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A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses

A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses

by K. Rangachari

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Author
Tadulinga Mudaliyar, C.
Credits
Produced by Suzanne Lybarger, John Hagerson, Juliet Sutherland, Leonard Johnson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Million Book Project)
Language
English
LoC Class
QK: Science: Botany
Subject
Plants -- India, South
Category
Text
eBook-No.
24063
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24063
Release Date
December 28, 2007
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.A HANDBOOK OF SOME SOUTH INDIAN GRASSES
  2. 2.PREFACE
  3. 3.CONTENTS — A HANDBOOK OF SOME COMMON SOUTH INDIAN GRASSES.
  4. 4.CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION.
  5. 5.CHAPTER II. THE VEGETATIVE ORGANS.
  6. 6.CHAPTER III. THE INFLORESCENCE AND FLOWER.
  7. 7.CHAPTER IV. HISTOLOGY OF THE VEGETATIVE ORGANS.
  8. 8.CHAPTER V. CLASSIFICATION.
  9. 9.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.
  10. 10.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.
  11. 11.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.
  12. 12.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.
  13. 13.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.
  14. 14.GLOSSARY.
  15. 15.INDEX
  16. 16.Transcriber's Notes:

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