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grows wild in clumps in some gardens, especially at Maldivia, but is 
rather rare. Alt. ’8. C. to H. L. 
Bambusa, Schreb. 
866. B. arundinacea, Betz. — The Bamboo; thrives well and 
attains a height of a hundred feet. It grows in the ravines, where 
there is water, side by side with the oak and other European plants. 
Alt. 1 to 4. Although abundant, it is little used except for fencing, 
troughs for conveying water, fishing-rods, and walking-sticks. 
Altogether there are four varieties of Bamboo growing in the Island — 
viz., the large thick or He Bamboo, which is most abundant, the 
slender or She, the tall straight upright, and the Dwarf Bamboo . — 
Hab. India and China. 
Lolium, Linn. 
L, temulentum, Linn. — A tall stiff upright Grass, common 
and growing wild in the neighbourhood of cornfields on the high 
land. — Hab. Europe, N. Africa, &c. 
Triticum, Linn. 
868. T. sestivum, Linn, j Wheat ; grown in the Island, though 
869. T. hybernum, Linn, j now little cultivated; its culti- 
vation has been extensively tried at Longwood, and it has been 
found not to succeed because of the moisture contained in the 
atmosphere which causes the ear to mildew. — Native country not 
known with certainty. 
870. T, caninum, Huds. 
Hordeum, Linn. 
871. H. vulgare, Linn. 
872. H. distichon, Linn. 
873. H. hexastichon, Linn. 
Barley ; a good deal produced on 
the high land, and thrashed out 
for feeding horses, but, as it can 
be imported from the Cape of Good Hope at less cost, its cultivation 
is much less than it might be. — Native country uncertain. 
874. H. jubatum, Linn. — A Grass growing on the hio-h land 
Hab. N. America. b 
875. H. murinum, Linn. — A Grass common on the somewhat 
barren parts in the neighbourhood of Half-tree Hollow.— Hab. 
Europe, &c. 
