to to
nor his stirabout. This grain is used by the Waganda to assist in fermenting
their plantain-wine.
A n d r o p o g o n e u c o m i s , Nees ; cottony flower ; marsh, 5° S. Alt. 3960 ft.
A . s p . (§ Q y m n a n d r o p o g o n ) , stigmas rusty ; stalk a pink purple ; by moisture,
Alt. 3600 ft. Natives in famines eat its millet. 5° 6' 8.
4 A . s p . [ p a n i c u l a t a ) ; 2 ft. high. 1° 40' S. March 1862. (486.)"
1 S a c c h a r u m o f f i c i n a r u m , L. ; sugar cane ; seen only on ànd about the equator;
the red-stalked variety most frequent ; they make no further use of it than
eating the cane.
2 S . ? s p . (no flowers) ; 4 to 5 feet high ; the grass used for thatch in Uganda
and Unyoro ; equator, and 2° N.
1 C y m b o p o g m , f i n i t i m u s , Höchst.; 6 to 7 ft. high; covering the Northern
sporting, grounds of Uganda, 1° N. Ju ly 17, 1862. (525. )
2 G . c y m b a r i u s , var. ; 6 ft. high ; growing richly under the shade of trees on
the luxuriant rocky heights of G-ani, 3 N. Dec. 1862.
3 O . h i r t u s ; Nile banks, about 5° N. March 1863.
1 A n t h i s t i r i a , s p . ; on dry sandy soil, near Tura nullah, 5° 26' S. Alt. 3800 ft.
2 A . i m b e r b i s , Petz.; 2 to 24 ft. h igh; the grass th at clothes and waves like
com on the treeless hills of Karagüé, alt. 5000 to 5500 ft. Dec. 1861.
Cattle are never grazed upon it. (417.)
3 A . c i l i a t a , Hetz. ; 2^-ft. high ; growing under trees in rich low ground w ith
great luxuriance; in famines1 the natives eat its grain. 5° 5' S. Alt.
3600 ft.
1 P o g o n a t h e r u m ? s p . (leaves only) ; a black spur ergot grows in its stems when
m dry ground ; this, or a variety, grows submerged in a perfect network,
which supports a man, -or water-boc as they plunge through it.
1 E r i a n t h u s a u r e u s ? Nees ; stigmas rust-coloured; swamps, 5° S. Alt. 3600 ft
1 V o s s i a p r o c e r a , Griff. ; back-waters of the Nile. Nov. 1862. -
1 M a n i s u r i s g r a m i l a r i s , L. ; weed. 2° N. Nov. 1862.
1 H e l o p u S ' a n n u l a t u s , Nees ; stigmas black. 5° 5 ' S. Alt. 3600 ft.
1 E i g i t a r i a s a n g u i n a l i s , L. ; waste grounds, Uganda. Ju ly 1862.
2 D . m u t i c c c j Forsk; creeping grass ; stems a foot high branch from immediately
above the rootlets ; donkeys seek for and devour it greedily ; looks a sweet
grass. 1°40'S. March 1862. (477.)
1 P a n i c u m s p . (near P . b r i z a n t h u m , Höchst.) ; grows about cult., 1° 40' S
March 1862. (488.)
2 P . s p . (near P . b r i z a n t h u m Höchst.) ; 3 feet high ; 2° N., on plateaux. Nov.
1862.
3 P . s p . ; 3 feet high. 4° 18' S. Alt. 3800 ft. March 1861. (167.)
4 P . s p . ; grows under trees, 1° 4 0 'S. Dec. 1861. (400.)
5 P . s p . ; very handsome ; 6 to 8 ft. high ; near river bank ; two of its dark
panicles very commonly grow from one stem. 5° S. 1861.
1 O p l i s m e m i s c o l o n i e s , L. ; Nile bank, 16° N. April 1863.
2 O . c r u s G a U i , L. ; grows along with marsh plants, its stem lying 3 or 4 feet
on the ground, and then grows 6 feet high ; diminutive specimens were observed
to have their leaves zebra-marked { i . e . , with black bars at f-inch
mtervalsb and^pink edges ; uncommon ; in boggy places, 5° 16' S., 5° 5' S.
1 T r i c T w l i m a , s p . ; 3 feet higb ; by pathways ; flowers handsome, and rich pink •
5 S. Alt. 3960 ft. '
1 P e m c i U a r i a s p i c p jM , , .Bajni; ’ ’ seen only near the coast; not cult, in the
interior.
1 S e t a r i a v e r t i c i t t a t a , Beauv.; nasty weed growing near huts, and sticking to
one’s clothes ; cattle are said to die from eating it. (476.)
2 8 . g l a u c a , Beauv. ; thinly spread over the Unyanyembé forests in low ground *
brilliant golden flowers. 1 . ’
3 S . a u r e a , Höchst. ; by path ; liable to small round fungi, the dust of which is
eaten by the natives. 2° N. . Nov. 1862.,
1 P e n n i s e t u m p o l y s t a c h y u m , Schott ; E. coast range, Oct. 1860.
2 1 ' . E i u i h c c m i , Steud. ; “ Maweengo-weengo; ” 10 ft. high reed, with fox-brush
flower; by water; equator, 3° N.', &c. The tall white fences round the
palace, &c., and interiors of all Uganda houses, are of this reed; a strip
from its bark answers all the purposes of a knife in cutting meat up ; the
king’s victims are, we were told, cut to pieces with it. (713.)
