Note 32 — Chapter II

Σήσαμον καὶ μελίνην καὶ κέγχρον.] Sesamum is a leguminous plant, well known in the East; the seeds of it resemble hemp-seed, and are boiled and eaten like rice. Μελίνη, panicum, is a plant resembling millet. Κέγχρος, milium, millet, is far the best known of the three to Europeans. Panic bears its grain in ears; millet, in bunches.