PART III. 

 CROPS. 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



BOTANICAI, CLASSIFICATION OF CROPS. 



/ 1PHE principal agricultural crops &c., may be thus exhibited 

 under the various natural orders to which they belong: 



Monocotyledons. 



(1) GraminecB 



1. Paddy (oryza sativa) C. 



2. Wheat (J'riticum Sativum) C. 



3. Barley (Hordeum hexastichum) C. 



4. Oats (A vena sativa) C & F. 



5. Deodhan or Jua"r (Andropogon sorghum) C & F. 



6. Cheena (Panicum miliaceum) C & F. 



7. Kayon (Panicum Italicum) C, 



8. , Maize ^Zea mays) C. 



9. Sha*ma pr ; Bhura (Panicum frumentaceum) C & F. 



10. Gondli (Panicum miliare) C. 



11. Menjhri (Panicum psilopodeum) C. 



12. Mama (Eleusine coracana)C. 



13. Kodo (Paspalum scrobiculatum).C. 



14. Bajrd (Pennisetum typhoideum) C. 



15. Ulu or thatching grass (Imperata arundinacea) M. 



1 6. Kdsha", khdg or reed (Saccharum spontaneum) M. 



17. Sugarcane (saccharum officinarum) M. 



1 8. Munj (Saccharum ciliare) FB. 



19. Durba (Cynodon dactylon) F. 



20. Bamboo (Bambusa arundinacea) M. 



21. Lata"-grass or para-grass (Panicum muticum) F. 



22. Er-kati (Ischsemuin rugosum.) 



