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Africa and Asia (Fl. Cap. vii. p. 575) — including India from the 

 Panjab to Burma, the Malay Peninsula, etc. (FL Br. India, 

 vii. p. 98). 



A good forage plant, Rhodesia (Appleton, No. 3, 1911, Herb. 

 Kew) included amongst Fodder Grasses of N. India (Duthie, 



p. 22; Kew Bull. 1907, p. 217). 



An annual, 3 ft. high, a beautiful grass found chiefly in fields 

 or in ground under cultivation, Nupe (Barter, No. 754, Herb. 

 Kew); culms 1^ ft. long (FL Cap. I.e.); a very beautiful grass 

 found growing in clumps in the bush, Rhodesia (Appleton, I.e.); 

 a slender grass, stems stout and branching at the base, then 

 ascending 3-10 in. (Fl. Br. India, I.e.); a grass about 12-18 in. 

 high, with a bottle-brush-like flowering spike, common in Yola 

 (Dalziel, Hausa Bot. Voc. p. 102 : Herb. Kew). 



Sporobolus, R. Br, 



Sporobolus festivus, Hochst; Fl. Trop. Afr. ined. 

 7/Z.— Wood, Natal PI. v. t. 405. 



Vernac, name. — Kakin furtau (Sokoto, Hausa, Dalziel). 



Sokoto, Katagum in Nigeria, found in SomaUland and in 

 several varieties throughout Tropical and S. Africa (Kew Bull. 

 1907, p. 219). 



Sometimes mixed with other grasses for thatching, Sokoto 

 {Dalziel, Hausa Bot. Voc. p. 46). 



A small slender grass of the bush or waste fields, Sokoto, 

 very abundant, Katagum (Dalziel, I.e. and Herb. Kew). 



Sporobolus indicus, R. Br. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. ined. 



/ZZ.— Trinius, Sp. Gram, Ic. i. t. 56 {Vilfa capensis); U.S. 

 Dept. Agric. Rep. Bot. 1878, t. 14; 1880, t. 30, f. 14 (fl. only); 

 Agric. Gaz. N.S. Wales, ii. 1891, t. 29; v. 1895, p. 389; Turner, 

 Austr, Grasses, i. p. 52; Wood, Natal PI. v. t. 408; Queensland 

 Agric. Journ. xxx. Mcty 1913, p. '318. 



Vemac. names.— Rutna., Ghorla, Khir, Tomagarika (India, 

 Watt); Jil-crow-a-berry (N. Australia, Maiden), — Rat-tail Grass, 

 Chilian Grass (Maiden) ; Paramatta or Tussock Grass (Turner). 



Oban (Talbot), in S. Nigeria, Cameroons, Tanganjdka Territory 

 (G.E." Africa), Abyssinia, S. Africa, St. Helena, Australia, India, 

 Burma, Ceylon, and many warm countries. 



Eaten when young by stock; but soon becomes tough and 

 wiry when it is usually avoided except when other fodder Is 

 scarce, Transvaal (Kew Bull. 1911, p. 160); cattle and horses 

 eat it and it is considered locally to be good forage, Rhodesia 

 (Appleton, Herb. Kew); affords capital feed in a young state; 

 but when old is very tough and wiry (Turner, '' The Grasses of 

 N.S. Wales" in Agrie. Gaz. N,S. Wales, 1891, p. 307); yields 

 a fair amount of fodder much relished by stock ; but too coarse 

 for sheep; the seed is the principal food of many small birds, 

 AustraUa (Maiden, Useful Native PI. Australia, p. 109); fodder 



