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CXIII. GRAMINEJE 
spreading or drooping branches of a terminal panicle 6-24 in. 
long, the branches hairy at the joints and axils. Sessile spike- 
let : lower empty glume hairy ; flowering glume minute, awn twice 
to four times the length of the rest of the spikelet or sometimes 
wanting. 
Common throughout India, ascending to 5000 ft. 
The wild form of the cultivated Juar, A. Sorghum. 
6. Andropogon Gryllus, Linn. ; FI. Br. Ind. vii. 187. Stems 
1-5 ft., simple, erect, forming dense, hard tufts. Leaves 6-18 in., 
very narrow, usually hairy, edges minutely spinous- toothed ; 
sheaths hairy. Spikelets in threes, on 2-4 (rarely only one) spikes 
