18 I. VEGETABLES.— GRAMiNEiE. 



that ought to be allowed to a horse that works regularly and 

 moderately. 



*Flote grass, Manna grass, Gi^amen maniKB, Ulva, Ti/pha, 

 Festucajiuitans. — Husked seeds, Russia seeds, manna seeds, nutri- 

 tive, sweet, eaten. 



Sugar cane, Arundo saccharina, Saccharum officinale; — 

 Chinese sugar cane, S. Sinense, Juice yields sugar. — *Reed, 

 Arundo vallatoriay A. phragmites. Root diuretic, depurative ; 

 panicles dye wool green. — Bamboo cane, A. tabaxifera, A. bambos, 

 Bambusa arundinacea ; — B, baccifera. Yield tabasheer. 



*Reed grass, Gramen arundinaceum, Arundo calamagrostis ; — 

 Great reed, A. donax. Roots diuretic and emmenagogue. 



*Canary Grass, Phalaris, P. Canariensis. Juice of the herb 

 drank in pain of the bladder : seed used to feed small birds, and 

 ground to make flour paste. 



Warroogo, Paspalum frumentaceum. Seeds used for food. 



Job''s tears, Lachryma Jobi, Coix lachryma, C ovata. Seeds 

 diuretic, and used to make anodyne necklaces for teething 

 children. 



Canada rice, Zizania aquatica. Bears the cold better than 

 any other species of grain, and would probably become the bread- 

 corn of the north, beyond the latitudes in which oats grow freely, 

 from its productiveness, but that its seeds do not ripen all at one 

 time. 



Lemon grass, CameVs haij^ Sioeet rush, Schopnanthus, Jancus 

 odoratus, Andropogon schoenanthus. Stalk and leaves aromatic, 

 sharp-tasted, heating, attenuant, discussive, tonic ; contains a resin 

 analogous to myrrh : a species in Mithridate and Venice treacle. 

 The infusion of it drank in India by those with whom Chinese 

 tea does not agree. 



Ginger grass, Nard Syriaque ? Andropogon parancura. An 

 essential oil is distilled from it in India. 



Indian spikenard, Nardus Indica, Andropogon nardus. Bitter, 

 smells like cyperus, and has the qualities of camel's hay ; a species 

 in Mithridate and Venice treacle. 



Turkey millet, Indian millet, Jooar, Durra^ Milium Indicum, 

 Holcus sorghum^ Sorghum commune. Grain black, yields little 

 flour, used to feed poultry. — White flat-seeded sorgho, S. album, 

 H. sorghum ; — Saggina rubra. Sorghum vulgare rubens, S. Arduini, 

 H. rubens ; — Black-seeded sorgho, H. niger ; — Guinea corn, Bar^ 

 badoes millet, Milium Sabceum, S. vulgare bicolor, H. bicolor ; — 

 Couscous, Bajorah, Panicum Americanum, H. spicaius, Pennisetum 

 spiculum, Pennicillaria spicata; — Yelloic-seeded Indian millet, H, 

 dachna, S. saccharatus^ H, saccharatus. Seeds used as breadcorn, 



