eleusine

• This is exactly the size of D. eleusine, to which it appears to come very near. —  Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 2
• After that they pluck some of the eleusine, and each of them puts one grain in her necklace, chews another and rubs it on her forehead, throat, and breast. —  The Golden Bough
• The Nandi of East Africa perform a ceremony in September when the eleusine grain is ripening. —  The Golden Bough
• Among the Nandi of British East Africa, when the eleusine grain is ripening in autumn, every woman who owns a corn-field goes out into it with her daughters, and they all pluck some of the ripe grain. —  The Golden Bough

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