HOLL ON THE PLANTS OF MADERA. 17 
Pennisetum cenchroides, Rich. Cynodon Dactylon, Rich. 
Setaria tenacissima, Schrad. Aristida carulescens, Desf. 
Chrysurus aureus, P. D. Elusine Jndica, Lam. Andropo- 
gon hirtus, Linn. Sorghum Halepense, Pers. $. glumis 
villosis. Lagurus ovatus, Linn. Holcus mollis, Linn. Lo- 
lium perenne, Linn. Orthopogon Crus galli, Spr. Triodia 
decumbens, P. B. Avena strigosa, Schreb. Poa rigida, Linn. 
P. Eragrostis, Linn. Briza maxima, Linn. Bromus mollis, 
Linn. | Triticum durum, Desf. This species only is cultivated 
in the Island, but by no means sufficiently for the consump- 
tion, so that flour and corn are imported from N. America, 
and the ports of the East Sea. They sow in January, and reap 
in June; the stalks are cut down with the sickle, and the grain 
trodden out by oxen. Secale cereale, Linn., is but little culti- 
vated, to cut green as food for the horses. Phalaris Canari- 
ensis, Linn. Arundo Donaz, Linn. Saccharum officinarum, 
L. The sugar-cane was brought to Madera from Sicily, 
where it would not succeed, by Prince Henry, and the manu- 
facture of sugar was very extensively carried on until the end 
of the seventeeth century. At present there is only a single 
mill and most of the sugar is imported by the English. 
As in the West Indies, they never let the plant come into 
flower.—CxvPrnoipEX. Scirpus Baeothrion, Ehrh. Cyperus 
badius, Desf. Carex muricata, Linn.—Inipex. Gladiolus 
Byzantinus, Mill.—NancissE.. Amaryllis Belladonna, Linn. 
—Bromeuiacex. Agave Americana, Linn.—Juncez. Jun- 
cus acutus, Linn ENNEPICEM Dioscorea sativa, Linn. 
Ruscus androgynus, Linn.— ConowxaRrx. Scilla hyacinthoides, 
Linn. Ornithogalum Arabicum, Linn. Allium Cepa Linn. 
good, and dug up; during this time, they always cut off the large leaves, 
which they make use of as food for swine; so that you never see the inflo- 
rescence, and it was only by great entreaty that a farmer permitted a single 
plant to stand and flower for me. The tubers are frequently of the size 
of a man’s head, of a brownish colour inside, with the taste of a potatoe 
when boiled, and are called by the inhabitants “Inhames.” Bowdich 
. considers this plant to be Arum peregrinum. 
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