Andropogon, ‘TRIANDRIA DIGYNIA. 269 
of a shining black, with many white hairs round the margins 
(ciliated.) Corol three-valved, fringed, the’ second or solita-_ 
ry valve ending in a short twisted arista. Seeds oval, brown, 
smooth, free, with an impression on the back near the base. 
Neuter Fiowers pedicelled. Calyx striated, hairy. 
Corol two-valved, awnless, Stamens none. 
Obs. This and the following species A. Sorghum seem to 
‘me to possess more of the character of Andropogon than of 
Holcus. 1 have therefore changed their places from the 
latter to the former. 
27. A. Sorghum. R. 
Erect, Panicle contracted, dense ; hermaphrodite wi Bs 
hairy. Corols three-valved, awned. — 
Holcus Sorghum. Linn. sp. pl. ed. Willd. iv. 929. i 
’ Beng. and Hind, Jooar. Es 
’ Teling. Tella, or Konda (white): janoo - name of the 
plant, and Tella-janoolar the grain. 
Obs, This also I have only found ina — state. It 
differs from the former. — 
Ist. In having the P29 Southaited, very acu and 
less regularly verticelled. 
2d. In having the glumes of the esti of a whitish Ms 
colour and very woolly, 
_ 8d. In having three valves to the neuter fisereite: 
There are two other sorts, which I take to be only varieties 
of the last; their names in Telinga are Pacha Gereea) J anoo 
ant: Fiore: (red) Janoo, 
~. These last two with their varieties sinialiaasiaalila 
a rather elevated, good soil. Seed time October; and har- 
vest time, January. The produce in good soil is often up- 
wards of an hundred-fold. The grain ismuch used for food. 
It is probable that 1rough the whole of Southern Asia as 
many of the inhabitants live on the various kinds of dry or 
‘small grain, as upon rice, and ‘they are reckoned oud as 
| ‘wholesome as that is, 
