775 



,The hard seeds are commonly used for necklaces and various 

 ornamental purposes. » : 



Ref. — •" Job's Tears " {Coix Lachryma, Linn. var. stenocarpa), 



in Kew Bull., 1888. pp. 144, 145, ^^ Coix lachryma: Job's 



Tears," in Diet. Econ. Prod. India, Watt, ii. 1889, pp. 492-500 



^^ CoiXy spp. (Job's Tears) : A Review of all available 



Information," Watt, Agric. Ledger, No. 13, 1904, pp. 188-229 

 " Coix;' in Comm. Prod. India, Watt, pp. 392-398. 



Thelepogon, Roth. 



Thelepogon elegans. Roth; FL Trop. Afr. IX. p. 34, 



III. — -Rich. Tent. !F1. Abyssinia, t. 102 {Andropogon princeps). 



Vernac, names. — Dandata (Katagum, Dalziel) ; Dataniya or 

 Dwatana (Hausa, Dalziel). 



Lagos, Borgu, Katagum, Yola in Nigeria; also in the 

 Cameroons, Abyssinia, East Africa, Nyasaland, and in the Deccan. 

 Peninsula (India). 



Fed to horses as a tonic, described as very bitter, Katagum 

 (Dalziel, Herb. Kew; Hausa Bot. Voc. p. 22). 



An annual, with culms up to 2 ft. Borgu (Barter, Herb. Kew). 



VossiA. WaU, & Griff. 



Vossia cuspidata, Grijf, ; FL Trop. Afr. IX. p. 41. ' 



IlL — Journ. & Proc. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, v. 1836, t. 23 

 (V.procera); Griffith, Ic. PI. Asiatic, t, 163; Trans. Linn. Soc. 

 xxix. (1875), t. 116 (7. procera). 



Katagum, Sokoto, in Northern Nigeria, and widely distributed 

 in Tropical Africa, including Nile Land, Lower Guinea, Belgian 

 Congo, Nyasaland and Portuguese East Africa. 



A perennial, growing with the culms submerged or floating 

 in water ; found in marshes, Katagum, in muddy pools, Sokoto 

 (Dalziel, Herb. Kew), in the Nile backwater (Grant, Herb. Kew), 

 and as one of the principal constituents of the " sadd " or 

 *' sudd " of the Nile and its tributaries (FL Trop. Afr. Lc.) — see 

 under Cyperus Papyrus (p. 764); in jheels [pools or lagoons 

 left after an inundation] of Bengal, Silhet and Assam (Fl. Br. 

 India, vii. p. 151). 



Jardinea, Steud. 



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4 



Jardinea congoensis Franch.\ Fl. Trop. Afr. IX. p. 53. 



Vernax^. name. — Diwa (Hausa, Dalziel). 



Lagos, Nupe, Abinsi in Nigeria and in Togoland, French 

 CJongo, Shari region, Belgian Congo. 



Used for making mats, screens and baskets, Abinsi and 

 vicinity (Dalziel, Herb. Kew; Hausa Bot. Voc, p. 25 — Rhytachne 



congoensis, Hack). 



A perennial, with erect culms 10 ft. high, foimd in swampy 

 places, river banks, etc., Abinsi (Dalziel, I.e.); 6 ft. high, along 



