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2, A. paniculatus, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 2, 1406; F. B. I. iv, 718 ; 
Watt E. D. ; Comm. Prod. Ind. 63 ; Duthie Field and Gard. Crops, 
N. W. Prov. and Cudh, part iii, 23, t. 68 ; Collett Fl. Siml. 411; 
Prain Beng. Pl. 870; Cooke Fl. Bomb. ii, 489 ; A. frumen- 
taceus, Buch.-Ham. in Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii, 609 ; Royle Ill. 320 ; 
A. DC. L’Orig. Pl. Cult. 382. A. Anardana, Buch.-Ham. ; Royle 
Ill. 321.—Vern. Chua, marsa, bathu, etc. 
tall "robust annual, up to 6 ft. high or more. Stem stout, grooved 
striate and often tinged with red. Leaves 2-6-in. long, elliptic or 
ovate-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, base cuneate ; main lateral 
nerves slender, prominent beneath ; petioles 1-4 in. long. Spikes 
dense, many-flowered, subsquarrose, red, green or golden-coloured, 
the whole forming a thyrsoid panicle of which the central spike is 
the longest ; bracts recurved, much longer than the sepals. Perianth 
zs-} in. long. Sepals 5, oblong, lanceolate, acute and shortly awned. 
Stamens 5. Fruit a capsule, $ in. long, ovoid and narrowing to the 
apex ; styles usually 3, short. Seeds subglobose, white, red or black. 
Cultivated as a cold-season crop within the area, but chiefly in the Sub- 
Himalayan tracts ; it is also found as an escape. The minute seeds 
are very nutritious and afford wholesome food for a large number of 
the poorer class of natives. DISTRIB. : Largely grown as an autumn 
crop on the outer Himalayan ranges up to 10,000 ft. or more, as well 
as in the hilly districts of Peninsular India. It forms a very hand- 
some crop when in full flower, especially on the Himalaya where it is 
usually grown in terraces, the crimson and golden kinds mixed to- 
gether. The plant occurs also in E. and W. Asia and in Africa, 
either cultivated or as an escape. 
3, A. caudatus, Linn. Sp. Pl. 990; F. B. I. iv, 719; Watt 
E. D.; Comm. Prod. Ind. p. 63 ; Duthie Field and Gard. Crops, 
part iii, 24, t. 68 A; Collett Fl. Siml. 411; Prain Beng. Pl. 870 ; 
Cooke Fl. Bomb. ii, 491.—Vern. Kedari-chua. 
Similar in many respects to A. paniculatus, but in its typical state it 
may be distinguished by its smaller size, the obtuse leaves and by 
the very long and drooping terminal spike ; the bracts also, which 
are hardly recurved, do not greatly exceed in length the obovate 
mucronate sepals; also the utricle and seeds are smaller, the 
latter, as in A. paniculatus, varying very much in colour and shape. 
This plant is cultivated for its grain in the northera portion of the are® 
as a cold season crop, and also on the neighbouring Himalaya, where, 
