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FLORA OF THE SUNDRlBUNS. 
Spikelets patent, at right angles to rachis of spike, the second glume 
abruptly shortly awned ...... segyptiaca, 
312. Eleiisine indica Gaertn. ; F. 1,1.345; F. B. I, vii. 293. E. D. 
E 186. 
Northern clearings, rare, Calcutta Garden Collectors ! 
A small coarse tufted grass ; an indifferent to fair fodder. 
Distrib. — Tropics of the Eastern. Hemisphere, but now introduced in tropical 
America, 
313. Eleusilie segyptiaca Desf. ; F. I. i. 344 ; F. B. I. vii. 295. 
Kagdip, Prain ! 
A prostrate tufted grass ; a good fodder. 
Distrib. — Tropics of Eastern Hemisphere, but now introduced into tropical 
America. 
This was only met with on a small patch of artificially raised ground where 
coal for the forest launches is kept, and is no doubt a quite recent introduction, 
along with coal, from Western Bengal. 
230 , Pliragmites Trin. 
314. Pliragmites Karka Trin. var. cincta Hook f. ; F. B. I. vii. 305. 
Arundo Karka F. 1. i. 348. E. D. a 1539 and P 618. 
Northern forests, Heinig \ and clearings, Kurz\ ClarkeX Heinig\ 
Vernac. NdL 
A tall, reed-like grass 1 the split stems are used to make dharma matting, also 
baskets employed in marketing ; they are likewise used for the dunnage of boats, 
walling of pan-baris, and the like. 
Distrib. — Tropical and sub-tropical regions of the Eastern Hemisphere and 
of Australia. 
231 . Eragrostis Beauv. 
315. Eragrostis teiiella B. & S. var. plumosa Stapf; F. B. I. 
vii. 315. Poa plumosa F. I. i. 337. E. D. E 263. 
Northern clearings, occasional, 
A slender annual grass ; a good fodder. 
Distrib. — India; Ceylon ; Burma. 
232 . Myiiostacliya Hook f. 
316. Myriostacliya AVightiana Hook f. ; F. B. I. vii. 327. 
General in all parts of the forests, but rarely very abundant. 
A tall stout perennial glabrous grass ; properties much those of PhragmUes. 
Distrib. — Malay Peninsula. 
This grass holds the fourth place in order of frequency in the true Sundribun 
forests, where it very usually is associated with Oryza coarctata. In cases where an 
alluvial newly formed bank slopes gently into deep water this is not, as a rule, seen ; 
