The large-leaved sort is called K'>umi ; that with small leaves, 

 Baladi. 



II : By seed, either broadcasted or sown in drills about I foot apart. 



III : Generally it is sowa during March and April. However the pe- 

 riod during which the seod is sowa is much more wide, extending from 

 about the beginning of February t > about the end of September. So- 

 wings made early in February are late in harvesting, requiring about 

 1 1/2 months to be ready for use. However when the seed is sown in 

 Spring, particularly in April, as well as early in Summer, the plant 

 ripens in about 25-30 days. 



V : From early sowings, generally, only a single cutting is taken 

 while from sowings late in Spring, etc, as a rule two. 



VII : The plant has an acid and pleasant taste. The fleshy leaves 

 as well as the thick succulent stem? are used raw in salads and very 

 extensively as a p )t-herb particularly by the poor classes of natives. 

 The young and tender shoots are often pickled. The plant is conside- 

 red diuretic, c )oling, demulc3tit, em )llient, alterative and antiscorbu- 

 tic. 



VIII : Hardy and very easy to grow in any good quick soil - 

 Thrives better on light soils and requires an abundance of irrigation 

 water. No great want for manure though an application is necessary 

 in order to get a large stock of the succulent shoots ai|d leaves. 



Panicum jumentorum : Hashish gouyana ; Guinea grass; Graminae. 



II : Although in Egypt, this perennial grass seeds freely it is best 

 propagated by divisions of old root-stocks. Before the end of the se- 

 cond year the plant from frequent cutting will have formed large tus- 

 socks (Arb : Koshn) ; these are splitted longitudinally by means of a 

 haud-ho? or spacb planted on the flat at a distance apart 2 1/2 feet 

 on both sides. 



III ; The divisions must be planted in February, towards the last 

 half, before active growth commences. 



V : In about .*> months the first crop'mav be taken. In favourable 

 seasons, it has been found possible to obtain 5 cuttings during the 

 year but under ordinary conditions, 3 are generally obtained. 



VII : The plant though tried experimentally with considerabel 



