62 NATURAL HISTORY VOCABULARY 



Nyoko (nyokoi) . . . Sugar-cane [Saecharum qtfictnafum 



— Gramineae). 



Pisii (pisui) .... A swamp gra.ss with long trailing 



stalks. Something like "dube" 

 or Bahama grass. Grows in 

 brackish water. Name doubt- 

 ful. 



Pote (pote) .... A grass, the seeds of which are 



eaten. 



Yani (yani) .... A soft spreading grass. 



Yuyavi (yuyavi) ... A rough grass. Leaf 12 inches or 



more by 1 inch. Leaves grow 

 separately from stem. Cling- 

 ing flower seeds, 1 inch long, 

 which are used to catch rats. 



Names and Varieties of Rice 



Mba (mbei) .... Rice generally (Oryza). 



Mba-gala (^Iba-gale) . Seed or grain of rice. 



Mba-wu (mba-wui) . . Ear of rice. 



Bongo (bongoi) . . . Red. Short, thick grain. Planted 



in mud. 

 Fase (fase) .... Tasteless. (;!rows slowly. Name 



not confirmed, 

 (iete (gete) .... Red. Short-grained. 

 Gobe (gobe) .... ? American l>y origin. Grows in 



water. 

 Goro-feli (Goro-feli) . . Red. Long-haired. 

 Jobo (jiibdi) .... ? A ])luish rice. Long grain. Fine 



flavour. 

 Kokovaiya (kokovaiye) Red. Several heads to one stalk. 



(irows antwhere. 

 Meka (meke) .... Reil. Slow growing. 

 Marra (marrai) . . . Black. A commonly grown lioe. 

 Manika (manikei) . . Red. Long grain. 

 Nja-kundn (nja-kiuidi) Red. 

 Pava (pave) .... Tasteless. Grows slowly. Name 



not confirmed. 

 Pende (peu<li') , , . Black. Early rice. Short. 



