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stalks attain a height of 7-8 fts. The flour of this grain
is used to
make mochi, daugu and kanzarashi (flour obtained by elutriating
the grains during the coldest season).
16. Oplysmenus frumentaceum, Kunth, Crow-foot
millet, Jap. Hiye ; an annual cereal grass cultivated both in
paddy and common dry field. It is the most robust kind of
cereals. The stalks grow to a height of about 3-4 fts. It is
consumed as meal, prorriclge, macaroni, and dumpling. The grain
is kept long without damage.
17. Eleusin coracana, Gaertn., Finger millet, Jap.
Kamoinata-kibi, Kobo-kibi ; an annual cereal grass cultivated
in common dry field, easily distinguished by the forked shape of
its panicles and its hardiness. The height
of the stalk is about
1J fts. The grain is used like Oplysmenus frumentaceum (10).
17. b. Seeds of Zizania aquatica, Z., Jap. Makomo ;
the seeds of this plant mixed with rice are consumed as food by
\ boiling.
18. Beckmannia erucseformis, Host, Jap. Minogome
; a biennial cereal grass growing wild in swamps,,
ponds, or marshy ground lying down on the surface of water, and
forthing up its stalk to the height of about a foot. The boiled
grain is eaten as food.
18. b. Panicum viride, Z., Jap. Au-yagi. In the
province of Tamba this grass is cultivated for the sake of its grain
which is used as food boiled with rice, or used to make danga
(dumpling). It answers the same purpose as Oplysmenus frumentaceum.
19. Zea mays, Z., Maize, J'ip. TomorokosJit^ Koraikibi
; an annual cereal grass cultivated in an ordinary dry land,
growing to a height of abont 7-8 fts. The grain is eaten either
boiled as meal and porridge, or parched. Bread ai.d cnke are
made of this flour. Also starch and sake (rice beer) are made of
this grain. It is of greatest economic value. There is a variety