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Tropics, is cultivated throughout Western India. The varieties are 

 numerous : — 



1st. — The large, yellow^ or Mauritius Cane. 



2nd. — The common red. 



3rd. — The Bamunee, or striped red and white. 

 ■ 4th. — The small, white, or reed Cane. 



5ih. — The black Egyptian variety first introduced by the Horti- 

 cultural Society about 1840, and now (it is believed) is found only 

 about Hewra. It is quite equal to the Mauritius Cane in size 

 and juiciness. 



The Mauritius Cane was imported and extensively distributed by 

 Government 25 years ago, but its growth has not been continued 

 to any extent, as it is found to require more water, and to be more 

 liable to be gnawed and eaten by Jackals and Porcupines than the 

 others. It is still, however, grown pretty largely in the low-lying 

 lands near the Ghauts, where it can be raised without irrigation, 

 also at Bassein, &c., as a Cane for eating. It affords an extract 

 much superior in colour and firmness to that of the common Cane. 

 Sugar is annually made from this variety at Hewra, in the 

 Deccan. 



ZEA, Linn., Moncecia Triandria. The Greek name for corn ; 

 from sao, to live. 



21. Z Mays, Roxb. Fl. Ind. 3, p 567 ; Lam. Illust. t. 749.— 

 "Boota," Maratha; " Mucca," Hindoostanee ; Indian Corn; exten- 

 sively grown in the early part of the rains, especially near large 

 towns, where it affords a choice food for all classes, being sold 

 ready roasted. The plant is also sown in the beginning of the hot 

 season (20th March) to afford a forage for cattle, called Kuddol. 

 At this time it is sown only for the straw, therefore very close. The 

 grain is seldom used in India as a flour. Several large varieties 

 of Maize have, at different times, been imported from America, but 

 these gradually degenerate to the size of the common country 

 species. 



