194 A note on plants used during famines and seasons 
Panicumjavanicum, Poir. Barpha (Kalwan, Nasik). Tan 
(Ditidori, Nasik). Khal kudu (Modasa, Ahmedabad). 
Preparation similar to that detailed under P. Crus Galli, 
Pailicum trypherou, Schult. Gogorat (Newasa, Ahmednagar). 
“ The heads when threshed give seeds like white Italian 
millet. It is used for bread/^ 
Setaria glauca, Beauv. Kolhu (Ka!wan, Nasik). Kahi (Bar- 
doli, Surat). Preparation similar to that described for Pani^ 
cum Crus Gain, This grass is also cultivated as a field crop 
in some places. 
Setaria intermedia, Roem. & ,Sch. Pharesi (Kaira). Grains 
used. 
Pennisetum typhoideum, Rich. Bajri. Included as a famine 
plant in Dr. Lisboa’s list. 
Oryza sativa, Linn. Nmr (Dang, Surat). Nimar\ Sathi 
(Godhra, Panch Mahals). Wild rice. The Director of Agri- 
culture has favoured me with the following note received 
from the Mamlatdar of Godhra : — 
Nimar grows in muddy beds of tanks only, and Sathi in rice 
fields. Private lands make no difference in the growth of 
the latter. Nimar is collected in baskets by means of 
beating with sticks, while sathi is reaped with a scythe 
like' other kinds of paddy. Both are ready in September. 
Half a maund only of Nimar can be collected in half a 
day in about four hours, the muddy soil preventing the 
■ reapers staying longer ; but about five maunds of Sathi can 
be gathered during a day of eight hours. An acre of land 
can yield twelve maunds of Nimar and thirty maunds of 
Sathi, Nimar is gathered by Kolis and is ordinarily 
used by all poor classes ; and Sathi by all the agricultural 
classes, Kolis, Gandhis, Musalmans, etc. Both are used 
as boiled rice and are sufficiently nourishing and readily 
consumed by low caste people. 
Nimar dries up in the mud and its straw is not therefore 
used by cattle ; on the other hand Sathi leaves its straw as 
food for cattle.” 
My examination of the specimens only proved that they were 
forms of long awned rice, and I could detect no tangible 
characters whereby to distinguish the two varieties. I have 
been informed that wild rice is largely eaten in Gujarat on 
fast days. So far as I have been able to ascertain wild rice 
