aQ karrative of a journey 



KHEREEF. 



4. Mukka, in Hindujlayt Bhoottah ; Tjca Mays. It 

 Vas in flower the 20th of July^ and is gathered in Au- 

 gtiji or September* 



2. Congnce Fdnicum ItaTicum was in flower July 28th. 



3. Oord or Majli ; Phafeolus Max ; flowers in /m/v 

 and Augiiji, ripe about the end of September. 



A . Moong Pkullee, Arachis Hypogaea ; (ground-nut, 

 or pig-nut of the IVeJi Indies) was in flower in September. 



5. Majid or Maly Cynojurus Coracanus, Lin. Elenfine 

 Cora can a Gcertner : in Hindujian the name is Murhua, 

 in the Carnatic Natcheny^ and in My/ore Rdgy. 



6. * Bajera, is a fmall round grain, efleemed very 

 nutritious, but heating, and fomewhathardof digeftion. 

 Being very cheap, it is principally ufed by the poorer 

 clafs of inhabitants, and by xh^ Mahiattas, who make 

 of it flat cakes, of which a horfeman can carry under 

 his faddle a fufficient provifion for many days. It was 

 in flower the 13th September, and is reaped in October. 



7. Jooar. Holcus Sorghun^ Lin. 

 Andropogon Sorghian^ RoxB. 



The culm is very flrong, and grows to the height ot 

 fcven or eight feet. The fpike egg-fhaped, nodding 



•• The HoJcus Spicatus of Linn^^us. A defcription and figure 

 of it are given in the 1ft volume of the tranfaftions of the Padoua 

 (p. 124.) by Sign. P. Arduin. He obtained the feeds from T-uvis, 

 "where it is called Drob. The internal ftrufture of the fruftitication, 

 and the form of the fpike, agree fo well with the Bajera, that I 

 have no hefitation in referring them to the fame fpecies. But the 

 fpecimen reprefented by Sign. Arduiv is much more ramified, 

 with the culm and principal fpike larger, than I have ever feen. 

 This is probably a variety, produced by diyerfity of foil and cul- 

 tivation. 



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