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Hajputana: Dabhir (Mount Abu); N.-W. Prov. : SanTcru (Royle), 

 baru (Saharanpur); Bundelkhand : Gandula or garun (Lalitpur) ; 

 Cent. Prov. : Kasei and gulbi gadi (Chanda), gulu (Seoni), gurlu (Bala- 

 ghat) ; Santali : Jargadi (Campbell); Bengal: Gurgur and kunch 

 (Roxb.) ; Marathi : Ednjondhala and rdnmaka (Dymock). 



Very similar to the preceding species, but not so tall. Leaves cordate 

 at the base. Florets of male spikes in pairs. 



Common in wet ground in the plains, and in warm valleys on the 

 Himalaya. In Oudh it is largely eaten by cattle, and is said to be very 

 fattening. The hard shell-like involucres, known as " Job's tears," are 

 called " kassai-bij " in the Bombay Presidency, and are used there as a 

 diuretic ; and by the Chinese and Burmans the grain is used as an article 

 of food. For further information see Church's Food Grains of India," p. 

 60, and Dymock's "Vegetable Materia Medicaof Western India," p. 853. 



10. CHIONACHNE, R- Br. There are three species, one of which is not 

 uncommon on wet ground in Northern India. It resembles Coix in habit, and has 

 also the curious polished stone-like fruit cases, which, however, in this genus are 

 formed by the hardening of the outer empty glume. 



C. baxbata, B. Br. Syn.—Coix barbata, Roxb. ; C. Koenigii, Spreng. Vern. — 

 Cent. Prov.: Bhus and kirma-gildram gadi (Chanda), kadpi (Balaghat); MARATHI: 

 Varival (Dymock) ; Bengal : Gurgur (Roxb.); Teling : Ghella gadee (Roxb.). 



Stems 3-6 feet high. Pedicels jointed, with a boat-shaped cuspidate spathe at the 

 joint. Male spikes erect, florets in pairs. 



Roxburgh says that owing to its coarse nature cattle do not eat this grass. At 

 Balaghat in the Central Provinces, however, it is said to be used as fodder when 

 young. 



11. EUCHL<S3NA, Schrad. There are two species, both natives of 

 Mexico. The arrangement and structure of the flowers, which are 

 monoecious, bear a close resemblance to that of maize (Zea Mays), so 

 much so as to have suggested the probability of maize, which is not 

 known in a wild state, having originated from a species of Euchlcena. 

 Mr. Bentham remarks * that the affinity to Zea appears to be recog- 

 nized in the country, for specimens have been received from Schaffner 

 purporting to be known as " wild maize." 



E. luxurians, Ascheron. An excellent fodder grass for a sub- 

 tropical climate, attaining a height of 14 feet in rich ground. It has 

 been grown successfully in this country under the name of Reana 

 luxurians; but, as it requires a rich soil and plenty of irrigation, its 

 extensive cultivation would prove too costly. It is highly valued in the 

 warmer southern parts of the United States. 



12. ZEA, Linn. Contains a single species, the well known Indian 



* In Journ. Linn. Soo. (Botany), Vol. XIX., p. 53. 



