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TRITICUM, Triandria Digynia. 



2. T ^STivuM, Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1, p 359; T aiistatum, 

 Blackw. t. 40,/. 4 and 5. — " Gehoon," Hindoostanee and Marathi. 

 The bearded Wheat is the variety most commonly grown in the 

 Deccan, Gujarat, and Kandeish. The stem is seldom two feet 

 high, and the produce in a given area not above a quarter that of 

 Europe. One variety of unbearded Wheat is often cultivated ; 

 another " Khuple" is only grown in irrigated land. It contains 

 much more gluten than the others : selling price of Wheat is 

 generally from 60 to 70 lbs. to the rupee. 



3. T PiLOSUM. — Bukshee Wheat, having the calices covered 

 with much soft tomentum. From this and other differences it may 

 be ventured to be quoted as a distinct species. It is always raised 

 in irrigated land, and reaches a height of from 3 to 3| feet. The 

 grain abounds in starch, and is much longer and fuller than that 

 of the others ; selling price is generally 5 to 10 lbs. less than that of 

 the others. On the high table-lands of the Deccan, as Mahab- 

 leshwur, &c., Wheat is a common coip, and here the grain has, in 

 a given bulk, about one-fifth more weight than that raised in the 

 plains. Below the Ghauts, Wheat does not grow, as neither the 

 soil nor climate suit it. 



A YEN A, Linn. Gen. No. 91 ; Hort. Grab. 2, t. 50. 



4. A Sativa. — The common Oat; is now pretty extensively 

 grown in some parts (chiefly northern) of India ; likewise near to 

 European stations further south, as at Hudupseer, near Poona. It 

 can be purchased there at the rate of 65 to 70 lbs. per rupee, 

 It is often used for the feeding of horses, but as the paleaceous 

 material is much more predominant than is the case in the Oat of 

 Europe, it often gives rise to chronic cough and huskiness. Hence 

 many prefer the Cicer arietinum, or Gram, to the Oat as a horse's 

 food . 



PASPALUiVl, Triandia Digynia. From the Greek name Willel. 



5. P ScROBicuLATUM, var. P Kodroo-Kora, Roxb. Fl. Ind. 

 1, p 278 and 279. — A very common and cheap grain, but not very 

 wholesome ; grown in the hill-lands of the Konkun, especially 

 the variety Hurreek, which often induces temporary insanity and 

 spasms, &c. Large numbers of people may be occasionally seen 

 thus affected. 



ELEUSINE, Gaert., Triandria Digynia. From Elensis, near 

 Athens, where games were celebrated in honour of Ceres. 



6. E CoRACANA, Nachnee Naglee-Ragee, Roxb. Fl. Ind. I, 

 p 342 ; C ryriosurus, Pluk. Aim. t. 9,f. 5 ; Rheed. Mai. 12, t. 78 ; 

 Rumph. Amb. 5, t. 76, /. 2 ; Schreb. Gram. 2,t 35; Gaert. Fr. 1 , t. 

 1; Pluk. Phyt. t. 91, f. 2.— Extensively cultivated in the Ghaut 

 hills, and in the plains to 20 miles inland. The return from it is 



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