1. A sessile and a pedicelled spikelet; 2, 3, 4 and 6. the first, second, third and the fourth glume, respectively, of the sessile spikelets; 5. palea of the third glume, 7. palea of the fourth glume; 8. ovary; 9, 10, 11 and 12. first, second, third and the fourth glume, respectively, of the pedicelled spikelets; 13. palea of the fourth glume.] The _sessile spikelets_ are narrowly lanceolate, 3/4 inch long, with long hairs at the base. The _first glume_ is dorsally hairy, or glabrous, narrowed from the middle upwards, chartaceous, with incurved margins and six or seven anastomosing nerves. The _second glume_ is longer than the first, laterally compressed, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, chartaceous, glabrous but often with long hairs on the keel towards the upper half, 5-nerved, the lateral nerves anastomosing. The _third glume_ is a little shorter than the second, linear-oblong or lanceolate, paleate; _palea_ is membranous, nerveless, and encloses three stamens. The _fourth glume_ is equal to the third glume in length, membranous, hyaline and divided almost to the middle into two acute lobes with an awn 1/4 to 3/8 inch long, paleate; _palea_ is lanceolate, nerveless and encloses three stamens and the ovary and sometimes only the ovary. The _pedicelled_ _spikelets_ are shorter than the sessile but with a shorter awn. The _glumes_ are similar to those of the sessile spikelet; sometimes these spikelets are imperfect or even reduced to a single glume. This grass grows well in black cotton soils and sometimes it gets very well established and then it is very difficult to eradicate it. Cattle seem to like this grass. _Distribution._--In black cotton soils all over the presidency, but most abundant in the Ceded districts. [Illustration: Fig. 135.--Ischaemum ciliare.] =Ischaemum ciliare, _Retz._= It is a tufted perennial grass, erect or creeping. Stems are erect or ascending, sometimes decumbent at base, and rooting at the nodes, stout or slender, 6 inches to 2 feet long. The _leaf-sheath_ is compressed, loose, glabrous or hairy. The _ligule_ is a short, ciliate membrane. _Nodes_ are glabrous or hairy. The _leaf-blade_ is flat, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, narrowed towards the acute or rounded base, glabrous or hairy, 2 to 6 inches long and 1/6 to 1/2 inch wide. The _inflorescence_ consists of two spikes, 1-1/2 to 2 inches long; joints and pedicels of the pedicelled spikelets equal, hairy at the back and at the angles.