USEFUL PLANTS OF THE DISTRICT OF LAKHIMPUU . 
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Dibrugarh. No. II. 
Local name. — Jai> “ Oats.” 
Distrib. — Unknown ; truly wild. Cultivated in Northern India 
from Bengal to the Indus and in the Himalayas up to 12,000 feet and 
almost throughout the extra tropical regions of the world. 
In Dibrugarh it is cultivated to some extent during the cold weather for the use of cattle. 
13. Eleusine Gaertn. 
14. E. coracana Gaertn. F. B. I. vii, 294; Eng. & Prantl ii, 2, 
61; Beng. PI. 12*29; D. E. P. iii, 237. 
Sadiya. No. 360. 
Local name. — Babasa dhan. 
Distrib.— Cultivated over the greater part of India, and also in N. 
E. Africa and Japan. This cereal is a cultivated form of A. indica 
Gaertn. See F. B. I. loc. cit. 
A grass with somewhat flattened stems each surmounted by from two to seven stout, 
radiating spikes. This is the common Marua of the North and Kagi of the South India, 
Which in hilly districts often forms the staple food of tlio people. We came across a 
few poorly developed specimens in cottage gardens at Sadijya but saw it nowhere else. 
11. Triticimi Linn. 
15. T. sativum Lam. Eng. & Prantl ii, 2, 81 ; Duthie, Grasses, N c 
Ind. 68; D. E. P. vi, 4, 89; Pharmaeog. Ind. iii, 607. 
T. vuljare Vill. F. B. I. vii, 357 ; Beng. PI. 1231 ; T. acstivum Itoxb. 
FI. Ind. i, 357. 
Dibrugarh. No. 29. 
Local name. — Gehuh. “ Wheat/* 
Distrib. —Cultivated everywhere in cool countries and in many parts 
of India up to 13,000 feet. 
A cold weather crop about Dibrugarh. 
15. Hordeum Linn. 
16. H. vulgare Linn. F. B. I. vii, 371; Beng. PI. 1231; D. E. P. 
iv, 274; Pharmaeog. Ind. iii, 615 (under //. hex as tic hum Linn.). IP 
wtirum vulgare (Hackei) Eng. & Prantl ii, 2, S7. 
Dibrugarh. No. 58. 
Local name. — Jau . “ Barley/* 
Distrib. — Not known, wild. Cultivated in Upper India and in most 
cool regions. 
In Dibrugarh cultivated to a small extent during thy cold woii.ti.or. 
