213 



"Found in the valleys round Upper Sheikh; grows to 3 feet, 

 and is a good feed."— Appleton. 



Distr. Almost cosmopolitan. 



D longiflora, Pers.—Syn. Paspalum longiflorum, Hook, f., Fl. 



xt t i to 1 "'' 17, Pantcum tenuifiorum, Duthie, Fodd. Grass. 



N. Ind. 13. 



ake 



Distr. Tropics of the Old World. 



D. Rivae, Stapf.— Syn. Pantcum Rivae, Chiovenda in Ann. 1st 

 Bot, Roma, vn. 62, t. III., fig. ii. 



Ogaden Desert, Riva, 303. Haud, according to Engler (Veget 

 Somahland in Sitz. Ber. Preuss. Ak. ™" " * s 



Distr. Endemic. 



Wiss 



D . abyssinica Stapf.-Syn. Panicum (Dif/itaria) abyssinicunu 

 Hochst. ex A. Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 11, 361. 



var . scalarum, fttt/l- Syn. Panicum (Dif/itaria) muticxm, 



bchimp. ex A Rich. I.e. MV2, non Forsk. P. scalarum, Schweinf. 

 m Bull Herb Boiss. II., ii., 20. P. scalarum, var. elatiar, 

 Chiovenda in Ann. 1st Bot. Roma, vi., 166, t. 9. P. kafuroense, 

 K. Schum. in Engl. Jahrb. xxiv., 334. 



Habr Awal country, Robecchi, 



Distr. 



Africa 



Usranda 



Panicum geminatum, Forsk. 



"Found in Upper and Lower Sheikh and Burao in small 

 q uan ti ties. ' ' — Appleton. 



Distr. Somaliland to Nubia and tropical Arabia. 



Hochst 



grass 



from the valleys above Upper Sheikh ; grows to . , 



good feed." — Appleton. 



Distr. From Nubia and tropical Arabia southwards to 

 Mozambique. 



P. serratum, Spreny., var. gossypinum, Hack. 



Without precise locality, Lort-Phillips. 



Distr. (of the species). From Eritrea through East Africa to 

 the Cape, westwards to Northern Nigeria. 



P. maximum, Jacq.; Hook, f., Fl. Brit. Ind. vii., 49 ; Kew Bull., 

 1894, 382, and 1897, 210; Chiovenda, I.e. vi., 166.— Syn. P. 

 jumentorum, Pers. ; Duthie, Fodd. Grass. N. Ind., 9. 



Between Hargeisa and Berbera, Robecchi ; and without precise 

 locality, Drake-Brock man, 7, 21. " Grows at Bohotle, near Burao, 

 and in the valley beyond Upper Sheikh. Height about 3 feet ; 

 considered a good feed." — Appleton. Jebel Serrut, 1,600 m., 

 HildebrandL 1482. 



