851 



for cattle, seeds much liked by birds and poultry, Natal (Wood. 

 Natal PL v. t. 408). 



A perennial, culms 2-3 ft. long, tufted (FL Cap. vii. p. 586); 



stem 2-3 ft. sometimes as thick as a small goose-quill at the 

 base (Fl. Br. Ind. vii. p. 247); wiry and very strong, usually 

 found on road-sides, old land and farmsteads, Transvaal (Kew 

 Bull. I.e.). 



Sporobolus pyramidalis, BeaniK; Fl. Trop. Afr. ined. 



Vernac. names. — Ilute emji nuono (Agaku, S. Nigeria, 

 Thomas) \ Pake, Mehdo (Sierra Leone, Thomas), 



Opobo, Lagos, Katagum, Abinsi, etc. in Nigeria; also in 

 Sierra Leone, Gold Coast, Congo, Angola, etc. 



A good fodder, Sierra Leone (Scott ElHot, Herb. Kew) ; 

 grains eaten in times of famine, Uganda (Speke & Grant, Herb. 

 Kew). 



Average height 3 ft. (Grant, I.e.), common in bush and waste 

 places, Abinsi (Dalziel, Herb. Kew), a grass typical of Savannah 

 Forest, Gold Coast (Cliipp, Herb. Kew). 



Sporobolus spicatus, Kuntk; Fl. Trop. Air. ined. 



IlL — Trinius, sp. Gram. Tc. t. 12 {Vilfa spicatus); Dehle, 

 Fl. Eg5^pte, t. 10, f. 1 {Agrostis spicatus), 



Bornu — shore of Lake Chad, Sudan, Somahland, Kenya 

 Colony (B.E. Africa) and other parts of Tropical Africa; in 

 Arabia, India, etc. 



Kew 



1907, p. 219). 



6-12 



sea-shore, Red Sea Province, Sudan (Crossland, Herb. Kew), 

 growing in sand close to high-water mark, Coast, B.E. Africa 

 (Battiscombe, Herb, Kew); near water, Somahland (Appleton, 

 he. & Herb. Kew) and as a binding grass of the sand-dunes. 

 Cape Verd Islands (Moseley, Challenger Exped. 1873, Herb. Kew). 



Eragkostis, Beauv. 



Eragrostis abyssinica, Schrad. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. ined. 

 ///.— ^Transv. Agric. Journ. iii. 1905, t. 83; Agric. Journ. 

 Union of S. Africa, v. Jan. 1913, p. 29. 



Vernac. names.— TtheH, Tteff, or Thaff (Abyssinia, Bichard) 



Teff grass. 



Native of Abyssinia; introduced through Kew to variou 

 British Possessions in 188G (seed obtained from Abyssinia), 

 including West Africa, India, Australia, Natal, B. Guiana 

 and later to California and the Transvaal, B.E. Africa (Kenya 

 Colony). 



A valuable hay and pasture grass, suitable for all kinds of 

 stock ; the seed, in tlie country of origin and in Eritrea, is used 

 for making bread. An analysis of the grain (Red Teff), .«hows, 

 Water, 15- 2; Albuminoids, 8 • 2 ; Starch, etc., 68- 1 ; Oil, 2-8; 

 Cellulose, etc. 2-8; and Ash, 2-9 per cent. (Kew Bull. Jan. J 887, 



