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793. MELOCANNA. Trin. Hexandria Monogynia. 
From melon—apple, kanna—reed; alluding to the large pear or melon 
shaped fruit of this genus. itis 
1767. M. Bamsusorpes. Tr. Bambusa baccifera. Rox. Flora. Ind. 2. p. 
197. Beesha. Rheed. Mal. 5. ¢. 60. Rox. Cor. Pl. 3. ¢, 243. Intd. by N. 1833. 
794. ZIZANIA. wt. Hexandria Digynia. 
1758, Z. Terrestris. W. 4. p.396. Katon Tsjolam. Rheed. Mal, 12. ¢. 
60. S. Concan. N. 
This has no relation to the Darnel of Shakespeare. 
Darnel, and all the idle weeds that grow 
In our sustaining cora. ; 
King Lear. 
And oats unblest, and darnel domineers, : 
And shoots it’s head above the shining ears. 
Dryden’s Virg. Georg. 1. 
SO 795. COIX. L. Monoecia Triandria. 
K 
_Aname used by Theophrastus to designate a kind of grass, Loudon. Lam. 
Til, ¢. 750. Gaert, Fruct. 1,é. 1. f. 10. Tourn. Inst. ¢. 306. 
1759. C.Lacuryma. L. Rox. Flora. Ind. 3. p 568. 
Cafre, Rheed. Mal, 12.70. Bet. Mag. 2479, Lachryma Jobi indica. Rumph. 
Amb. 5. t. 75. f. 2. 
Job’s Tears. A tall coarse grass, with hard bony seedsresembling beads 
or rather Small round shells. In rice fields, margins of tanks &e: Both 
Concans; Deccan, and Guzerat. peas dae te same Ble 
796. SPINIFEX... Polygamia Dicecia. 
Spina—a thorn, and fere—to bear; on allusion to the leaves having spinous 
points. Lam. Ill. ¢. 840. 
1760. S. Sauarrosus. Sprengel. 1. p, 239. Moris. Hist. p.8. ¢. 8. f. 11. 
Illy Mulu, Rheed, Mal. 12. ¢. 75. Common in the beach near Bandora, &c. 
797. ZEA. v. Monoecia Triandria. 
The Greek name for corn, from Zao, to live. Gaert. Fruct. 1. ¢.9. Tourn. 
Inst. #303. 305. i Be 
1761. Z. Mays. L. Rox: Flora. Ind. 3. p. 667, Lam. Til. ¢. 749. Maize or 
Indian corn, Muk Jowaree-Boota; commonly cultivated, boiled Maize is 
considared ‘“‘ daintierfare” in Ludia also. 
«« And in what depth to drop the yellow maize 
She knew, and when around its’ stem to raise, 
The lighten’d soil, and well could she prepare, 
It’s ripen’d seed for food, her proper praise; 
Or in the embers turn with frequent care, 
It's succulent head yet green, sometimes, for daintier fare,” 
Southey’s Tale of Paraguay, Canto 1. 
