50 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 162 



213225 to 213287— Continued 



213273. Pennisetum pedicellatum Trin. Poaceae. 



No. 13231. Dharwar College, Dharwar, Bombay. Altitude 1,800 feet 

 Annual forage grass introduced from South Africa. 



213274. Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. Napier grass. 



No. 13234. Dharwar Agriculture College, Dharwar, Bombay. Dec. 11, 

 1953. Altitude 1,800 feet. Introduced from South Africa. 



213275. Pennisetum sp. 



No. 13160. Dharwar, Bombay State. Dec. 9, 1953. Apparently a good 

 forage grass ; with culms 3 feet high. 



213276. Raphanus sativus L. Brassicaceae. Radish. 



No. 13339. Market, Baroda, Bombay State. Dec. 22, 1953. Loam soils 

 near sea level. 



213277. Setaria sphacelata (Schum.) Stapf & Hubb. Poaceae. 



No. 13169. Dharwar, Bombay State. Dec. 10, 1953. Cultivated, tall, 

 rather coarse but soft perennial. 



213278. Setaria tomentosa (Roxb.) Kunth. 



No. 13211. Tegur, 16 miles north of Dharwar, Bombay State. Dec. 11, 

 1953. Apparently an annual scattered on moist soils. 



213279 and 213280. Tephrosia Candida DC. Fabaceae. 



213279. No. 13173. Six miles south of Dharwar, Bombay State, on rocky 

 hill slope. Dec. 10, 1953. Low, colonial, perennial. 



213280. No. 13181. Dharwar, Bombay State. Dec. 10, 1953. Perennial 

 herb, locally valued for forage. 



213281. Tephrosia sp. 



No. 13434. Airport at Ahmedabad, Bombay State. Dec. 24, 1953. Erect 

 monopodial with branching crown and pink flowers; about 2 feet high. 



213282. Tephrosia sp. 



No. 13435. Ahmedabad airport, Bombay State. Dec. 24, 1953. Appar- 

 ently annual; erect; flowers reddish purple. 



213283. Iseilema PROSTRATA (L.) Anders. Poaceae. 



No. 13209. Tegur, 16 miles north of Dharwar, Bombay State. Dec. 11, 

 1953. Tall, coarse, perennial with bitter taste; abundant but not eaten by 

 cattle. 



213284. Themeda sp. 



No. 13335. Palghar stock farm, Bombay State. Dec. 20, 1953. Heavy 

 clay soil near sea level. Tall tough grass, regarded as poor forage. 



213285. Tricholaena repens (Willd.) Hitch. Poaceae. Natal grass. 



No. 13159. Dharwar, Bombay State. Dec. 9, 1953. Annual summer grass 

 introduced from Africa, regarded as good forage. 



213286. Vigna sinensis (Torner) Savi. Fabaceae. Cowpea. 



No. 13407. Baroda, Bombay State. Dec. 23, 1953. Silty loam near sea 

 level. 



213287. Zea mays L. Poaceae. Corn. 



No. 13311. Agriculture College farm, Poona, Bombay. Dec. 17, 1953. 

 Altitude 2,000 feet. Planted in summer as vegetable or in February and 

 irrigated for fodder. 



