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27. A. Sorghum. R. 



Erect. Panicle contracted, dense ; hermaphrodite calyces hairy. 

 Carols three-valved, awned. 



Holcus Sorghum, linn. Sp. PL ed. Wiltd. iv. 921). 



Beng. and Hind. Jooar. 



Teiing. Telia, or Konda (white) junoo the name of the plant, 

 and Tella-janoolar the grain. 



Obs. This also i liave only found in a cultivated state. It differs 

 from the former. 



\st. In having the panicle contracted, very dense, and less regu- 

 larly vei ticelled. 



^2d. In having the glumes of the calyx of a whitish green colour 

 and very woolly. 



Sd. In having three-valves to the neuter flowers. 



There are two other sorts, which I take to be only varieties of 

 the last ; their names in Telmga are Pacha (green) Janoo and Yerra 

 (red) Janoo. 



These last two with their varieties are much cultivated on « 

 rather elevated, good soil. Seed lime October ; and harvest time Ja- 

 nuarv. The produce in good soil is often upwards of an huudred-fold. 

 The grain is much used for food. It is probable that through the 

 whole of Southern Asia as many of the inhabitants live on the va- 

 rious kinds of dry or small grain, as upon rice, and they are reck- 

 oned fully as wholesome as that is. 



All kinds of cattle are remarkably fond of the straw notwith- 

 standing its thickness, and solidity. 



S8. A. cernnuni. R. 



Erect, from five to fifteen feet high ; lower half with verticels of 

 i-oots from the joints. Panicles oval, with numerous, long, com- 

 pound, cemuous-branches ; glumes villous and fringed ; corol three- 

 Valved and fringed, the inner scarce awned. 



Holcus cernuus. Linn. Sp. PL ed. Willd.'iv. 930. 



This species, (or variety of Sorghum,) is the kind cultivated by the in- 

 habitants of the M«aipoora, Koonkee, and other mountainous districts 



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