_idon hawanya_, with a large grain concealed in the husk;
_haḳorin machiji_ (North of Kano), a long spike with abundant hard
very small grains;
_zango_, with a very long fruiting spike;
_zamfaruwa_; _bazaume_ or _bazarme_ (a corruption of _Ba-Zabarme_);
_girgera_ or _gargasa_, a white-grained variety like _maiwa_,
but considered one of the best or most elegant (= _farin gero_
or _geron Adar_, because common in French territory);
_ba anguri_ (East Hausa), the same as or a near variety to _girgera_;
_tarnekuwa_; _wuyan bajimi_, a short thick spike with hard grain
and much chaff;
_tamangaji_, a variety with pointed grains;
_lawur_, a short variety quickly ripe;
_shibra_ or _shura_ (Pennisetum Benthamii, Steud. var.?), a short and
thin-stemmed variety early maturing; (also applied to infertile spikes
not maturing, stripped while young and used in _kunu_ or soup, &c.).