G20 GRAMINEAH. 



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Cases of poisoning are occasionally met with in India^ 

 arising from the consumption of this grain as an article of 

 food. The symptoms are similar to those seen in poisoning by 

 darnel (see Lollam iemulenfiim) . Kodru-poisoning occasionally 

 ends fatally : thus^ in a case reported to the Bombay Chemical 

 Analyser, from Godhra, in 1879-80, four persons, viz., a man 

 and three children, were poisoned by eating bread made from 

 the flour, and one of the children died. This grain appears to 

 be only occasionally poisonous ; according to popular belief, 

 there are two varieties of the grain, Gora or '^ sweet,^' and 

 Majara or '' poisonous." 



Churcli*s analysis shows the f olio wing^ percentage composition 

 of the husked grain:— Wat^r 11'7, albuminoids 7-0, starch 

 77-2, oil 2'1, fibre 0-7, ash 1 -3. 



Hygrorhiza aristata, iVces.— Nivara (SansJmt), 



Uridhan {Hind., Bcng.), Deobhat {Mar.). 



See article on Rice. Church's anatysis shows that wild rice, 

 after it has been husked, has the following percentage 



composition :— Water 12-8, albuminoids 7-3, starch 78-3, 

 oil OG, fibre 0-4, ash 6. 



Eleusine corocana, Ga>in.-~'Ri^i{8an8Jcnt),'Uim^vi^, 



Mandal {Eincl), Marua {Bencj.), Ivayur {Tarn.), Ponassa (T<V.), 

 Riigl {Can.), Nachni, Ndgli {Mar.). 



This grain is much used by the poorer classes in "Western 



India, usually in the form of porridge. It is considered to be 



particularly wholesome and digestible, and a thin gruel made 



from it is much used mixed with cow's milk for weaning 



children and as a diet for invaKds. In Goa thin biscuits are 



prepared with the flour, from which a gruel can at once be 

 made. 



Church's analysis shows the grain to have the following- 

 percentage composition :— Water 13-2, albuminoids 7'3, starch 

 73-2, oil 1-5, fibre 2-5, ash 2-3, phosphoric acid 0-t. 



