N. O. GtlAMINKAE. 
1363 
value. 184-87 ; iodine value (Wijs), 107-6 ; unsaponifiable matter, 4 78. Fatty 
acids: melting point, 82 5" ; neutralisation value, 197-6 ; iodine value, 10782. 
The approximate composition of the total fatty acids was calcuh-rted as, 
palmitic 20, oleic 45, fsolinolic 35. (Agricultural Ledger.) 
1332 . Coix Lachryma-J obi , Linn., h.f.b.i. vit, 
100 . 
Sans : — Gavedhu, gavedhuka. 
Vern : — Gurgur, (B.) ; jargadi, (Sant.); sankhru, sankhln. 
gargari-dhan, kaiya, baru, dabhir, ganduta, garnn, kaSei, gulbi- 
gadi, gurlu, (H.) ; sanklu, (P.) ; Ranjondhala ; (Mar.) kasai, (Guz ) 
koamonee, (Assam) , si kra kraou, koa sangti, (Naga) ; jhonki, 
(Gach.) ; mim, (Lush.); chang-mim-khombi, the edible form 
being simply nim (Manipur;; gyeik aing, (Bur.) ; kukirrindi 
kanbu, (Sing.) ; 
Habitat. : — Inhabits ditches and rice-grounds in Bengal the 
Konkan and Deccan and throughout the hotter and damp parts 
of India. 
An annual, stem 3-5 ft. op more, stout, rooting at nodes, 
internodes smooth, polished, leaves 4-18 by 1-2 in., narrowed 
from a broad cordate base to an acuminate tip, smooth on both 
surfaces, margins spinulosely serrate, midrib stout, veins many, 
very slender, sheaths long, smooth, ligule a very narrow 
membrane. Raceme l-2£ in. long, nodding or drooping from 
very long penduncles. Rliachis within the bract slender, above 
it stout, notched at nodes. Male spikeletssubsecund imbricating 
in pairs, very variable in size |-f in. long. Glumes 4 ; I and II 
subequal, empty, rigid, or herbaceous ; I keeled along the 
inflexed margins ; III and IV hyaline, paleate, triandrous or 
empty. Anthers orange-yellow. Fruit from broadly ovoid to 
globose, in. diam ; pale bluish grey, polished, osseus. 
Uses : — A Missionary, writing of Tonkin to M. Romanet du 
Caillaud, said that Job’s tears made a refreshing drink was a 
good blood purifier and excellent diuretic. The gruel prepared 
from the ground seed he abserved as also Eau de Larme-de-Job 
was extensively employed in the summer to cool the body. By the 
Tonkin people it is spoken of as the “ grass of life and healte” 
