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leaf-slieaths glabrous, the bristles at the mouth early deciduous ; ligule 

 bearded. Hpikelets in half whorls on a terminal erect spike 4-8 in. 

 long, glabrous or with a few soft hairs at the tips of the glumes, 

 the fertile spikelets few, I5 in. long. Invol. -glumes 3-6, empty, 

 Lodicules 6, linear, nerved. Sfameus 25-40 ; anthers | in. long, 

 minutely apiculate ; filaments long, slender. Ovary prolonged into a 

 slender style J-i in. long; stigmas 5, papillose {Talbot). Grain ovoid, 

 2-3 by ^ in., narrowed into a long beak, supported by 4 persistent 

 glumes, riowered in 1896 in N. Kanara and had not been seen in 

 flower for many years till then in that district. Oclilandra Rheedei 

 var. sivagiriana,lL?iVoot, Trees, Bomb. p. 348 {not of Gamble). O.stridula, 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) p. 442 {not of Thwaites).— 

 Veen. Huda. 



Kanaka : Talhot. 



This bamboo has been identified with 0. Bheedei var. sivagiriana and with 

 0. stridula, both of which pUmts flower annually, while this flowers at long intervals 

 according to Mr, Talbot. --Disteib. India, W. Peninsula. 



The following non-indigenous plants not belonging to any of the 

 foregoing genera are grown for ornament or for economic use : — 



Zea Mays, Linn. Sp. PL (1753) p. 971. The well-known Maize or 

 Indian Corn, a tall stout annual monoecious grass, a native of America, 

 is cultivated widely to afford a forage for cattle. It is not very largely 

 cultivated for flour in the Bombay Presidency, though on the Panch 

 Mahals it ranks as a staple. It is grown widely for use as a vegetable, 

 the unripe cobs being boiled or roasted. PI. B. I. v. 7, p. 102; Grab. 

 Cat. p. 240 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Suppl. p. 100 ; "Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. 

 Nat. v. 13 (1901) p. 436 ; Prain, Beng. PL p. 1209; Watt, Diet. Econ. 

 Prod. V. 6, part 4, p. 327. — Vern. Bata ; Malca. 



Avena saiiva, Linn. Sp. PL (1753) p. 79. The common Oat, so w^ell 

 known and largely used as food for horses in Europe, is rarely cultivated 

 in the Bombay Presidency. It has been grown in Hyderabad (Siud), 

 but has not been found as good for horse-feeding as the Gram {Cicer 

 arietimim). El. B. I. v. 7, p. 275 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Suppl. p. 97 ; 

 "VVoodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) p. 440; Prain, Beng. PL 

 p. 1217; AVatt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 1, p. 356. — Vern. Jai. 



Ariindo Donax, Linn. Sp. PL (1753) p. 81. A native of the Lower 

 Himalayas, the Pan jab, Naga, Nilgiri and Kurg Hills, extending to 

 Europe and N. Africa, is often grown as an ornamental grass in clumps 

 in large gardens or on lawns. It is a tall grass 6-10 ft. high, with 

 flowers ill large erect thyrsiform decompound panicles 1-2 ft. long. 

 A variegated variety is also grown. El. B. I. v. 7, p. 302; Woodr. 

 Gard. in Ind. ed. 5 (1889) p. 548 ; Journ. Bomb, Nat. v, 13 (1901) 

 p. 440; Prain, Beng. PL p. 1218; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 1 

 p. 336. 



Triticum sativum, Lam. Elor. Yr. ed. 1, v. 3 (1778) p. 625. Wheat 

 widely cultivated, but nowhere found wild. Duthie, Eodd. Grass 

 N. Ind. (1888) p. i)S ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, part 4, p. 89.' 



