776 



moist 



(Millen, Herb. Kew) : 10 ft 



Haemarthria, R. Br. 



Haemarthria fasciculata, Kunth; Fl. Trop. Afr. IX. p. 55. . 



III. — Desfont. Fl. Atlant, i. t. 36 {RoUboeUia fasciculata) ; 

 Martius, Fl. Bras. ii. pt. 3, t. 72, f . 2, 



Lake Chad, and in British East Africa, Portuguese East Africa, 

 Nyasaland, Rhodesia, Mediterranean region of Africa, 

 America. 



Dr. Stapf is of opinion that although the Indian plant is 



also in 



H 



H.fi 



Of compressa it is said that it is a good cattle feed and is the 

 principal fodder in Dacca, India, recommended for moist 

 pastures, and highly esteemed by graziers in Gippsland, Victoria 

 (Mueller), not injured by moderate frost and resistant to drought 

 (Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. India). 



A perennial, with erect culms, 1-5 ft. high, sometimes arising 

 from a decumbent, rooting base. 



Manisuris, Linn. f. 



Manisuris granularis, Sw. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. IX. p. 57. 



III. — Roxb. PI. Corom.' lii. t. 118; Gaertner, Fruct. Sem. 



^h ii. t. 175; Pal. de Beauv. Fl. Oware & Benin, i. t. 14 



(M. polystachya) ; Agrost., t. 21, f. 10; Martius, Fl. Bras. ii. 



pt. 2, t. 46; Symonds, Indian Grasses, t. 53; Lisboa, Bombay 



Grasses, p. 62; Engler & Drude, Veg. Erde (Pflanz. Afr.), ix. 2, 



p. 191, f. 135; Hitchcock, Grasses, U.S. Dept. Agric. Bull. 



No. 772, 1920, p. 280, f. 169 {Rytilix granularis). 



Vernac. nume s.—Andande, Fesi fesi, Guisqui (Sierra Leone, 

 Thomas). 



Kabba, Yola, Ogurude, in Nigeria, widely distributed in 

 Tropical Africa and throughout the Tropics. 



A fodder grass, both grazed and stacked in India; but 

 opinions differ as to its quaMties, " not much relished by cattle " 

 (Coldstream), " considered a good fodder-grass in Ajmere " 

 (Duthie) (Diet. Econ. Prod. India). 



An annual, with erect culms, 3 ft. high or more. 



RoTTBOELLiA, Linn. 



Rottboellia exaltata, Linn. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. IX 



III— Roxb. PI. Corom, ii. t. 157; Lisboa, I 



p. 58 ; Engler 



Afr 



Vernac. names. — Gizazama or Gyazama, Dadawa (H 

 Dalziel) ; Agumbogo (Aguku, S. Nigeria, Thomas). 



