Syn. — Cynosurus indicus, Linn. 

 Vem. — Rajputana : Mandwa (Ajmere) ; N.-W. Prov. and Oudh : 

 Jhingri (Royle), makraila (Allahabad), gadha-charwa, gadha-mandwi 

 and lijhar (Bhira); Bundelkhand: Gurchdwa; Cent. Prov.: Ghod- 

 chabba (Balaghat), gurra gadi and kakariya (Chanda), madanya (Nag- 

 pur), rnandidl jori (Seoni) ; Hind. : Mal-ankuri (Roxb.) ; Teling : 

 Kuror (Roxb.). 



Annual. Stems erect, 1-2 feet, compressed, smooth, branching below. 

 Leaves glabrous, flat; ligule pilose. Spikes long, erect, 5-7, digitate, 



