ROTH] PLANT FOOD 219 
Schomburgk reports seeing bread manufactured from a mixture of 
manihot and maize meal (SR, 1, 188), and some pap made of 
pounded maize boiled with cut-up pumpkin (SR, 1, 192) among the 
Makusi of the upper Cotinga. Dance speaks of aknaikh, a mixture 
of maize and buck-yam, met with on the Curiebrong. The corn, with 
pieces of boiled purple buck-yam interspersed, is thrown into a 
wooden mortar, and cold water added when the pestle is worked— 
not pounded downward—from all sides to all sides (Da, 232). Wild 
maize, whence the settlement receives its name, was found at Annai 
village, on the eastern foot of the Pacaraima Range (ScO, 73). 
245. Rice.—Though rice was introduced from the East Indies, it 
was growing wild on the Orinoco, certainly a couple of centuries 
‘ ago. “It is a very singular and noteworthy thing that I have 
observed,” says Gumilla, “on the lands subject to inundation on 
the Rivers Orinoco, Meta, Apure, Casanare, Tame, and others, and 
that is, in place of the reeds which are generally seen in other lakes, 
in those of the said rivers, is to be found rice growing, increasing, 
and ripening. It arises in the moist soil without anyone sowing 
or cultivating it. The inexperienced Indians do not recognize the 
use of this precious grain, but the little birds do” (G, um, 281). 
Brown speaks of the Wapishana bringing him some fresh provi- 
sions, among which was a small quantity of unshelled rice which 
they had grown themselves (BB, 274). 
246. The following is a list of the more common economic plants 
other than cassava which are recorded as having been cultivated by 
the Indians: 
Ananas sativa. Pineapple (G, 11, 246). 
Anacardium sp. Cashew (ScB, 178). 
Arum sp. (PEN, m7). 
Bactris gasipiies=Guilielma speciosa. Paripi or peach-palm (SR, 
11, 417; HWB, 286). 
Bixa orellana. Ruku. 
Bromelia sp. (karatas). Silk-grass (kuraua). 
Capsicum sp. Peppers. 
Carica papaya. Papaw (G, n, 246). 
?Cinnamomum (G, 1, 321). 
Cocos nucifera. Coconut. 
Crescentia cujete. Calabash (PEN, 1, 111). 
Tpomeea batatas. Potato (FE, 75). 
Citrus sp. Lemon (ScB, 178; ScO, 123). 
Citrus sp. Lime (ScG, 264; ScB, 178, 187). 
Citrus sp. Orange (ScB, 187). 
Dioscorea sp. Yam (ScB, 187). 
Euphorbia cotinoides (PEN, 1, 111). 
Genipa americana. Lana (ScT, 25, 39, 40; SR, 1, 47, 371). 
