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grows extremely well along with dub, and makes a useful light hay for 

 mixing with coarser hay, and that both horses and cattle like it. At 

 Ajmere it is also considered to be a good fodder grass. 



£. poseoides, Beauv. Syn. — E. poctfevniis, Link; Poa Eragrostis, Linn. 



Annual. Stems erect, or bent at the base. Leaves linear, flat ; mouth of sheaths 

 bearded. Panicle branches spreading; pedicels slender, shorter than the spikelets. 

 Spikelets linear lanceolate, 8-20-flowered. Flowering glumes with prominent lateral 

 nerves. Cosson and Durieu in their flora of Algeria have described this and E. 

 megastachya as varieties of E. vulgaris, Coss. and Germ. 



Plains of Northern India and up to 8,000 feet on the Himalaya. 



E. tenella, Beauv. (Plate LXXVIII.) Syn.—E. tenuissima, Schrad.; *= £ - 

 Poa tenella, Linn. Vern. — N.-W. Prov. : Bharbhuri (Muttra) ; Cent. 

 Prov. : Mondia jori (Seoni) ; Santal : Ichkoi (Campbell). 



Annual. Stems erect, 1-2 feet. Leaves smooth, narrow and finely 

 pointed. Panicle usually very long and narrow ; branches ascending or 

 spreading, verticellate. Spikelets small, numerous, ovate, 5-7-flowered, 

 often tinged bright red ; axis articulate. Pales glabrous, not ciliate. 



Common in the plains of Northern India, especially in cultivated 

 ground, along with sugar-cane, judr and arhar. It is eaten hy cattle 

 both fresh and dry, and the seeds are said to be nutritious. It is highly 

 relished in Australia, 



■ E. tremula, Hochst. (Plate LXXIX.) Syn.— Poa multiflora, Roxb. 

 Vern. — Punjab : Chankan butt (Multan), lukki (Lahore) ; Rajputana : 

 Chiri ka khet (Ajmere), chiri ka chanwalid (Jeypur) ; N.-W. Prov. : 

 Kalunji (Royle), bhamiri (Aligarh), bdnsa (Rohilkhand). 



Annual. Stems slender, 1-1^ feet, bent below. Leaves few, mostly 

 from the base, narrow and tapering to a fine point; mouth of sheaths 

 bearded. Panicle pyramidal, bowing, much branched, lax; branches 

 very slender, pilose at the axils. Pedicels equalling or longer than the 

 spikelets. Spikelets many-flowered, somewhat flattened, long and nar- 

 row, nodding. The very slender pedicels which support the long many- 

 flowered spikelets give rise to the constant tremulous motion exhibited 

 by this species when in flower. 



Common in light sandy soils in the plains, especially on poorly culti- 

 vated ground. It is said to be a good fodder grass at Ajmere, but its 

 foliage is too scanty to be of much value. Its grain is said to have been 

 extensively utilized by the starving population in certain parts of the 

 Punjab during a famine which took place about 60 years ago, and which 

 is even now remembered as the " lukkiwala sal." 



E. uniloides, Wees. Syn. — E. arnabilis, W. and A. ; Poa uniloides, Retz. 

 Vern. — Cent. Prov. : CJianda mama gadi, chota loniya, and loniya (Chanda), 

 lahoria, (Seoni) ; Santal : Icfihoch (Campbell) ; Bengal : Konee (Roxb.). 



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