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reported to be slow at the commencement, but later grew rapidly 

 with a renewed rainfall and gave a very large yield; it stood 

 over 8 ft. in height before being cut (Ann. Rep. Dept. Agric. 

 B.E. Africa, 1912-13, p. 119). Of several other fodder plants 

 introduced to Lagos (1892) Millen reports (Rep. Bot. St. Lagos, 

 30th Sept. 1892) on this one — seeds purchased from Vilmorin, 

 Andrieux & Co. Paris, " germinated freely," and (1894) '' I have 

 planted a quantity of plants of E. luxiirians, the only fodder 

 plant of those introduced which appears to be growing with 

 good results" (I.e. 30th June 1894; Kew. Bull. 1894, p. 382). 

 In India in some places the grass has been favourably reported 

 on, while in other parts it has failed, and " the general opinion 

 is that it could never compete with the existing fodder plants 

 of India, such as Juar " [^ee Sorghum] etc., as its cultivation 

 on a large scale would be too expensive omng to its requiring 

 rich soil and constant irrigation (Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod, India). 

 It flowered at Kew in December 1879 in the Water-lily House, 

 where it attained a height of 15 ft. (Christy, seq. p. 6). 



Bef. — " Teosinte {Enchlaena hixurians, Durieu)/' in New 



Commercial Plants, Christy, No. 3, 1880, pp. 5-7. '' Enchlaena 



lu:x;urians] Teosinte," Kew Bull., 1894, pp. 380-382. ''Note 



sur le Teosinte {Eeana luxurians)^' Chalot, in L'Agric. prat. 

 pays chauds, i. 1901-02, pp. 129-136. 



Zea, Linn. 



Zea Mays, Linn. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. IX. p. 26. 



/«.— Bentley & Trimen, Med. PL t. 296; Duthie, Field & 

 Garden Crops, t. 5; Church, Food Grains, India, p. 64; Kohler, 

 Med. Pflan. iii. ; Hitchcock, Grasses, U.S. Dept, Agric, Bull. 

 No. 772, 1920, p. 285, f, 172, p. 286, f. 173. 



Vernac. names. — ^Masara (Hausa, Dalziel) ; Amarsk, Nyin, 

 Kabe, (Sierra Leone, Thomas) ; [Abru (Fanti), Abblay (Accra), 

 Agbahdor (Gold Coast) Easmonl) Agogoda Kome, Niole, 

 Gbaguen, Toga or Khevet, Kinto, Hounve, GboK— names of 

 various varieties (Dahomey, Henry) — ^Maize, Corn, Indian Corn, 



Mealie Corn or Mealies (S. Africa), 



Native of Tropical America, and under cultivation in almost 

 every tropical or sub-tropical quarter of the globe. 



A well-known cereal used everywhere — the grain for food 

 green as a vegetable, or as the basis of various patent foods, 

 " corn flour," ** force," " grape nuts," etc., and the plant for 

 fodder. Maize corn is commonly used for feeding to stock, 

 parrots, poultry and game. The variety " Gnquantino " (five 

 sided) — also known as '' small Yellow Flint " and " Bessarabiau " 

 (Agric, Joum. Union of S. Africa, 1911, p. 416) is suitable for 

 feeding pigeons; it is shipped from the Danube and comes 

 occasionally into the London market. The cake made from 

 the germs after expression of the oil is recommended as a good 

 feed for animals, especially dairy cows ; for fodder, the plant 



