206 HEXANDRIA DIGYNIA. Orijza. 



5th. Aksuna-waree the plant, and Aksunaloo the 

 grain. Grain like the last, but the table rice is finer; a 

 large proportion of this is cultivated. 



6lh. Krishna-neel-waree the plant, and Krishna-nee laloo 

 the grain. The grain is awnless, very small, dark bluish- 

 black colour. The prepared rice very fine, and white ; it is 

 not much cultivated. 



This rice is generally boiled in steam, on account of its 

 fineness. It is eaten by the rich only. 



7th. Bangar-tiga, Silsivge luxuriant sort. Grain white, 

 and awnless ; prepared rice white, and tolerably fine, it is 

 much cultivated in the Vizagapatam district. 



8th. Kalee-ganda. This is also a large luxuriant sort. 

 The grain dark-coloured, awnless. The prepared rice to- 

 lerably white, but not fine ; it requires but little water. 



9th. Telasuna-waree the plant, and Telia sunaloo the 

 grain. It is a large luxuriant variety. The grain white, 

 awnless ; the prepared rice white and fine. It is much 

 cultivated. 



There are besides the above, about twenty more varie- 

 ties of this division, more or less fine, but the principal 

 are those above-mentioned. 



2. O. coarctata. R. 



Panicle contracted ; valvelets of the calyx subulate. 

 Leaves culm-clasping. 



A native of the Delta of the Ganges, and first disco- 

 vered there by Dr. Buchanan in 1796. Flowering time the 

 rainy season. 



Root fibrous, and appearsto be perennial. Culms erect, 

 ramous, jointed, from two to four feet high, smooth, their 

 lower parts seem also perennial. Leaves sword-shaped, 

 broadest at the culm-clasping base, tapering to a very 

 fine, long point, smooth, and of a firm texture, unequally 

 divided by the nerve, ^\hich is visible on the back only, 

 margins armed with minute prickles. Sheaths of the 



