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3. Coix, Linn. (Cke. ii, 997). 



Species 5 or 6.— Hot countries of the Old World. 



Coix Lacryma=,lobi, Linn. Sp. PL ed.L972 ; Cke. ii, 997 ; S^apf in Fl. Trop. 

 Afr. ix, 27. — Coix Lacryma, Linn. Syst. ed. x, 1261 ; Duthie, Grasses of N. W. 

 India, 11, and Fodder Grass r N. Ind. 18. 



Locality: Sind : Umarkot r sandy plains (Sabnis B717 !) ; Chuar Chemali, 

 Indus River (Blatter and McCann D6S0 !) ; Mirpur Sakro (Blatter and MeCann 

 D681 ! D683 !) ; Gharo (Blatter and MeCann D682 !■). — Gujarat : (Graham).— 

 Khandesh (McCann !) —Konkafi : Gokhiwara, Bassein (Ryan 25!)-; Matheran 

 (Paranjpe !) ; Dohe Forests (Ryan 713!) ; Junga Hill. Thana (Paranjpe!) ; 

 Ali bag, rice fields (Ezekiel I) ; Kenery Caves,, foot (McCann 9876!) ; Sion 

 (McCann 8453 !) ; Bhandup, near tank (McCann 5098!) ; Horse-shoe Valley, 

 Ghatkoper (McCann 9877!) : Common along line from Kalyan to Kasara in? 

 streams (MeCann \).—Deccan : Lonavla (Garade ! McCann! Woodrow); 

 Khandala, common all over (McCann 9405!); Purandhar (McCann 5005!); 

 Igatpuri (McCann 4346 !) ; Panchgani Ghat (Cooke) ; Panchgani (Blatter !).— 

 S. M. Country: Devaryi (Sedgwick and Bell 4426!); Dharwar (Sedgwick 

 1856 !),— Kanara : (McCann !) ; Common all through the Konkan and Deccan 

 during the rains, filling up the banks of streams and fields. 



Distribution : Tropical Asia, cultivated in Africa and America. 



Uses : Used as fodder for cattle. Duthie says that they fatten on it. Haines 

 calls it a poor fodder for cattle. Of the false fruits there are several varieties 

 differing much in size, shape and colour, and used for decorative purposes in 

 the place of beads. According to Stapf one variety with thin shells is an 

 important cereal in Burma and in the Farther East. Waxy endosperm, first 

 found in maize from China, Burma and the PhilMppines, has been found now 

 in Coix Lacryma- Jobi from the same region. 1 



4. Polytoca, Br. (Cke. ii, 998) 



1. Polytoca Cookii, Stapf in Hook. Ic. PI. 24 (1895) t. 2333 ; Cke. ii, 998. 

 Locality: Kathiawar : Junagad (Blatter). — Konkan : Tungar forest, 



Bassein (Bhide) ; Bombay (Dalzell) ; Salsette (Jacquemont 706). Deccan: 

 Khandala (McCann 9881!) ; Igatpuri (McCann 9880!) ; near Mahableshwar 

 (Woodrow 1 ); Mahableshwar (Woodrow, Cooke). Kanara: (Lisboa). 

 Distribution : Apparently endemic in the Bombay Presidency. 



2. Polytoca barbata, Stapf in Hook. f. F. B. I. vii (1896), 102 ; Cke. ii, 599". 

 Coix barbata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii, 569 ; Dalz. and Gibs. Bombay Fl. 289. 

 Coix gigantea, Herb. Russ. ex Wall Cat. No. 8626. — Chionachne barbata, Br. 

 in Benn. PI. Rar. Jav. 18 ; Aitchis, Cat. Panj. PL 157 ; Duthie Grass. N. W. 

 Ind. 11, and Fodd. Grass. N. India, 19. 



Locality : Gujarat : Chharodi farm (Gammie 16536 !) ; Nadiad farm (Herb. 

 Econ. Bot. Poona!) ; Surat (Sedgwick !) ; Junagad, Kathiawar (Blatter 3784 !>. 

 Khandesh: Toranmal (McCann 9883 !)■ ; Taloda (Golne!). Konkan: Between 

 Worli Fort and Hornby-Villard Road on bank, Bombay (Sabnis 9884 !) ; Thana 

 CMcCann!). Deccan: High hills round Junnar, Poona District (Dalzell and 

 Gibson); Poona (Woodrow); College of Science, Poona (Herb. Econ. Bot. 

 Poona !) ; Ganeshkhind Bot. Gard. (Herb. Econ. Bot. Poona !) ; Haveli (Herb, 

 Econ. Bot. Poona !) ; near Sholapur (Woodrow !). 5. M. Country : S. W. of 

 Dharwar (Sedgwick and Bell 4433!); Kunemelihalli (Sedgwick 1947!); 

 Kholapur (Woodrow !, Herb. Econ. Bot. Poona !>. Kanara : Gersoppa Falls 

 (Talbot !)•. 



Distribution : India, Ceylon, Java. 



Kempton J. H — Linkage between brachytic culms and pericarp and cob 

 color in maize. Jour Washington Ac. Sc. 11 (1920), 13-20. 



Kempton, J. H.— A brachytic variation in maize. U. S. Dept. Agr. Bui. 925 

 (1921). 



Richey, F. D.— The inequality of reciprocal corn crosses. Jour. Amer. Soc. 

 Agron. 12(1920), 186-196. 



Urbain, A. — Influence des matieres de reserve de l'albumen de la graine sur 

 le development de l'embryon. Rev. Gen. Bot. 32 (1920), 125-139, 165-191. 



1 Kempton, J. H. Waxy endosperm in Coix and sorghum. Jour. Here- 

 dity, 12 (1921), 396-400. 



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