
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses
by C. Tadulinga Mudaliyar K. Rangachari
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- A HANDBOOK OF SOME SOUTH INDIAN GRASSES
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- A HANDBOOK OF SOME COMMON SOUTH INDIAN GRASSES.
- CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION.
- CHAPTER II. THE VEGETATIVE ORGANS.
- CHAPTER III. THE INFLORESCENCE AND FLOWER.
- CHAPTER IV. HISTOLOGY OF THE VEGETATIVE ORGANS.
- CHAPTER V. CLASSIFICATION.
- CHAPTER VI. Series I—Panicaceæ. TRIBE I—PANICEÆ.
- 1. Paspalum, L.
- Paspalum scrobiculatum, L.
- 2. Digitaria, Rich.
- Digitaria sanguinalis, Scop.
- Digitaria sanguinalis, Scop.
- Digitaria sanguinalis, Scop.
- Digitaria longiflora, Pers.
- 3. Eriochloa, H. B. & K.
- Eriochloa polystachya, H. B. & K.
- 4. Panicum, L.
- Panicum Isachne, Roth.
- Panicum flavidum, Retz.
- Panicum fluitans, Retz.
- Panicum Crus-galli, L.
- Panicum stagninum, Retz.
- Panicum colonum, L.
- Panicum prostratum, Lamk.
- Panicum javanicum, Poir.
- Panicum ramosum, L.
- Panicum distachyum, L.
- Panicum interruptum, Willd.
- Panicum trypheron, Schult.
- Panicum repens, L.
- 5. Chamæraphis, Br.
- Chamæraphis spinescens, Poir.
- 6. Spinifex, L.
- Spinifex squarrosus, L.
- 7. Axonopus, Beauv.
- Axonopus cimicinus, Beauv.
- 8. Setaria, Beauv.
- Setaria glauca, Beauv.
- Setaria intermedia, R. & S.
- Setaria verticillata, Beauv.
- 9. Pennisetum, Pers.
- Pennisetum Alopecuros, Steud.
- Pennisetum cenchroides, Rich.
- 10. Cenchrus, L.
- Cenchrus biflorus, Roxb.
- Cenchrus catharticus, Delile.
- CHAPTER VII. TRIBES II AND III—ORYZEÆ AND ZOYSIEÆ.
- 11. Leersia, Sw.
- Leersia hexandra, Sw.
- 12. Hygrorhiza, Nees.
- Hygrorhiza aristata, Nees.
- 13. Trachys, Pers.
- Trachys mucronata, Pers.
- 14. Tragus, Haller.
- Tragus Racemosus, Scop.
- 15. Perotis, Ait.
- Perotis latifolia, Ait.
- CHAPTER VIII. TRIBE IV—ANDROPOGONEÆ.
- 16. Coix, L.
- Coix lachryma-jobi, L.
- 17. Polytoca, Br.
- Polytoca barbata, Stapf.
- 18. Imperata, Cyril.
- Imperata arundinacea, Cyril.
- 19. Saccharum, L.
- Saccharum spontaneum, L.
- 20. Ischæmum, L.
- Ischæmum aristatum, L.
- Ischæmum rugosum, Salisb.
- Ischæmum pilosum, Hack.
- Ischæmum ciliare, Retz.
- Ischæmum laxum, L.
- 21. Eremochloa, Buse.
- Eremochloa muricata, Hack.
- 22. Apocopis, Nees.
- Apocopis Wightii, Nees ex Steud.
- 23. Lophopogon, Hack.
- Lophopogon tridentatus, Hack.
- 24. Apluda, L.
- Apluda varia, Hack.
- 25. Rottboellia, Linn. f.
- Rottboellia Myurus, Benth.
- Rottboellia exaltata, L.f.
- 26. Mnesithea, Kunth.
- Mnesithea lævis, Kunth.
- 27. Manisuris, Sw.
- Manisuris granularis, L.f.
- 28. Andropogon, L.
- Andropogon foveolatus, Del.
- Andropogon pumilus, Roxb.
- Andropogon pertusus, Willd.
- Andropogon squarrosus, L.f.
- Andropogon asper, Heyne.
- Andropogon Wightianus, Steud.
- Andropogon monticola, Schult.
- Andropogon caricosus, L.
- Andropogon annulatus, Forsk.
- Andropogon contortus, L.
- Andropogon Schoenanthus, L. Var. cæsius.
- 29. Anthistiria, L. f.
- Anthistiria tremula, Nees.
- 30. Iseilema, Hack.
- Iseilema laxum, Hack.
- Iseilema anthephoroides, Hack.
- CHAPTER IX. Series II—Poaceæ. TRIBES V AND VI—AGROSTIDEÆ AND CHLORIDEÆ.
- 31. Aristida, L.
- Aristida Adscenscionis, L.
- Aristida setacea, Retz.
- Aristida Hystrix, Linn. f.
- Aristida mutabilis, Trin. & Rup.
- Aristida funiculata, Trin. & Rup.
- 32. Sporobolus, Br.
- Sporobolus diander, Beauv.
- Sporobolus tremulus, Kunth.
- Sporobolus coromandelianus, L.
- Sporobolus commutatus, Kunth.
- Sporobolus scabrifolius, Bhide.
- 33. Gracilea, Koen.
- Gracilea nutans, Koen.
- Gracilea Royleana, Hook. f.
- 34. Enteropogon, Nees.
- Enteropogon melicoides, Nees.
- 35. Cynodon, Pers.
- Cynodon dactylon, Pers.
- Cynodon intermedius, Rang. & Tad.
- Cynodon Barberi, Rang. & Tad.
- 36. Chloris, Sw.
- Chloris incompleta, Roth.
- Chloris tenella, Roxb.
- Chloris virgata, Sw.
- Chloris barbata, Sw.
- Chloris Bournei, Rang. & Tad.
- Chloris montana, Roxb.
- 37. Eleusine, Gaertn.
- Eleusine indica, Gaertn.
- Eleusine brevifolia, Br.
- Eleusine ægyptiaca, Desf.
- 38. Dinebra, Jacq.
- Dinebra arabica, Jacq.
- 39. Leptochloa, Beauv.
- Leptochloa chinensis, Nees.
- CHAPTER X. TRIBES VII AND VIII—FESTUCACEÆ AND HORDEÆ.
- 40. Pommereulla, Linn. f.
- Pommereulla Cornucopiæ, Linn. f.
- 41. Pappophorum, Nees.
- Pappophorum elegans, Nees.
- 42. Eragrostis, Beauv.
- Eragrostis interrupta, Beauv.
- Eragrostis amabilis, W. & A.
- Eragrostis tremula, Hochst.
- Eragrostis major, Host.
- Eragrostis Willdenoviana, Nees.
- Eragrostis pilosa, Beauv.
- Eragrostis cynosuroides, Beauv.
- Eragrostis bifaria, Wight Ex Steud.
- 43. Oropetium, Trin.
- Oropetium Thomæum, Trin.
- GLOSSARY.
- INDEX
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