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very unpalatable when the flowers appear, N.S. Wales (Breakwell, 

 Agric. Gaz. N.S. Wales, Nov. 2nd, 1918, p. 781). 



An annual, stems 1-2 ft. tufted, with an unpleasant smell — 

 hence the Hausa name in Abinsi (Dalziel, Herb. Kew). This 

 malodorous property, which causes animals to reject it for food 

 requires to be investigated (Maiden, Agric. Gaz. N.S. Wales, 

 July 2nd, 1912, p. 579), The grass promises to become a 

 nuisance (I.e.) and it is a very undesirable jjlant to have in 

 pastures or fallowed lands, N.S. Wales (Breakwell, I.e.), 



Ref, — '' Stink Grass {Eragrostis major)/' Maiden, in Agric. 

 Gaz. N.S. Wales, xxiii. July 2nd, 1912, pp. 577-583; together 

 with some notes on Odoriferous and Poisonous Grasses. 



Eragrostis tremula» Hochst. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. ined. 



IlL — Duthie, Fodder Grasses, N. India, t. 79. 



Vernac. names. — [Komaiya (Katagum), Burburwa (Sokoto), 

 Dalziel] ; Oka esin (Lagos, Dawodu) ; Ogbe agun fon (S. Nigeria, 

 Dodd) ; Berberinoa (Nupe, Baihie) ; Bamburrua (Kontagora^ 

 Dalziel), 



Lagos, Ogurude (Cross River), Nupe, Katagum, Sokoto, 

 Kontagora, etc. in Nigeria and in Afghanistan, India and Burma. 



Much used as fodder, Katagum (Dalziel, Herb. Kew), cut 

 for fodder and used as grain in times of scarcity, Sokoto (I.e. & 

 Hausa Bot. Voc. p. 63); affords a scanty substitute for other 

 grains in times of famine Kontagora (Bull. Imp. Inst. 1907, 

 p. 260). 



Annual, stems sub-erect, \-2 ft., a common grass of waste 

 places. 



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SCHOENFELDIA, Kth. 



Schoenfeldia gracilis, KiintJi.; Fl. Trop, Afr. ined. 



[Chloris pallida, Hook, f., Fl. Br. India, vii. p. 289]. 



III. — Duthie, Fodder Grasses, N. India, t. 64. 



Vernac. name. — Shinaki (Sokoto, Dalziel). 



Sokoto, Katagum etc. in Nigeria; also in India. 



Used with other grasses for thatching, Sokoto (Dalziel, Herb. 

 Kew; Hausa Bot. Voc. p. 88). 



Annual, very slender, stem 10-18 in. high (Fl. Br. India^ he. 



Chloris pallida). 



Cynodon, Pers. 



Cynodon Dactylon, Pers. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. ined. 



Ill, — Smith & Sowerby, Eng. Bot. t. 850 {Panicum Dacfylon); 

 Host- Gram. Austr. ii. t. 18 (P. Daclylon); Kaupp, Gram. 

 Brit. t. 13 (P. Ductylou); Reichb. Ic. FL Germ. i. t. 26, f. 1404; 

 Kunth, Enum. PI. Suppl, t. 1; Martins, Fl. Bras. ii. pt. 3, 

 t. 21, f, 3; Syme, Eng. Bot. (ed. 3) t. 1690; Sowerby & 

 Johnson, Grasses, Gt. Britain, t, 142; U.S. Dept. Agric. 

 Rep. Bot. 1878, p. 104, t. 5; 1880, t. 29, f. 5; Yasey, Agric. 

 Grasses (ed. 1) t. 75, (ed 2) t. 59; Symonds, Indian Grasses, 

 tt, 1, la, lb- Duthie, Indig. Fodder Gr. N. India, t. 33; Agric. 



