204 HEXANDRIA DIGYNIA. Oryza. 
which is done with the sickle, as in most parts of Europe. 
The produce is then carried to some neighbouring elevat- 
ed spot, where it is stacked, or immediately trod out by © 
cattle. The grain is then winnowed, dried, and de- 
posited in pits dug in high ground, and lined with the 
rice straw. The straw is stacked by the careful far- 
mer, and reserved to feed his cattle with, during the hot 
months when all vegetation is burnt up. 
The following eight sorts are amongst the most com- 
mon of this division ; and those I am best acquainted 
with, viz. 
Ist. Jillama-waree, is the Telinga name of the plant, 
and Jilla-maloo the ripe grain. This seems the first re- 
moved from the wild sort, newaree ; the awn is shorter, 
and there are many of the flowers female. ‘The riceis of 
a dark colour, and when husked, coarse, and reddish, 
2nd. Yerra-dal-waree the plant, and Yerro-daloo the 
grain. 
This sort has also a long awn, there are many sale 
neuter and female flowers mixed with the hermaphrodite 
ones, It requires less water than most other varieties, of 
course the higher situations suits it best, particularly if 
the seasonis very wet. The grain is white, but the husk- 
ed rice is coarse and reddish ; hence the name 7 
which means red. 
3rd. Dal-waree, and Dal-waloo the grain. This sort 
has also along awn. It is chiefly cultivated during the 
dry season, on such spots as can then be watered ; both. 
the grain, and husked rice are of a dark blackish brow? 
colour, and it is reckoned a very coarse sort. 
Ath. Satica-waree the plant, and Saticaloo the grain- 
This produces a coarse brown grain, the husked rice of 
which is coarse, and reddish, It has a long esis — is 
~ not much cultivated. 
5th. Tella-koadama, the plant, the grain is white,-bat “| 
the husked rice is coarse and reddish; it has no awn. This 
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