212 



Distr. Eritrea to Afghanistan and Sind. 



Chiovenda quotes a specimen collected by Riva (315) in Ogaden 

 under this species. Engler mentions it from the Hand. The 

 species probably occurs throughout the peninsula. It is a very 

 close ally of A. Schoenanthus, Spr., which has the reputation of 

 being a good fodder grass. See Stapf in Kew Bull., 1906, p. 310. 



Cymbopogon hirtus, Nees ex Baker. — Syn. Andropogon hirtus, L. 



Golis Range, Drake-Brockman, 186 ; and without precise 

 locality, Drake-Brockman, 34 ; Waggar Mountains, Gedais, in an 

 almost dry river bed, at 1,700 in., Lort-Phillips. 



Vern. Dailan (Drake-Brockman). 



DlSTR. In several varieties all over Africa and in the 

 Mediterranean region. 



Hack., var. punctata. Hack 



Daraas, Cole. 



var. imberbis, Hack. ; cf. for the species Duthie, Fodd. 

 (irass. N. Ind. 43 and (sub. Anthistiria imberbis), Hook, f., Fl. 

 Brit. Ind. vii. 211. 



Without precise locality, Lort-Phillips. 



Distr. (of the species). All over Africa, India, and Malaya to 

 Australia. 



Mrs. Lort-Phillips' specimen has densely bearded nodes. The 

 lower sheaths and exserted portions of the lower internodes are 

 also more or less hairy. • 



Paspalum distichum, L. ; Hook, f., I.e. 12. 



" Found round Burao and on the road to Upper Sheikh, and at 

 Lower Sheikh and Behindula. Height 6 to 8 inches. A good 

 grazing grass." — Appleton. 



Distr. Sporadically throughout the tropics, usually a shore 

 plant. 



Digitaria eriantha, Stead. 



Wadaba, Cole. 



DlSTR. (of the species). From the Canaries to North-western 

 India and southwards through East Africa to the Cape. 



The Mediterranean and Indian forms represent slight modifica- 

 tions of the type. The Indian variety, originally described as 

 Panicum pabulare, Aitch. & Hemsl. (Syn. Paspalum sanguinale, 

 var. pabulare, Hook, f., I.e. 15) is described by Aitchison as the 



Knram 



horizontalis, Willd, 



Golis Range, Drake-Brockman, 157. " A free growing grass 

 with plenty of leaf, found principally round Galkayo, but also 

 at Burao and Upper Sheikh ; considered a good feeding grass. 

 — Appleton. 



Distr. Tropical Africa and Tropical America. 



D. sanguinalis, Scop., var. ciliaris.— Syn. Paspalum sanguinale, 

 var. ciliare, Hook, f., l. c . 15 ; Panicum sanguinale, var. ciliare, 

 Duthie, Fodd. Grass. N. Ind. 12, 111. t. 9. 



