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! in Ills opinion A. sqmrrosus is, or is not, the Khus-ldius. There can, of coui’se, 
^ bo no possibility of doubt as to the grass intended by Roxburgh, though there 
may be some as to the identity of Roxburgh’s plant with that of Retzius. 
184. Sorghum vulgaee Pers., Synops-, i, 101. Amlroqpogon Sorghum 
Roxb., Plor. lud., i, 269. The Sorghum, vernac. “ Jowa.” 
Am6ni; cultivated, BoUnson, Kadamum ; cultivated, RoUnson, Mhiilmi : 
grows well, but very little cultivated, Fleming.. 
Cultivated throughout warm countries. 
185. Apluda aristata Linn., Amocn. Acad., iv, SOS , Roxb,, 
Flor. Ind., i, S24. 
Kadamum; filling aU the outskirts of the jimgle, Hume! Mhiikoi ; very 
abundant, Fleming / 
In woods, and hedges throughout South-Eastern Asia. 
186. Cynodon Dactylon Pers,, Synops.,i, 85, Panicum Dactglon 
Linn., Sp. PI. 58 ; Roxb., Elor. Ind., i, 289. 
Kalpeni ; Alcoclc ! j ■ 
Cosmopolitan in the tropics. The plant from Bangaro, referred with doubt to 
this species by Mr. Hume {Siray Feathers, iv, 452), is in reality Thuarea 
sarmentosa. 
187. Eleusine Algyptiaca Pers., Synops., i, 82 ; Roxb., Flor. 
Ind., i, 344. 
Ameni; Hume ! Kadamum ; Fleming ! 
A cosmopohtan tropical weed of cultivation. 
188. Eleusihe Coeacaha Gaertn., Eract., i, 8, t. 1, f. 11 ; Roxb., 
Flor. Ind., i, 343 ; Watt, Diet., iii, 237. The Ragi crop; the 31arua Millet. 
Ameni; RoUnson. Anderut; Alcoclc. Kadamum ; RoUnson. Kalp&fi ; 
Alcoclc ! Minikoi; Fleming ! 
A field crop in India, Egypt and Japan. 
189. Eleusine indica Gaertn., Fract., i, 8 ; Roxb., Flor. Ind., i, 345. 
Mimkoi; Fleming 1 
A cosmopolitan tropical species, occurring as .a weed in waste places and on 
waysides. 
^ 190. Eragrostis plumosa Steud., Gram., i, 266. E. tmella Trin. 
YK^.'plumosa Trin., Act. Petrop, vi, i, 398. Poa plumosa Retz, Obs., iv, 20 ; 
Roxb., Flor. Ind., i, 327. P. tmella Linn. var. - Spreng., Syst, Veo-., 
i, 341. 
VAE. typica. 
Kalpeni; Alcoclc ! Almti; Fleming ! Kadamum ; Fleming 1 Kiltan ; Flem¬ 
ing ! Minikoi; Fleming ! 
VAE. paniculis fastigiatis. 
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