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wlieii in blossom." In Australia it is cuiisidered to be a good* 

 fattening, pasture grass. In the United States, where it is known 

 under the name of " Hungarian (irass" it is much valued. Pro- 

 fessor Phares quoted by Dr. A^ase}^ remarks, "if cut at the right 

 stage the whole plant is a safe and very valuable forage." 



Mr. Mollison says " the grain is very easily rubbed out 

 from the head of grain. It varies in size and colour accordinif to 

 variety. The seed is oval, more pointed at one end than tlie 

 other, smooth, shining. The more common colours are creamy 

 white, dirty creamy white, yellow orange, light red brown. In 

 one variety brownish black glumes enclose creamy white seeds, 

 fn the Bombay Presidencj', the crop is annually becomino- more 

 popular and the area has considerably increased within recent 

 years. It is a quick gi'owing cereal and a suitable crop to grow 

 after a period of famine or scarcit}'. It produces a good deal of 

 grain and a fair amount of fodder in quick time. It thrives best 

 in medium light soil and does better than other millets with 

 deficient rainfall. The straw makes good fodder." 



Professor Church, in his analysis of the grain, gives the 

 Nutrient Ratio or Albuminoids to Starch I :7 4: Percentage of 

 Albuminoids I0'8 ; Nutrient value 91, and the following details: — 



t'uMPOsiTios UK Husked (Italian) iMii.LKr. 



JulOO|Mit-. hi 1 lb. 



Water ... ... 10-2 1 uz. 277 ^'laiiis, 



Albuiiiinoids ... ... lO'S 1 „ 318 „ 



Staivh ... ... 73-4 12 „ 03 „ 



Oil ... ... 2-9 „ 203 „ 



Fibre ... ... 15 „ 100 „ 



Ash ... ... 1-2 „ 84 „ 



In Dalzell and Gibson's Bombay Flora, Supplement, paoe [)S, 

 the authors give the following species, which must all o() under 

 one or other variet}^ of Setaria italica : — 



" 9. Panicum italicum, Ro.rb. Fl. Lid. I., p. 302, Iu(ii</nee 

 A'ora, Kang, a small grain, cultivated in the Ghat 

 districts ; spikes a little diffei-ent from those of 

 P. frumentaceum. 



