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But the tusbocks are so scarce that it is perhaps more probable that the graisa 
was originally introduced by man. 
308. Andropo^on iiiterniedisis R. Br. ; F. B. I. vii. 175. A. glaber 
F. I. i. 267. 
Northern and western clearings, on bunds. 
Vernac. Gandha Giirdnd. 
A tall grass, forming small tussocks; properties insignificant. 
Distrib. — ^Tropical Africa; sub-tropical and tropical Asia ; Polynesia. 
309. Aiidropog’on aciculatus Retz ; F. I. i. 262; F. B. I. vii. 18S. 
E. D. A 1073 and c 1053. 
Northern clearings, common. 
Vernac. Chor Kanta. 
A small tufted coarse grass ; a poor fodder even when young ; cattle refuse 
it after its flowers appear, 
Distrib.— Tropical Asia; N. Australia; Polynesia. 
337 . Sporoboliis R. Br. 
310. Sporotoolus tremuliis Kunth ; F. B. I. vii, 250. Agrostis 
tenacissirna F. I. i. 316. 
Northern clearings, very abundant; occasional in grassy spots at 
forest-edge of mud-banks throughout the reserves ; also at the sea- 
face. 
A slender grass with much-matted stems (sometimes i8 in. to 2 ft. long, 
usually only 2-6 in. long), numerous from a hard knotted stoloniferous stock ; 
the stolons 6-18 in. long, leafy. An indifferent fodder ; a good mud-binding but 
less effective sand-binding species. 
Distrib.— S. E. Asia. 
This is the third most abundant of the Sundribun grasses ; in the clearings 
it is the only really abundant grass though even there it is always more or less 
accompanied by Zoysia, with which it is sparingly associated at the upper edge 
of alluvial banks and still more sparingly at the sea-face. 
338 . Cliloris Sw. 
311. Chloris bartoata Sw. ; F. I. i. 329 ; F. B. I. vii. 292. E. D. c 
1026. 
Northern clearings, at Kagdip, Prain ! and elsewhere, Heinig 
Gz GammieX Calcutta Garden Collectors \ 
A handsome tufted grass ; an indifferent fodder when young; cattle do not 
eat it after it flowers. 
Distrib. Cosmopolitan in the Tropics. 
if 330 . Eleiisine Gaertn. 
Spikelets closely imbricate, pointing forward, not awned . indica, 
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