§38 



pp. 18^186. -"Foxtail Millet {Sefaria italica) in Fodder 



Plants and Their Culture," Piper, pp. 286-294 (The Macmillan 

 Co. New York, 1915). 



Setaria rubiginosa, Miq. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. IX. ined. [>S', glauca 

 of most Tropical African authors, non. Beauv.]. 



Vernac. names, — Duza, Kyasuwar rafi, Kyasuwar ta fadana 

 (Sokoto, Hausa, Dalziel), 



Lag03 (MacGregor, No. 143, 1902, Herb. Kew), Aboh (Barter, 



No. 309, Herb. Kew), Nupe (Barter, No. 1359), Yola, Abinsi 

 (Dalziel, Nos. 272 (1909) and 868 (1912) Herb. Ke^y) and Mt. 

 Patteh (Vogel, No. 173, Herb. Kew) in Nigeria; also known from 

 Chari-Central and Rhodesia. 



Considered locally to be good forage, horses and cattle eat 

 it, Rhodesia (Appleton, No. 10, Jan. 1911, Herb. Kew); used 

 for thatch, Nigeria (Dalziel, Hausa Bot. Voc, p. 28 — ■^S'. aurea). 

 Grain very much Uked for '' Bosso " — a time of famine bread, 

 Abyssinia (Schimper, Herb. Kew). 



An annual, 2 ft. high, open plains, Nupe (Barter, I.e.), found 

 growing in swampy ground, Rhodesia (Appleton, I.e.) ; in meadows 

 Abinsi and vicinity and damp places, Sokoto (Dalziel, 11. cc.) and 

 in marshy ground and alluvial soil, subject to floods in the rainy 

 season near the Umbaka river, N. Nyasaland (Scott, Herb. Kew). 



Setaria sulcata, Raddi] Fl. Trop. Afr. IX. ined. 



Verriac, names .—'Keimeiasb (Sierra Leone, Lane-Poole) ; Izeya 

 (Rhodesia, Swynnerton) ; Uwondwe (Pemba Island, Lyne) ; 

 Bulfel-gras (Transvaal, Burit-Davy). 



LagoSj Opobo, Onitsha in Nigeria and known also from 



Sierra Leone, the Gold Coast, the Cameroons, Rhodesia, Fernando 



Po, Zambesi, and the Belgian Congo; in Natal and Tropical 



America. 



A good fodder for cattle and horses. Sierra Leone, (Lane 



Poole, No. 451, 1916, Herb, Kew); a fodder grass, Rhodesia 

 (Eyles, No. 1328, Herb. Kew); horses are very fond of it; said 

 to be the best fodder grass in the Barberton District, Transvaal 

 (Burtt-Davy, Transv. Agric. Journ. Jan. 1905, p. 290). 



perennial 



vu 



Rhodesia, altitude 5000 ft. (Ejdes, I.e.), about 8 ft. high, found 

 by water, Lagos (MacGregor), about 6-8 ft. high, a conspicuous 

 feature of the open country, Opobo (Jeffreys), 3-4 ft. in open 

 spaces, Bonny (Kalbreyer); common everywhere. Sierra Leone 

 (Scott EUiot) and common in damp situations, Lagos (Millen)— 

 all notes on specimens in the Kew Herbarium — ^usually found in 

 the shade of trees in dongas and where the conditions suit it 



w 



sometimes grows 5-12 



I.e.). 



(Burtt-Davy, 



Tricholaena, Schrad. 



Tricholaena rosea, Nees. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. ined. 

 ZZL— Wood, Natal PI. ii. t. 180; Agric. Gaz. N.S. Wale?, 

 xix. Feb. 3, 1908, p. 121; Tracy, U.S. Dept. Agric. Farmers' 



