MYSORE, CANARA, AND MALABAR. 
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The kinds of rice cultivated here are as follow : 
CHAPTER 
NAMES. 
Months 
required 
to ripen. 
Season 
for 
sowing. 
Modes of Cultivation. 
1 Doda Butta - - 
7 
Both 
Puneji, Mol a, both kinds of 
Nati. 
2 Hotay Caimbuti 
KL 
°2 
Hainu 
ditto ditto ditto. 
3 Arsina Caimbuti 
kL 
°2 
ditto 
ditto and Barra’’ agy Nati. 
4 Sucadas's - - - 
kL 
°2 
ditto 
ditto and Mola . 
5 Murargilli - - 
54 
A 
ditto 
Mola. 
6 Yalic Baja - - 
kX 
°2 
ditto 
Puneji. 
7 Conawaly - - 
5 A 
°2 
ditto 
ditto and Mola. 
8 Bily sana butta - 
zX 
°2 
ditto 
ditto ditto. 
9 Puttu butta 
ZX 
°2 
Both 
Mola and Nifagy Noti. 
10 Caracullu = - 
i^~ — , , ——err- , 
zX 
°2 
Caru 
ditto ditto. 
I attempted to ascertain, whether the different kinds of cultivated Different 
rice ought to be considered as different species, or merely as va- kmdsofr 
rieties ; but I soon found, that for a traveller this was impractica- 
ble. Among the natives, even with such as speak the same lan- 
guage, the greatest confusion prevails ; for the same name, in dif- 
ferent parts of the country, is applied to distinct kinds of rice ; 
while in one village even the same kind of rice acquires two or more 
names, from a dissimilar season, or mode of cultivation. Thus in 
the Ashta grains, the same kind of rice, when raised in the Caru 
crop, is called Doda cassery ; which, when raised, in the Hainu crop, 
is called Doda butta. Although I by no means presume to be 
certain, yet, from the dissimilitude of appearance, and from the 
difference of soil, cultivation, and time of coming to maturity, re- 
quired by the various kinds of rice, I am inclined to think, that the 
Oryza sativa of Linnasus actually comprehends several species, a& 
