PLATE 440. 
ELEUsrxK coRACANA, Gsertii. (Fl. Cap., Vol. YTL, ].. r,4r.). 
Nat. Oi'der rrrnniiiiea". 
\ vv\- like A', inilifa liiif more I'olxist. to feet liiu'li. 
SriK'KiJ'ri's iiioi'c crowded, to ;is thick ;is :i finn'ci', ol'lcii ciii'Ncd ; I'lincliilhi toiiuli. 
(iu NrisS iilid \;i1\cs l)i'o:idcr. oViitc ill profile. ol»tnse. (ir;iiii u'lohost', }y to ^ line 
ill di.-iiiieter, iisii;ill\- d:ii'k reddish l)ro\\ ii. fiiielx' striiitc. slriu' ciir\-ed. 
HSibitclt : Natal. In ;i coti'ee phmtntion. neiir I)url);iii, Drcijc [ ; William- 
soii \'J ; 'I'nii'elii, Jhiclicnntii 1S2 ; without precise loc;ilit\', (Icri'di-d 1(1!) ; in ;i kntHi' 
il-iirdeii. Ziili'ihind. l^OOO feet alt.. May. Wood ."ISi;!). 
"(ii'ow'ii ill iiiaiiN' parts of ti'opica.l Africa, tropical Aral)ia. and throiii;iiout India ; 
ori!j;inated ])rol»al)l\' from A', imlicti. The ti^'ure in (dei'tner represents the see(l as 
smooth (not striate) ; thei'e is little donht that it I'efei's to a \arietA' which is lii'ow n 
in India and Southern Ara1)ia, distin^u'uished 1)\- smooth, w hitish seeds. 'Idiis I Iia\c 
not seen Irom aii\' part of AlVica " {'^^''pt)- 
Cultivated by tlio natives, who (ise the seed u'l'ound with their Amaas, and as 
])orridu'e for the children, also I'or making" heer. P)ai'on l"\ \ . Mueller sa^•s of it : 
••Southern Asia, east to -lapaii, ascendin<i' the Mimala\as to 7()(M) i'eet. Thoiiuh 
annual, this o'rass is worthy ol' culti\ati(^n on account of its Jieioht and nutriti\-eness. 
it is of rapid i^'i-ow th and the ]»ro(luce of foliau'e and seoils co])ious. Horses prefi'r the 
ha\' to an\' other dr\' fodder in India, accoi'dini;" to b'orbes A\'atsoii. The laryx' 
Lirains can be nsed hke millet, and a peculiar bt'cr can be brewe(l fi-om il. ( )ne of the 
staple u'rains of ^[ysore. A'. /y/^/Av/ onl\- differs as a \ai'iet\'. It extends to tro]>ical 
Australia, an<l is recoi'ded also from man\' other tro|>ical countries, but tliri\('s ancII 
e\('n as far as Port IMiilip. and luxuriates still as far south as (iippslaiid diirinu' (he 
hot season. 
Xati\'e name u-Pi iki >. 
Fi<i' 1, Lowci' <i'liiiii(' ; 2, ii]ipoi' i;'liini(^ ; ,'S. valve ; 4, pale : jiistil, staiiu^iis and lodiciiles. 
All (■nh(r(ic<l. 
