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by small birds. — ' Economic Products of India,' Watt, 

 part vi., No. 727. 



Distribution : Cape Verd Islands. 



Bur Grass of Jamaica {Cenchrus echinatus, L.). — 

 Annual. This species is considered to be a whole- 

 some and pleasant food for all sorts of cattle. — 

 ' Hortus Jamaicensis,' Lunan, p. 126. 



Distribution : Upper Guinea. 



Dhaman of Punjab {Pennisetum cenchroides. Rich.). 

 — This grass is esteemed extremely fattening for cattle. 

 In the dry parts round Multan the seeds are used by 

 the natives as food. — ' Punjab Products,' Powell, p. 

 245 ; ' Economic Products of India,' Watt, part vi., 

 No. 559. 



Distribution : Cape Verd Islands. 



Kous of Gambia, Gero, African Millet, Bajra of 

 India, &c. {Pennisetum typhoidimn, Rich. \Penicillaria 

 spicata, Willd.]). — Tall, erect grass, cultivated in 

 Western Africa for the grain. On the Gold Coast the 

 natives reduce it to a fine meal with grinding stones, 

 and then make it into a kind of bread resembling the 

 kankie ; it is mostly eaten by the upper ranks, or is 

 confined in other localities for use at sacred festivities. 

 At Bathurst the Joloffs and neighbouring races prepare 

 a favourite dish from this millet, and in Bornou, where 

 it is known under the name of " gussub," it is eaten 

 either raw or after having been parched in the sun ; 



