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weight of the seed. It is cultivated on the Himalayas up to 
6000 
ee 
Sawan i Panicum frumentaceum).—This and the last-named Millet 
are very quick-growing kinds, coming to maturity within six weeks 
om sowing t is grown extensively on the Himalayas, as well 
as on the lains. In rich damp ground the stems are apt to topple 
over, and, rooting at the nodes, h shee up strong secondary shoots. 
The hill name is Jhangora. An allied nae P, — ze a 
Manp “(eleva corocana).—This is very extensively grown 
both on ame plains and Himalayas. In Dehra Din and the neigh- 
bouring hilly Spraes it forms i “ss sae food of the inliabital 
0 ills it is usually mix with ¢ rtain coarse fps é. g- " 
poorer classes. 
(To be continued.) 
SHORT NOTES. 
Saxrrraca pepatiripa Sm. as a Brirish Puant.—-The evidence 
adduced by Mr. A. ws Bennett at 7. 152 does not, I am afraid, 
point, any more than Dr. J. T. Mackay’s specimen of Alchemilla 
not occur.—Tuos. H. 
Monectous AnD HERMAPHRODITE MERCURIALIS PERENNIS.— When 
gathering some fine fruiting specimens of this plant, during the 
second week in May, last, one of them was observed with both 
