udropogón. . TRIANDRIA DIGYNIA. . Ua 
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27. A. Sorgiiui: Bis i 
Erect. -Panicle contracted dense ; hermaphrodite calyces aie 
Corols three-valved, awned. i 
Holcus Sorghum. Linn. Sp. Pl. ed.JVilld. iv. . 999. 
Beng. and Hind. Jooar. 
Leung. ‘Vella, or Konda (white) janoo the name of the png, 
and Fella-janoolar the grain. | 
Obs.: This aiso 1 have only foad ina cultivated s state. lt differs 
from the former. > ayh 
Ast. In having the panicle contracted, very dense, and. less regu- 
ete verticelled. — z ' | : 
24. In having the glumes of the calyx of a whitish green colour 
and very woolly. 
Sd. In having ikala to the neuter flowers. 
[here are two other sorts, which I take to be only varieties of E 
the last ; their names in Telinga are Pacha (green) Janoo and Yerra 
(red) Janoo. s 
These last two with their varieties are much cultivated on a 
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rather elevated, good soil. Seéd time October ; and harvest time Ja- 
nuary. The produce in good soil is often upwards of an hundred-fold. 
. The grain is much used for food. -Itis probable that through the 
whole of Southern Asia as many of the inhabitants live on the va- 
rious kinds of dry or small grain, as upon rice, and they are reck- 
oned fully as wholesome as that is. P 
All kinds of cattle are remarkably fond of the straw E A : 
standing j its thickness, and „solidity. a A 
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98. A. cernuum. R. i 
Erect, from five to fifteen Met high; lower haif with verticels of 
roots from the joints.  Panicles oval, with numerous, long, com-. 
pound, cernuous branches ; ; glumes iiis and fringed ; corol three 
valved and. fringed, the inner scarce awned. ap ee 
Holcus cernuus. Linn. Sp. Pl. ed.Willd.iv.930.- = 
This species e, (or variety of Sorghum,)i is the kind cultivated is 
habitants of the nas poora, Koonkee, and other mountainous districts 
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