342 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, 1890. 



country from America, but has degenerated considerably in size, < 1 

 jargest being grown in Jaunpur and Azamgarh, the cobs in these 

 districts being double the ordinary size, and the plants themsel 

 taller than the ordinary. 



Maize is grown both for the grain as well as for fodder ; tke stalks- 

 being rich in saccharine matter are gladly eaten by cattle. Whei_ 

 required for fodder the sewing is very close and is carried on about 

 the middle of March or April ; but if cultivated for the sake of the 

 grain, the sowing does not commence until the rains break. 



&RY8EM,Lkin. 



Okysa, Linn. 



0. sativa, Linn,, Dalz. and Gibs, Bo. FL, SuppL 98. 



Vern. Chawal, Rice. 



The daily food of the natives of India, much cultivated in i i 

 Concan and Ghat districts of Guzerat. One to two crops are raised 

 annually, but it is not uncommon in C'anara and Malabar to raise 

 three crops from the same ground, 



A variety of wild rice is said to grow at Mount Abu, where it is 

 collected for food by the natives. 



Rice straw, though sometimes given to cattle, is not considered 



svholesome. 



Hygkoryza, Nees, 



H. aristata. Nees in Edin., Phil, Joum.; Potamcliloa arfetcfta, Griff. 



in Journ. Asiat. Soc. and Icones Plant. As., t. 140. 



Grows in the Konkan, and North Canara. Cattle are said to be 



fond of this grass, 



Leeksia, tiicari. 



L. hexandra. Swart. FL hid. Occid. I. 131 ; Zizarna anatata, Griff, 

 in Journal Asiatic Soc, Beng., V. 570, t. 22. 



Found in North Canara, and elsewhere on wet ground. Accord- 

 ing to Symmond cattle are fond of it; and in Australia it is said to be 

 much relished bv stock. 



TRISTEGINEJE. 



AlUNDIN'ELLA, R(«J<(> 



A. strict* , Nees, Dalz. and Gibs., Bomb. FL 293. 

 This is given on the authority of the authors of the Bombay Flora, 

 who do not describe minutely the characters of the glumes, and in the 



