809 



Barbados is said to resemble English hay-fields (Kew Bull. 1 895, 

 p. 210 — Andropogon pertusus). 



Amphilophis pertusa, Staj)/; Fl. Trop. Afr. IX. p. 175. 

 [Andropogon pertusus Willd., Sp. PI. iv. p. 922j. 



III. — Beauvois, Agrost. t. 23, f. 2 {Andropogon pertusus). 

 Sour Grass. 



Cape Verde Islands, Eritrea, Abyssinia, Somaliland, Mozam- 

 bique, Arabia, India, Ceylon, Mauritius, Jamaica. 



A perennial; propagated by division of the roots and stands 

 drought well. An important fodder grass in the plains of 

 N. India, both for grazing and stacking. It is considered 



excellent fodder for bullocks etc. and for horses when green and 



is grazed by buffaloes (Kew Bull. I.e. p. 209 — Andropogon 

 pertusus). 



SCHIZACHYRIIJM, NcCS. 



Schizachyrium exile, Stapf; FI. Trop. Afr. IX. p. 191. 



Vertmc. tiames. — Jan ranno, Jan ramno, Jan banje, Jan bako, 

 ramno (Hausa, Sokoto, Dalziel). 



Sokoto, Katagum, Lokoja in N. Nigeria, also in Shari region, 

 Nileland and India. 



Used for thatching and chopped up to mix with building clay 

 or mud for building huts, and also as a fodder grass in Sokoto 

 and Katagum (Dalziel, Nos. 251 & 259, Herb. Kew, 1910; 

 Hausa Bot. Voc. p. 50 — Andropogon exilis). 



An annual li-2 ft. high, turning russet red in Autumn 

 (October and November) Sokoto (I.e.). 



Andropogon, Linn. 

 Andropogon gayanus, Kunth; Fl. Trop. Afr. IX. p. 261. and 



varieties genuinus, Hack, bisquamulatus, Hack, squamulatus, 



Stapf ; all widely distributed in Tropical Africa. 



Vernac. names. — Gamba (Hausa, Dalziel); Eruwa funfun 



Dodd) 



Thomas) 



A commonly used grass for " zana," N. Nigeria (Dalziel, I.e. 

 p. 32); pulp suitable for making paper (Bull. Imp. Inst. 1921, 

 p. 275). 



A perennial, 10 ft. high, moist places, Nupe (Barter, Herb. 



Kew) 



high, Katagum (Dalziel, Herb 



Kew), a tuft grass found on the edge of cultivated patches, 

 Opobo (Jeffreys, Herb. Kew). 



Andropogon pseudaprieus. Stapf; Fl. Trop. Afr. IX. p. 242. 



Vernac. names. — Jan bako, Jan bauje (Sokoto, Dalziel). 



Sokoto, Nupe, Katagum, Lokoja in N. Nigeria. 



Used for thatching, Sokoto (Dalziel, Herb. Kew; Hausa 

 Bot. Voc. p. 50 — A. apricus, var africanus). 



An annual ; 2-4 ft. high ; found in rice fields, Nupe (Barter, 

 Herb. Kew), turning russet in November, Sokoto (Dalziel, I.e.). 



