814 



Comm. Prod; India, Watt, pp. 450-460 (John Murray, London, 



1908). '' Oils-Gramineae — principally Cymhopogon {Andropo- 



gon);' in The Chemistry of Essential Oils, Parry, pp. 167-187 



(Scott, Greenwood & Son, London, 1908). ^'^ The Aromatic 



Grass Oils," in Bull. Imp. Inst. ix. 1911, pp. 240-253; pp. 333- 

 340; X. 1912, pp. 27-34, 



Hyparrhenia, Anderss. 

 nifa, Stapf] Fl. Trop. Afr. IX. p. 304. [Andro- 



on rufits, Kunth, Enum. i. p. 492; Cymhopogon ruf 

 . Weiw. Afr, PL ii. p. 155]. 



Vernac. names, — Yamma or Yama (Hausa, Dalziel) 

 koto), Mosseque or Mosoque (Angola) Stapf] 



[Yamma 



, Katagum (Dalziel Nos. 487, 903, 266, Herb. 

 Kew), Lokoja (Richardson No. 4, Herb. Kew), in N. Nigeria; 

 Ogurude (Holland No. 276, Herb. Kew) in S. Nigeria in the 

 Cameroons and almost throughout Tropical Africa ; in the 

 Mascarene Islands and in Brazil. 



i Commonly used for grass fencing in Nigeria and for thatching 

 in Angola (Stapf, I.e.); used for " zana " (fencing) and thatch, 

 Nigeria (Dalziel, Hausa Bot. Voc, p. 104 — Cymhopogon rufus), 

 and for similar purposes, Ogurude, Cross River (Holland) ; pulp 



,kin 



in meadoi^' 



Hyparrhenia Ruprechtii, Fourn,; Fl, Trop. Afr. IX. p. 326. 



]Cymhopogon Ruprechtii, Rendle, Cat, Welw. Afr. PL ii. p, 160; 

 Andropogon BwprecTitiiy Hack. D.C. Monogr. Ph. vi. p. 645; 



Stapf, Fl. Cap. vii. p. 365]. 



Vernac, names. — Kiara or Kyara (Katagum, Dalziel); Tam- 

 bookie (S. Africa, one of the grasses mider this name, Bull. Imp. 

 Inst. 1919, p. 142). 



Lagos, Lokoja, Katagum, Jeba, Quorra (Niger) in Nigeria 

 and widely distributed in Tropical Africa extending to the East 

 and Mozambique district, also in S. Africa, Madagascar and 



Tropical America. 



Used for thatching, Katagum (Dalziel, No. 265, Herb. Kew) ; 

 for mats, houses, etc, Lokoja (Richardson, Herb. Kew) and 

 for fencing after the spikelets have fallen (Dalziel, Hausa 

 Bot. Voc. p. 69 — Cymhopogon Ruprechtii). This grass has 

 been examined amongst others suggested for the manufacture 

 of paper; it is very similar to the "Tambookie" grasses 

 {Andropogon Dregeanus and A. auctus) of S. Africa. The stems 

 of the sample were straw-coloured and had been cut up into 

 lengths of about 3 ft. ; they measured ^^ in. diam, and had hard 

 nodes at intervals of 11-14 in. Yield of pulp good and of 

 excellent quality (Bull. Imp. Inst. 1919, p. 142, 144). 



A perennial up to 10 ft. high in caespitose clumps; a very 

 common taU grass with sharp long awned spikelets (Dalziel, l.c*), 

 the prevalent grass, Lokoja (Richardson, I.e.); small, densely 



