216 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, 1891. 



sessile spikelet thick, cartilaginous, pubescent, tho margin^ like inc. 

 articles, with long coloured hairs. 2nd glume thick, cornice*. 

 nearly equal or a little longer. 3rd glume shorter, a little thinner. 

 4th glume smaller, hyaline, with a yellow awn about 1 in. long. 

 Pedicellate spikelet male or neuter, linear, lanceolate, paler than the 

 sessile, with very few short hairs at the base. 



It is to be observed that the spikelets are at first whitish, but in 

 time they become purple and ultimately brown. 



Ver. Barroo ? Almost all the sorgha are named Barroo. It is not 

 uncommon over the various districts of the Deccan. 



S. mlgare, Pers. Synop. I. 101 ; Holeus sore/hum, Linn. Sp. 1047, 

 Roxb. Fl. bid., 1-269; Dalz. and Gibs. Bomb. Fl. Suppl. 9$ 

 Andropogon sorghum, Brotero. Fl. Lusit. I. 88. Holeus sorghum, 

 Roxb. Fl. Ind. I. 299. 



Ver. Juhndla, Juwaree, Juar, Burroo. 



It is cultivated in various districts of this Presidency chiefly in 

 the Carnatic, Berar, where its grain is the common food of the poorer 

 classes. It is also extensively cultivated for fodder only, the seeds 

 being sown in close proximity to one other, when the stalk grows 

 very tall, and is named Karbi. 



" The stalks are extensively used as fodder, and when chopped up 

 is known by the name of karbi. When specially grown for fodder 

 purposes it is called chart. It is a valuable and favourite fodder for 

 cattle, but is said to have injurious effects if eaten too young." See 

 Duthie. 



S. ccrriuum, Host. Gram. Austr. Plate 3, Andropogon cernuums, 

 Kunth. Enum. 1. 501, Andropogon compacius, Brot. Fl. Lusit. I. 

 88, Holeus ccrnuus ; Dalz. and Gibbs, Bomb. Fl. Suppl. 99. 



Ver. Shalloo, Soondia. 



Is chiefly cultivated for its grain in cold weather in some parts of 

 the Deccan and Gujerat. In the Broach collectorate this is grown 

 in the Dcybarra and other districts under tho name of Soondia. 

 The stalk as a forage for cattle is unsurpassed. It contains a great 

 deal of saccharine matter, and is thus very nutritive. Dalz. and 

 Gibbs, Bomb. Fl. 



" This grass is said to be found growing wild in various districts 

 of Bombay." 



