OF THE CAMEROONS MOUNTAINS, ETC. 229 
t une. lata, stricta, plana v. involuta, minute scabrula. Panicula 3-4 ` 
unc. longa, erecta v. inclinata, ramis ramulisque capillaribus. Spi- 
cule pallide purpuree, nitide, 1-1 unc. longe, arista capillari. 
The only species of the genus hitherto found in tropical or South 
Africa. 
9.. MicRocHLoA sETACEA, Br.; Steud. Syn. Gram. 202. 
Hab. Cameroons Mountains, alt. 7000 feet. (Fl. Dec.) 
Specimens very small and annual, possibly seedlings only; the 
flowers, &c., are identical with those of the Indian plant, which is 
found also in Australia, Abyssinia, S. Africa, S. America, and the 
plains of the Niger valley. 
10. DESCHAMPSIA czspITosa, Pal. Beauv., et var. latifolia (ante, vi. 
23). D. latifolia, Hochst.; A. Rich. Flor. Abyss. ii. 413. 
Hab. Fernando Po, alt. 9000-10,000 feet. Cameroons Mountains, alt. 
10,000-12,000 feet. (Fl. Dec., Jan.) 
1l. ArRA CARYOPHYLLEA, Linn. 
Hab. Cameroons Mountains, alt. /000-10,000 feet. (Fl. Dec., Jan.) 
Also a native of Abyssinia and S. Africa. 
12. AIRA PICTIGLUMA, Steud. Syn. Gram. 22]. 
Hab. Cameroons Mountains, alt. 9000-13,500 feet. (Fl. Dec., Jan.) 
Also a native of Abyssinia. 
13. AVENA LACHNANTHA. Trisetum lachnanthum, Hochst. (ante, 
vi. 23). 
Hab. Fernando Po, alt. 8000-9000 feet. Cameroons Mountains, alt. 
7000-9009 feet. (Fl. Dec., Jan.) 
This, having a hairy ovary, should, according to Steudel, be trans- 
ferred to Avena. The villose character of the lower palea is va- 
riable. Also a native of Abyssinia. 
14. Avena Neesi. Trisetum, Hochst.; Steud. Syn. Gram. 227. 
Hab. Cameroons Mountains, alt. 7000-8000 feet. (FI. Dec., Jan.) 
This also isan Abyssinian plant. The spikelets vary in size and 
colour; the lateral lacinie of the lower palea are sometimes aris- 
tate, at others simply acuminate. Sheaths of the lower leaves 
glabrous, or a little hairy. Ovary villose. 
15. LoupETIA ELEGANS, Hochst.; Steud. Syn. Gram. 238. 
Hab. Cameroons Mountains, alt. 7000 feet. (FI. Dec., Jan.) 
A native of the mountains of Abyssinia. 
16. DANTHONIA STREBLOCH ETA, Steud. Syn. Gram. 245. 
Hab. Cameroons Mountains, alt. 8000 feet. (Fl. Dec.) 
These specimens of this very remarkable grass agree entirely 
