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Sorghum Caffrorum, Beauv.; Xain Corn. 



Annual, a variable plant Tip to 6 ft. high, including several 

 races cultivated in Lower Guinea, South Africa, Mauritius and 

 North America, for the grain and recommended for fora?< 

 because of the sweet stems. 



Sorghum caudatum, Stapf. 



Annual, 14 ft., native of Tropical Africa, where it is commonly 

 cultivated under several varieties for food; introduced to Tropical 

 America and Jamaica. The variety " Feterita," common in 

 Egypt and the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, is an important food- 

 grain, which, owing* to its whiteness, has been recommended for 



making bread. An experiment with good quality wheat floui 

 and 25 per cent, of u Feterita " flour was made at the Hygiene 

 Bureau, Florence, and the resultant loaf described as well risen r 

 light, uniform in colour, excellent in flavour and superior to that 

 of other bread made from wheat, with the addition of rice, rye 

 or potatoes {see Bull. Agric. Intell. Inter. Inst. Agric. Rome, 

 July, 1915, pp. 983-984). This variety has been introduced to 

 Arizona and other parts of the Southern United States as a forage 

 crop. 



Sorghum cernuum, Host.; Guinea Corn. 



Annual, 10 ft. high and upwards, native of Upper Guinea. 

 A staple food-grain in West Africa from Senegal to thr 

 Carneroons and in North Africa, and also grown in Egypt, India. 

 Asia Minor, &c. Under the Bornu name of " Mazaggua " 

 ( ic dry season corn ") this is being experimented with in the Wesi 

 Indies, Rhodesia and other Colonies. 



Sorghum Durra, Stapf; Durra. 



Annual, 14 ft. and upwards, native of the Kile region. There 

 are several varieties commonly cultivated in Egypt, Arabia, 

 India, Afghanistan and the United States for the grain. 



Sorghum guineense, Stapf; Dawa (Hausa), Guinea Cora. 



Annual with tall stems, including three well-marked varieties, 



tremulans — grain whitd or it-eddish, in vol u turn — gtrain white 

 robustum — grain reddish, and numerous cultural races, all 

 natives of Upper Guinea, where the grain is a staple food. 

 k£ Karandeffi " is a form under the var. robustum, the grain of 

 which is said to give colic to animals, and the plant appears 



Kew). 



grown largely for dyeing TCnno leather (specimens m H 



Sorghum halepense, Pers. {Andropoyon halepensis, JJrot.); 

 Johnson Grass, Aleppo Grass, Evergreen Millet, Means Grass 

 (S. Carolina), False Guinea Grass. 



Perennial, 3 to 15 ft., native of Western Asia; found in India, 

 Burma and Ceylon and the Mediterranean region; naturalised in 

 the hotter parts of the United States. Seeds eaten by the poorer 

 classes in India, where the plant is largely used for grazing and 

 for hav; but it is regarded as im'urious to animals if eaten too 



