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Sandy and rocky ground in North- West India, common in Rajputana. 

 At Ajmere it is considered to be a good fodder grass, and is eaten by 

 cattle on Mount Abu. 



E. Brownei, Nees. Syn. — Poa Brownei, Kunth. ; P. polymorpha, 

 R. Br. ; Megastachya polymorpha, Beauv. Vern. — N.-W. Prov. : 

 ' Jenkua (Rohilkhand); Bundelkhand : Khari (Lalitpur) ; Cent. Prov. : 

 Asata and chir (Seoni); Berar : Choti khidi. 



Stems usually 1 foot or more in height. Leaves narrow, flat or con- 

 volute. Panicle variable, sometimes quite simple and dense, or with 

 long distant and spreading branches. Spikelets shortly stalked, flat- 

 tened, tapering almost to a point. Flowering glumes closely distichous, 

 their lateral nerves prominent, nearly central on each side. Easily re- 

 cognized by its closely packed florets arranged in dark coloured and 

 flattened spikelets. 



Plains of North- West India, and^at low elevations on the Himalaya, 

 usually near water. It extends to Australia, where it is looked upon as 

 a good pasture grass, yielding an abundance of feed both winter and 

 summer. 



E. ciliaris, Link. Syn. — P.ciliaris, Linn.; P.ciliata, Roxb. Vern. 

 — Rajputana : Uiidar-puhchho ( Jeypur ) ; Santal : Tor chandbol (Camp- 

 bell). 



Annual. Stems procumbent below. Leaves narrowly linear acumin- 

 ate ; mouth of sbeaths pilose. Panicle narrow, spike-like, cylindrical, 

 or occasionally with the lower portions branched. Spikelets 5-8-flow- 

 ered ; glumes acute ; pales thickly clothed with long white stiff hairs. 



Plains of Northern India on sandy ground. It affords good grazing 

 wherever it occurs in sufficient quantity. 



Var. brachystachya, (f7crte XXXIX.) Vern.— Rajputana : Chaen 

 (Merwara). Syn. — E. arabica, Jaub. and Spach. A smaller plant 

 with short dense cylindrical panicles. It is found on dry, sandy or stony 

 ground in Nortb-West India. 



E. cynosuroides, R. and S. {Plate XL.) Syn. — Poa cynosuroides, 

 Retz. ; Briza bipinnata, Linn. ; Uniola bipinnata, Linn. Vern. — Gen- 

 eral : Dab or husa; Punjab: Dab or dib (Cent, and W. Punjab), 

 dhab (Multan), drab (Kangra), drdbh (Jhang); N.-W. Prov. and 

 Oudh : Rush (Pilibhit), dhab and kus (Bhira) ; Bundelkhand : Dabvi 

 (Banda) ; Cent. Prov. : Chir, dabhat and kusha (Balaghat) ; Marathi : 

 Darbha (Dymock); Hindi: Davolia (Stewart); Bengal: Koosha 

 (Roxb.) ; Teling : Dubha, durbha, and durpa (Roxb.). 



A perennial with a tbick creeping rhizome. Stems 1-3 feet, thick, 

 terete, leafy. Leaves many, long, chiefly from the base of the stem, 