1 S t i p a n . s p . ; the jungle-grass about 3° 1 0 'N. Dec. 1862.
1 A r i s t i d a n . s p . ; 3 ft. high, with very elegant panicle, 4° 18' S. Mav 1861.
Near cult. (164.)
1 S p o r o b o l u s d o n g a t u s , R. B r .; 3 to 4 ft. high, in grassy jungles of 1° 40' to 2°
N . ; silvery grey, span long; close panicle.. (482 and 563.)
2 8. s p . ; boggy ground, 5° S.
1 A r u n d o p h r a g m i t e s , L .; “ Mataate; ” 8 ft. high. Erom 4° 55' N. to the
Bahr-el Gaza! (9° N.), the banks of the Nile to the horizon are a sea
of this reed; at 28° N. it is diminutive, and creeps along the sand. The
Waganda on the equator make their flutes from i t ; said to grow arm-thickness
at Lake Nyassa, where it is used in making huts. (576 and 780.)
1 O y n o d o n d a c t y l c m , Pers.'; Indian D ii b grass; cattle love i t ; natives at 2°
' N. make bedding or lay their floors with i t . . 5° S. to 2° N. Nov. 1862,
1 D a c t y h c t e n i i m , a e g y p t i a c u m ; grows most abundantly on waste ground, also
on the flat roofs of the Arabs’ houses in UnyanyembC; natives gather the
ears, dry them in the sun, beat out the grain on the rocks, grind and make
stirabout of it. 5° S., &c. Feb. 1861. (10.)
I M i c r o c h l o a s e t a c e a , H. B r.; stigma white; light soil, near water, 5° 5' S.
1 G h L o r i s m e c c a n o , , Hochst.; 3 to 4 ft. high; plantain-groves, equator. Ju ly
1862. (528.)
2 O . s p . ; common, by paths, 2° N. Nov. 1862.
1 E l e m i n e c o r a c a n a , Gaert. ; Murwa; “ oolgzee;” cult, everywhere on the
route, sometimes in ridges, and at others broadcast; its flour, if soaked
for a night in water, makes very fair unleavened cakes ; a coarse beer,
tasting pleasantly bitter, is made from its grain mixed with th at of doora,
i . e . , sorghum; natives also make stirabout of i t ; plaintain-wine fermented
by it has an extra aroma imparted to it.
2 E . i n d i c a , L . ; grows in tufts generally; 2 ft. h ig h ; by fields. . As grazing
for cattle the natives esteem it (though tough) more than any other
species. (485.)
1 E r a g r o s t i s m e g a s t a c h y a , Koch.; in sesamum fields, 2° N., and also a t 16° N.
April 1863. ‘ (5824.)
2 E \ s p . , right bank Nile, 16° N. April 1863.
3 E . ? n . s p . ; boggy ground, 5° S. 1861.
4 E . i n . s p . ; fine plant; in tufts by pathway, 2° N. Aug., 1862.
5 E . ’ c m o m r i o i d e s , R e tz ; 3 or 4 ft. high, lining the sandy banks of the Nile; 16°
; to 17° N., where it is made into very coarse rope. April 1863- (774-7.)
1 B a m b u s a , s p . ; bamboo; 15 to 20 ft. high ; 2 to 3 in. in circ., in thick clumps,
Usagara hills 64° S., and not again till 3° 15' N,; where the natives construct
their houses, baskets, bows, and spear-handles of i t ; sides of rocky streams.
(37 and 719-5.,), ■ ■ ..vb '
1 T r i t i c u m s a t i v u m , L., wheat; never met with from Zanzibar to 15)° N. (the
Soudan), where it is cult, by irrigation.
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1 C y p e r u s a r t i c u l a t u s , L. ; Nile edges, 2° N, Nov. 1862.
2 O . r o t w n d u s , L .} 5° 6' S. Alt. 3800 ft.
3 G . s p . (same from Barter); Rush ; Nile edges, 2° N. Nov. 1862.
4 G . s q u a r r o s u s , R o ttb .; on rocky heights, .3° 15' N. Dec. 1862.
5 G . a r i s l a t u s , R o ttb .; diminutive. 5° S., 1860 ; and 2° N., 1862.
6 G . p u l v i n a t u s , Nees; common; in.tufts ;.marshes, 2° N., Sept, 1862.
7 G . m u c r o n a t u s , Rottb. ; the only vegetation within arm’s-length of the bubbling
from a hot spring (too hot for the hand), abundant all round i t ; near
Zungomero, 3° 33' S.
8 O . d i f f o r m i s , L .; moist ground; hillsides, 3° 15' N., Dee. 1862.
9 G . f l a v e s c e n s , L. ; in tu f ts ; low rocky ground, 3° 15' N., Dec. 1862.
10 G . a l o p e c u r o i d e s , Rottb.; “ Magadee;” 8 ft. high; useful as th atch -
Little Windermere, 1° 40' S., March 1862. (480.)
11 G . l o n g u s , L . ; grows on cataract rocks at Gherri, 16° N., &c. ; also on the