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Mnesithea laevis (Retz.) Kunth, Rev. Gram. 1:154. 1829. Bor, Fl. Assam 5:440. 1940; Sultan & Stewart, Grasses W. Pak. 1:136. 1958; Bor, Grasses Burma Ceyl. Ind. Pak. 197. 1960.
Diperium cylindricum Desv.Ophiurus laevis (Retz.) Benth.Ophiurus perforatus (Roxb.) TrinRottboellia laevis Retz.Rottboellia perforata Roxb.Thyridostachyum laeve (Retz.) Nees ex Steud.
Shortly rhizomatous perennial; culms 20-100 cm high. Leaf-blades flat, 3-25 cm long, 2-5 mm wide, abruptly acute. Racemes terminal and axillary, 5-15 cm long. Sessile spikelet 3-4 mm long; lower glume narrowly oblong-elliptic, smooth, wingless. Pedicelled spikelet absent, the pedicel fused to the internode at its upper end.
Type: India, Koening..
Distribution: Pakistan (Punjab & N.W.F.P.); Afghanistan through India to Sri Lanka, Burma, Thailand and Indonesia.
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