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WILLIS AND GARDINER : BOTANY 
Andropogon, L. 
Sorghum, BroL ; Zoowari, M. ; the Juar or Jowari of 
India. 
Formerly cultivated in the Maldives. — J. S. G. 
Squarrosus, /. ; Lancimo, Lunsimoo, M. ; Sae- 
wandara, S. ; the Khus-khus. 
I. Didi, 29 ! Fainu in N. MahloSj Gardiner (Prain) ! 
Extensively cultivated in Suvadiva. The scented roots used 
as ornaments for the women’s hair. 
Cultivated, andwildin the Old World tropics. Laccadives, 
in Kiltan, Prain. 
[contortus, L, ; in Kiltan and Kadamum, Laccadives, 
Prain.] 
N ARDUS, L. ; Kasinji, M. ; Mana, S. ; Citronella Grass. 
I. Didi, 79 (Prain) ! 
Wild and in cultivated forms. Old World tropics. 
Eleusine, Gaertn. 
[indica, Gaertn.; in Minikoi, Prain.] 
CORACANA, Gaertn.; Bimbi, Beembi, M. ; Kurakkan, 
S. 
Formerly the most largely cultivated grain in the Archi- 
pelago, but now only a little grown here and there. The 
area to be planted is cut down and all burnt off by March. 
The surface is then smoothed over, and the grain is scat- 
tered by hand after the first rain of the S.W. monsoon. 
The crop is ready to cut in four months. The heads only 
are taken, the straw being left and reburnt.” — ^J. S. G. 
Cultivated in Ceylon, India, Egypt, Japan, &c. Minikoi, 
Laccadives, in Ameni, Anderut, Kadamum, Kalpeni, Prain. 
Æ^yptiaca, Desf. 
Trimen ; no specimens. Goifurfehendu Atoll, Gardiner ! 
Common in cleared Bimbi land, especially in Miladum- 
madulu. — J. S. G. 
