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Paspalum distichum, Burm. — A creeping swamp 

 grass. It keeps beautifully green throughout the 

 year, and affords a sufficiently tender blade for feed. 

 — 'Select Plants,' Mueller, p. 157. 



Distribution : Upper Guinea, St. Thomas. 



Sawan or Sanwan of India {Panicum frumentaceum , 

 Roxb.). — Annual herbaceous grass. The grain is 

 wholesome and nourishing, and is a favourite one for 

 home consumption amongst the poorer classes of 

 India. The Hindus consider it to be a very pure 

 grain, and use it for religious offerings in preference to 

 all others. The stalks are used as fodder for cattle. 

 — ' Field and Garden Crops of the N. W. Provinces 

 and Oudh,' Duthie and Fuller, part ii., p. 3, &c. 



Distribution : Upper Guinea. (Cultivated.) 



Panicum sanguinale, L. (P. horizontale, Mey.). — 

 Annual tufted grass. Stock is said to relish this 

 grass. — ' Select Plants,' Mueller, p. 1 54. 



Distribution : Upper Guinea. 



Many-flowered tall Millet or Guinea Grass (^Panicum 

 maximum, L.). — Perennial grass, attaining the height 

 of eight feet in the-tropics. It is highly nutritious. — 

 'Select Plants,' Mueller, p. 153. 



Distribution : Upper Guinea. 



Setaria verticillata, Beauv. [Panicum verticillata, L.J. 

 — Annual grass. Cattle eat it when young, before 

 the flower spikes are formed. The seeds are eaten 



