806 



pp. 1-32. Uses of Sorghum Grain, Ball, U.S. Dept. Agric, 



J'armers' BuU. No. 686, 1915, pp. 1-15. ^'^ Sorghum '^ in 



Bull. Imp. Inst. xiii. 1915, pp. 482-483. Corn, Milo and 



Kafir in the Southern Great Plains Area ; Relation of Cultural 

 Methods to Production, Chilcott, Griggs, & Burmeister, U.S. 



Dept, Agric. Bull. No. 242, 1915, pp. 1-20,- " Sorghums '' in 



J'orage Plants and Their Culture, Piper, pp. 260-284 (The 

 Macmillan Co. New York, 1915). — — ^New Sorghum Varieties for 

 the Central and Southern Great Plains, Vinall & Edwards, U.S. 



Dept, Agric. Bull. No. 383, 1916, pp. 1-15, Sorghum for 



Podder, Ministry of Agriculture (London), Special Leaflet No. 53, 



1916, pp. 1-2. Breeding Millet and Sorgho for Drought 



Adaptation, Dillman, U.S. Dept. Agric. Bull. No. 291, 1916, 



pp. 1-19. Grain— Sorghum experiments in the Panhandle of 



Texas, Ball & Rothgeb, U.S. Dept. Agric. Bull, No. 698, 1918, 



pp. 1-89. " Sorghum," in Kew Bull. 1919, pp. 23-26. 



** Cholam (Andropogon Sorghum) as a Substitute for Barley in 

 Malting Operations," Viswanath, Row and Agyangar, in Memoirs, 

 Dept, Agric. India (Chem. Series) v. Jan. 1919, pp. 117-129. 



Andropogon Sorghum (Millets for Fodder on Sugar Estates)," 

 Barber, in The International Sugar Journal, xxii. Nov, 1920, 



pp. 614-616. 



No 



Vetiveria, Thouars. 



Vetiveria nigritana, Stapf; Fl. Trop. Afr. IX. p. 157. 



Vernac. names. — Jama or Jema (Katagum, Dalziel). 

 Katagum (Dalziel, No. 273, 1908, Herb. Kew), Nupe (Barter, 



Kew) 



ambia 



Dahomey, Cameroons, Lower Guinea, Zanzibj 

 Africa and Rhodesia. 



Used for thatch, Katagum (Dalziel, I.e.) for " Zana 

 <fencing) and for plaiting straw armlets called " darambuwa 

 J^. Nigeria (Hausa Bot. Voc. d. 50 — V. zizanioides). 



j> 



perennial 



Kataetum 



in large clumps, on waste places, once occupied by native 

 dwellings, Angola (Gossweiler, Herb. Kew) and described as a 

 grass with a very blue appearance, common on the edges of 

 pools, Chibabava, Lower Buzi, Gazaland (Swynnerton, Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. xl. 1911, p. 224). 



In general closely resembling the following species; but 

 roots not aromatic. 



Vetiveria zizanioides, Stapf; Fl. Trop. Afr. IX. p. 157. 



{Andropogon muricatus, Retz, Obs. iii. p. 43 ; A. squarrosus, 

 Hack, in DC. Monogr. Phan. vi. p. 542.] 



/^Z.— Duthie, Fodder Grasses, N. India t. 15. 



