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The varieties are numerous. The crop is confined to the 

 hills, since the temperature of the plains is too high for it to 

 be grown profitably. It is an increasingly important crop on 

 the Nilgiris. 



Seed-rate— 900 to 1,000 lb. per acre. 

 Yield— 5 to 6 tons. 



CEPHALANDRA INDICA. 



Tamil Kovai. 



Telugu Dondai. 



There are two varieties, one is wild and is bitter, and the 

 other cultivated which is sweet. It is said that the fruits lose 

 bitterness under cultivation. In the Circars, it is cultivated 

 and the fruit is used as a vegetable. Elsewhere it is com- 

 monly found wild, growing on bushes and hedges. The ripe 

 fruit may be gathered as it becomes sweet. 



AMARANTH. 



(Amaranthu8 gangeticus.) 



Tamil Kiraithandu. 



Telugu Thotakoora. 



Malayalam 



Kanarese 



This is grown as a mixed crop in vegetable and backyard 

 gardens. The whole plant is generally pulled out and sold. 



There is another variety which goes by the name A. 

 Paniculatus, and which is grown on the hills for the sake of 

 its grain which is parched and made into flour and eaten. It 

 is also used for making sweetmeats. 



Weight of seed— 1,000 seeds weigh "82 gramme. 



Number of seeds in 1 lb.— 553,000. 



SNAKE GOURD. 



(Trichosanthes anguina.) 



Tamil Pudalangai. 



Telugu Potlakaya. 



Malayalam ... Padavalanga. 



This gourd is cultivated commonly throughout India as 

 a rainy season crop in back yards and occasionally on garden 

 lands. There are varieties differing in the size of the fruit 

 and its colour : length, 5 feet to 2 feet : colour from light to 



