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great in proportion to the area. It is transplanted like rice ; is a 

 very productive crop : selling price may be quoted as being from 

 80 to lbs. 100 per rupee. 



ORYZA, Linn., Hexandria Didynamia. From the Arabic 



eraz (?) 



7. O Sativa, Linn. Roxb. Fl. Tnd. 2, 200.— Much cultivated 

 throughout the Concan and the Ghaut Districts of Gujarat. The 

 " Kummode" of Gujarat, and the " Ambeh Mohr" of the Ghauts, are 

 the best varieties. It is generally grown by transplantation, though 

 from the remarks of Hove it would appear that this practice has not 

 been known for above 100 years. In the southern rice-lands, from 

 the top of the Ghauts towards Belgaum, it is sown broad-cast, and 

 left to grow. In many parts of Canara and Malabar three crops 

 are commonly raised from the same ground. Rice is distinguished 

 among the Grasses by having double the number of stamens. 



PANICUM, Linn., Triandria Digynia. From panis, bread, as 

 most of them produce grain from which Rread is made. Lam. 

 lllust. t. 43; Gaert. Fr. 1,71. 



8. Oplismenus Frumentaceus, P frumentaceum, Roxb. Fl. 

 Ind. p 301. — " Shamoola," commonly grown in and near the 

 Ghaut Districts, species with head nodding, smooth. 



9. P Italicum, Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1, p 302; Setaria italica, R. 

 Brown; Rheede. Mai. 12, t. 79 ; Rumph. Amb. 6, t. 5,f. 2 ; Hort. 

 Gr. 4, t. 14. — Kangnee Kora-Kang; a small grain, cultivated in the 

 Ghaut Districts ; spikes little different from those of P frumen- 

 taceum. 



10. P MiLiACEUM. — '^ Wuree Sawa." This is also a Ghaut 

 grain, having spikes shorter than those of the last species. 



11. P PiL,osuM. — " Badlee." Echinochloa hispidula. Is cul- 

 tivated more inland than the former three species, and distinguish- 

 able by the long hairy rough spikes clustering all round the rachis. 



12. P (?) sp. — "Rale"; much less hairy than the last, 



probably only a variety. The- grain is deemed very nutritious, 

 and is a favourite food in cases of exhaustion. Is also cultivated 

 inland. 



13. P (?) sp. — " Danglee" ; has a lax cernuous panicle of 



awnless flowers. This also is more cultivated inland than in the 

 Ghauts. We have not yet succeeded in fixing it as belonging to 

 any of the species enumerated by Roxburgh. Is it a Panicum at 

 all ? Pencillaria spicata. 



14. P Altissimum, P (?) Maximum guianiense, Sloanes Jam. p 

 106; Duchesne PI. Utiles, p 16. — Guinea Grass; extensively culti- 

 vated in the West Indies, but sparingly in India, where the dryness 

 of the climate does not admit of its being raised, except with the 

 aid of shade or of frequent watering. The great abmidance of 



