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merits of two other grains, viz., the Mitenga bamboo, ee Bin 
Roxb., and Panicum flavidum s Retz. The resulta, given 
intended to be a continuation of, and supplemental to, the appro 
eady given in the handbook :— 
Bampusa TuLDA, Roxb. Synonym: Dendrocalamus Tulda, Nees. 
Hind, Peka.. Beng, Tulda, jowa, mitenga, matela. Burm, 
Theiwa, thoukwa, or thaikwa 
This is the common bamboo of ae and grows abundantly every- 
where. It is also found in Pegu and Martaban, down to Tenasserim, 
but cultivated in Chittagong and elsewhere (K urz). The tai shoots 
are eaten as pickles by the natives. The plants flower in May. The 
grain examined was received at Kew through the Government of India 
from the Conservator of Forests, Benga 
A sample of the grain of this bamboo gave, when freed from husk, 
the following numbers on analysis :— 
~ - 13°5 per cent. 
Mbumindids - - 108 s 
Starch - - è (P6 5 
il - - - - 6 %s 
Fibre - - a 2 ” 
Ash - - - 1°4 j 
100'0 

These per-centages are very similar to those furnished by the grain 
of Bambusa arundinacea (Willd.), but the individual corns are much 
larger, 70 of them weighing 100 grains, while 300 grains of the latter 
species are required to make up the same weight, 
PANICUM e Retz. Synonym: Panicum brizoides, L, 
., Oda, or Woodoo-gaddi. 
rass is vile ‘distributed in the East Indies, Roxburgh 
describes it as common in every soil and meata, even in deep water ; 
in one that is rich and moist it is often 2 to 4 feet long, and again on 
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superintendent of the Government giger Gardens, Saharunpore. 
is species of Indian millet is asionally employed as food, 
ially in times of famine. The kka grain gave on analysis the 
following paps 
ater - - - 11:8 per cent. 
Anaita - - - 96 ý 
Starch  - - - 541 a 
mo? z x ane GS » 
Fibre - - + I0 oy 
Ash - ce = 6'2 » 
100:0 

The small grains of this millet contain much more indigestible fibre 
than any species yet examined, but they are exceptionally rich in oil or 
~ Nepra nearly twice as much of this constituent as any other 

