DIVISION I 



Class 3. A. 



AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE. 



a Cereals, 



N. O. 266, GRAMINACE^E. GRASSES. 

 Andropogon saccharatus. Rox. 



Linn. Sy&t. Triandria Digynia. 



Vernacular. Deodkan, Hind. Shaloo, Dec. 



Habitat. East Indies. Cultivated throughout India during the 

 rainy and cold seasons. 



Remarks. This is thought to be the same as IIolcus saccharatus, Linn., 

 the Taam of Egypt, and which includes //. Dochna, Forsk. the Dochn 

 of Arabia and Egypt ; //. caffrorwtn, Thunb. ; and Sorghum arduini, 

 Jacq. Imphee is probably another variety : and all, perhaps, are derived 

 from a common parent with Soryhum vulgar e> Pers. 



COracana. Gtert. Thick-spiked El 'eusine. 



Linn. St/et. Triandria Digynia. 



Vernacular. Rajika, Sans. % Maud, Hind. Maroon, Murha, Hind. 

 I5eng. Nanau/i, Sindh. Munduf, Kans;ra. Natcknee, Naala t 

 llayee, Dec. Mootamy, TsjetlipuUe, Mai. Rayai, Can. Kaywur y 

 Kelwaragoo, Tain. Sodi, Tamidaloo, Ponassa, Chola, Ragalu t 

 Tel. KurakJcan, Cey. Mandwah, Pers. 



Habitat. Egypt, East Indies, South America. .Cultivated in India 

 during the rains. 

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