846 



in stalk 75 lb. and when threshed 44 lb., average price per bundle 

 ed. (Morgan-Owen, N. Nig. Gaz. Suppl. No. 9, May 15th, 1913, 

 p. 182). In Sokoto a farm of 3 acres, manured pelded 33 bundles, 

 of a total weight (stalked) 2244 lb. (threshed) 1435* lb., total 



value of threshed grain 

 I.e. p. 184). 



(Malcolm 



^e/. — '* Bulrush Millet — Pennisefum typlioideum," in Food 

 Grains of India, Church, pp. 56-59. " Pennisetiim typlioideum,'* 



in Diet. Econ. Prod. India, Watt, vi. 1892, pp. 127-131. 



" Millet ou petit mil {Pennisetum spicatum)," Dumas in L'Agric. 



prat, pays chauds (" L'Agric. dans la Vallee du Niger ") v. 2, 



1905, pp. 526-528. "Pearl MUet or Kaffir Manna-Koorn 



{Penmsetum spicatum)" Burtt-Davy, in Transv. Agric. Journ. 



iii. Jan. 1905, p. 286. " Pennisetuyn typhoideum," in The 



Commerical Products of India, Watt, pp. 869-872 (John Murray, 



London, 1908). Pearl Mllet, Ball, U.S. Dopt. Agric. Farmers' 



Bull. 168, 1908, pp. 1-15. " Le Millet a Chandelle dans la 



region du Kasai," L.P. in Bull. Agric. Congo Beige, iii. Sept. 1912, 

 Y>p. 666-668; abstract (translation) in Bull. Bur. Agric. Int. 



Rome, iii. 1912, pp. 2635-2636. " Gero " in Crop Statistics, 



Morgan-Owen (Katagum), Monsell (Kano) Miller-Stirhng (North- 

 ern Div.), Gepp (Katsina), Malcolm (Sokoto), in N. Nigeria 



Gaz. Suppl. May loth, 1913, pp. 182-184. " MawaU {Penni- 



setum typhoideum)," in Bull. Imp. Inst. x. 1914, p. 341, from 



Zanzibar. " Penicillaria {Pennisetum glaucum) " in Forage 



Plants, Piper, pp. 301-303 (The Macmillan Co. New York, 1915). 



•" Bulrush Millet {Pennisetum typhoideum)" Barber, in The 



Inter. Sugar Journ. xxii. Dec. 1920, pp. 684-685. 



Cenchrus, Linn. 



Cenchrus catharticus, Delile ; FI. Trop. Afr. ined. 



/ZL— Duthie, Indig. Fodder Gr. N. India, t. 11. 

 Vernac. /lames.— Karangia or Karangiya (Katagum, Dalziel) ; 



Bur Grass, Prickly 



W 



Bur Grass. 



Lagos, Katagum, Lokoja, Nupe, in Nigeria and in other parts 

 of Tropical Africa, in India and Arabia. 



Seeds edible and the plant a good fodder, Nigeria (Dalziel, 

 Hausa Bot. Voc. p. 47) ; seeds eaten in times of scarcity ; plant 

 eaten when young by cattle ; it is considered by some to be an 

 exceUent fodder, by others only middUng, India (Watt, Diet. 

 Econ. Prod. India). The burs are a serious drawback to the 

 use of the plant for fodder when mature. 



An annual, found about towns and villages, Nupe (Barter, 

 Herb. Kew). 



Trichopteryx, Nees. 

 Trichopteryx nigritiana, Stapf; Fl. Trop. Afr. ined. 



Vernac. names.—k\o (Agolo, S. Nigeria, TJiomas); Osi Ata 

 (Ila, S. Nigeria, Thomas). 



