847 



Nupe, Jeba, Abinsi, etc. in N. Nigeria, Agolo, Ila, S. Nigeria. 



Used for roofing, S. Nigeria (Thomas, Herb. Kew). 



Abundant in bush, growing 4-5 ft. or more, Abinsi (Dalziel, 

 Herb. Kew). Immense plains in Borgu of an allied species 

 {T, hordeiformis , Stapf) — an annual — are described by Barter 

 (Herb. Kew; Kew Bull. 1897, p. 298) as resembhng "barley 

 crops in Northern Hants." 



Trichopteryx simplex, Hack. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. ined. 



7ZZ.— Wood, Natal PI. ii. t. 185. 



Oban, S. Nigeria, and also known from Rhodesia and S, Africa. 



Considered good forage until the seed matures, Rhodesia 

 (Appleton, Herb. Kew) ; readily eaten, but not of much value, 

 Transvaal (Kew Bull. 1911, p. 159). 



Culms 2-3 ft. long, densely tufted (Fl. Cap. vii. p. 450); 

 in flower January near Chirinda, Rhodesia, altitude 3700 ft. 

 (Swyrmerton, Journ. Linn. Soc. xl, 1911, p. 233). 



Phragmites, Trin. 



Phragmites communis, Trin. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. ined. 



III. — Smith & Sowerby, Eng. Bot. t. 401 {Arundo Phragmites) ; 

 Knapp, Gram. Brit. t. 95 {A. Phragmites); Host. Gram. 

 Austr. iv, t. 39 (A. Phragmites); Kunth, Rev. Gram. i. t. 60 

 (P. mauritiana); Fl. Danica, t. 2464; Zenker, Fl. Thuringen, 

 V. t. 563; Syme, Eng. Bot. (ed. 3) t. 1727; U.S. Dept. Agric. 

 Rep. Bot. 1880, t. 15, t. 28, f. 15; Sowerby & Johnson, Grasses, 

 Gt. Britain, t. 118; Useful PI. Gt. Britain, t. 22, f. 259 {A. Phrag- 

 mites); Vasey, Agric. Grasses (ed. 1) t. 87, (ed. 2) t. 68; Wood, 

 Natal PI. ii. t. 193; Hitchcock, Grasses, U.S. Dept. Agric. Bull. 

 772, 1920, p. 65, f. 27. 



names. — Ku (Lagos, Millen); [Machara, Wuchiar 

 Giwa or Wutsiyar giwa (Hausa, Katagum) ; Gabara (Sokoto), 



nac 



Dalziel]; Bus (Arabic, Muriel); Mataetae (Unyoro, Grant); 

 Carrizo (Mexico, United States, Hitchcock); Common Reed; 

 Roseau Commun (French) ; Roseau a balais. 



Lagos, Brass, Nupe, Katagum, N. Bornu, Lake Chad, in 

 Nigeria, and in S. Africa, Somahland, Mediterranean region, 

 India, and cosmopoUtan near watercourses in nearly all 



countries. 



Stems used for flutes and pipe stems, Sokoto (Dalziel, Hausa 



Bot. Voc. p. 21— Arundo Donax); for flutes and whistles, 

 Unyoro (Grant, Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. p. 173); natives form 

 pipe tubes of the large hollow stems, Nupe (Barter, Herb. Kew) ; 

 used for arrows, Lagos (Millen, Herb. Kew); used for roofing, 

 Lahoul, India, and for making sandals, Panjab (Watt, Diet. 

 Econ. Prod. India); for lattices in the construction of adobe 

 huts in S.W. United States, shafts of arrows by the Indians 

 and for mats and screens in Mexico and Arizona (Hitchcock, 

 I.e. p. 64) ; for thatching^found to be more durable than straw. 



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