USEFUL PLANTS OF THE DISTRICT OF l AK HIM PUR. 
IV. GRAMHV£A£. 
6. Zea Linn. 
0. Z. Mays Linn. F. B. I., vii, 102 ; Eng. & Prantl ii, 2, 19 ; Beng. 
PI. 1209; D. E„ P. vi, 4, 327 ; Pharmacog. Ind. iii, 579, 
Dibrugarh. No. 8. 
Local name. — Gom dhan, b/mtta, makal . (< .Maize /' 3 i( Indian Corn.” 
Distrib.- — Native of America. Cultivated throughout India and in 
the warmer parts of the world. 
A very common crop especially among the settlors from the west who plant it on a large 
scale. It is sown towards the end of November and the grain is ripe in April and May. 
Another crop is sown in June and reaped in August. 
Maize is used in 3 ways in Lakhimpur :—l. The grain ’is gronnd and made into bread. 
2. The whole cobs are fried and eaten. 3. The grain is eaten half burnt (*‘ pd|>«cora ”). 
7. CoiX Linn. 
7. C. Lacryma Linn. Eng. & Prantl ii, 2, 21 ; D. E. P. ii, 492 ; 
Pharmacog. Ind. iii, 573. 
C Lachry nm-J obi Linn. F. B. I. vii, 100 ; Beng. PL 1210. 
Dibrugarh. No. 53. 
Local name. — Gar gar. “ Job’s Tears.” 
Distrib. — Throughout the hotter and damper parts of India, wild or 
cultivated ; Ceylon (not wild) and Trop. Asia ; cultivated in Africa and 
America. 
Cultivated. A grass, the fruits of which are the familiar Job’s Tears ** which are mads 
into necklaces. It is grown here and there in cottage gardens. 
8. Imperata Cyrili. 
8. I. arundinacea Cyrill. F. B. I. vii, 100 ; Eng. & Prantl ii, 2, 
23 ; Beng. PI. 1188 ; D. E. P. iv, 336. 
Dibrugarh. No. 04. 
Local name.— JC hair. 
Distrib. — Throughout the hotter parts of India and Ceylon. Cos- 
mopolitan. 
A grass about half a metre in height with a narrow silvery panicle of flowers, Itii 
common in the savannas of Lakhimpar. It is used for thatching houses. 
9. Sacckamm Linn. 
9. S. ofliciparum Linn. F. B. I. vii, 118 ; Eng. & Prantl ii, 2, 23 ; 
Beng. PI, 1189 ; D. E. P. vi, 2, 3 ; Pharmacog. Ind. ii i, 592, 
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