The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, Tom 6

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Bombay Natural History Society, 1891
 

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Strona 204 - Spikelets nearly two lines long, of a purple color, the sessile and the pedicellate nearly similar ; outer glume of the sessile spikelet rather thin, many-nerved, somewhat obtuse, and covered with long silky hairs, with a' pit in some spikelets of the same plant, and absent in others ; second glume as long as the first or a little longer, but broader, thin, and keeled ; third glume thinner and hyaline ; fourth glume smaller, or an awn % to I inch long, with an hermaphrodite flower at the end of the...
Strona 111 - ... marked by numerous small vertical furrows and a circular smooth mark, about 1 inch in diameter, on the upper end. The pulp is usually pale yellow, but when dead ripe becomes of a brownish yellow, that may be called the medium tint of orange pulp.
Strona 122 - That the gentlemen whose names are appended be requested to act as a Committee (with power to add to their number) for the purpose of carrying out the previous resolution and of reporting to an adjourned public meeting to be held during the second week in October next.
Strona 204 - Culm erect, 3-5 feet high, sometimes branching from the lower part, glabrous; nodes long-bearded, leaves lanceolate, cordate at the base, acute or acuminate, with a few long hairs; the lower cauline and radicle leaves long; the upper small but their sheaths very long; ligula small; spikes numerous, erect branched, pedicellate (the pedicel of the lower spikes longer), and congested at the end of a long peduncle without a sheathing bract and forming an erect, dense, ovoid panicle. The rachis, pedicel...
Strona 66 - Punjaub and Sind, and was gathered by the Phoenician followers of the army in Lus, who called it Spikenard. It is common about Kurrachee, and is used as a scent by the natives.
Strona 204 - Pollinia tristacJtya congested at the end of long peduncles form a most elegant and beautiful feature of the scenery of the field towards the end of the rainy season. It is said to be not uncommon at Khardi, Thana. I have found it in the collection received from this district.
Strona 114 - An important insect enemy is the caterpillar of Erytheo, which strips the trees of the young foliage during July. Hand picking is the chief remedy employed. An undetermined wood boring insect attacks the trees as soon as decay sets in, and is commonly supposed to be the cause of decay. Severe pruning and burning the affected branches is the most effectual remedy. It is doubtful whether any insects are beneficial except in distributing the pollen, but the entomology of Indian fruit culture is fragmentary...
Strona 202 - This grass, which is met with all over the plains of Northern India, is universally esteemed as a good fodder grass, both for grazing and stacking. In Australia also it is highly valued, being regarded as one of the best grasses to stand long droughts, while it will bear any amount of feeding. -It is useful also as a winter grass if the weather is not too severe.
Strona 115 - Poonah, within fourteen miles of extensive gardens. Varieties of figs are not named in India except with the name of the village they are grown at, and such a name is not distinctive. The variety grown in the Deccan is inverted conical, green at the stalk, and gradually deepening to brown at the broad end. Good examples weigh one seventh of a pound.
Strona 116 - Early in the morning is preferred because fruit picked at that time and kept in shade retains a delicious coolness. For local use each fig is wrapped in a leaf when it has attained this stage to protect it from birds and left on the tree a week longer. This improves the quality greatly but prohibits carriage to a distance.

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