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DiSTR. x4.ll over tropical and South Africa, also in tropical 

 Arabia ; cultivated and naturalised in many tropical countries. 



This is the so-called " Guinea grass," cultivated in many parts of 

 the tropics as one of the most valuable fodder plants. 



P. coloratum, L. (forma minor). 



"Grows near water at Bohotle, Burao, and Upper Sheikh; 

 height about 1 foot ; a poor feed." — Appleton. 



DiSTR. From Egypt through East Africa to the Zambesi, also 

 in tropical Arabia. 



A similar small state is represented by a specimen collected by 

 Hohnelin Pare, German East Africa, and distributed as "Panicwn 

 Dregeanum, Nees., var. glahratum, Schweinf." 



P. repens, L. ; Hook, f., Fl. Brit. Ind. vii. 49; Duthie, Fodd. 

 Grass. N. Ind. 11. 



Golis Range, Drake-Brockman, 98. 



Distr. Throughout the Mediterranean region and India to 

 China and Malaya ; in Africa chiefly along the West Coast to 

 South Africa. 



P. turgidum, Forsk. ; Chiovenda, I.e. vii., 166. 



Between Hargeisa ' and Berbera, Robecchi ; without precise 

 locality, Lort-lViillips, Drake-Brock man, 3, 42. 



Vern. 



Dangarr 



Distr. From the Senegal to tropical Arabia. 



A valuable fodder for camels. It often covers large tracts. 



Setaria aurea, A. Br. 



,„ G .?}. iB Ran S e > near Daraas, in water-courses, 1,500 m., Lori- 

 Bhillips. 



Distr. Throughout tropical and South Africa. 



The perennial 8. aurea, one of the commonest grasses of the 

 African savannas, is, perhaps, the mother plant of the annual and 

 almost cosmopolitan S.glaura, Beauv. Concerning this see Hook, f ., 

 FL Brit. Ind. 78 ; Duthie, Fodd. Grass. N. Ind. 14, 111. t, 10. 



S. verticillata, Beauv., subsp. Aparine, A. Braun \ Chiovenda, 



Y^T 1 ^ 167 - Cf ' s - ver ticillata, Hook, f., I.e. vii., 80 ; Duthie, 

 Fodd. Grass. N. Ind. 15. 



Habr Awal country, Robecchi-, Golis Ranee, Drake-Brock- 



man, 171. 



Distr. (of the species). Throughout Africa, India and Melapa, 

 otherwise as a weed. 



Pennisetum ciliare, Link.— Syn. P. cenchreide*. Rich. ; Hook. I, 

 H 1. Brit. Ind. vii., 88 ; Duthie, Fodd. Grass. N. Ind. 17, III. 1. 12, 13. 



Golis Range, Drake- Brockm an, 166; without precise locality. 

 Cole Drake- Brock man, 20. "Grows in the valleys round Upper 

 bheikh. Height from 1-H ft. A good feeding grass."- Appleton. 

 Ahl mountains, up to 2,000 m. Hildebrandt (according to Engler). 



Vkrn. Arabjeb (Drake-Brockman). tfeealso under P, Ruppellii. 



