OF THE CAMEROONS MOUNTAINS, ETC. 231 
ligula 0. Culmus levis. Spica 4-6 unc. longa. Spicule remote, 
compresse. Glume juniores integerrime v. obscure 3-dentatæ, demum 
apice erosee, exterior rhachi oblique inserta. Palea inferior apice 
minute 3-dentata, arista brevi recta terminata, basi sericeo-barbata, 
ceterum glaberrima, 3-nervis; superior apice truncata, marginibus 
ciliolatis. Ovarium lineare, glaberrimum, stylis terminalibus divari- 
catis, stigmatibus brevibus plumosis. l 
Much the largest species hitherto discovered. The genus is 
an Indian, Senegambian, and Abyssinian one, but is not hitherto 
known in South Africa. 
24. BROMUS scABRIDUS, H.f.,n.sp. Elatus, gracilis, culmis scabridis, 
vaginis retrorsum pilosis et scabridis, foliis elongatis planis utrinque 
scabridis supra pilosis, panicula laxa ampla, ramis oppositis v. ternis 
1-4-floris pedicellisque capillaribus et scabridis, spiculis amplis 6-8- 
floris, palea superiore valide 5-nervia pilosa et scabrula, arista termi- 
nali palea breviore recta. 
Hab. Cameroons Mountains, alt. 7000-8000 feet. (Fl. Dec.) 
Culmi 3-4-pedales, tenues, striati. Vagine graciles, sulcati, 6-8-polli- 
cares, ligula brevi lacera. Folia caulina 4-6 unc. longa, 4 lata, viridia, 
striata. Panicula erecta, pedalis, internodiis 4-5 distantibus, ramulis 
patentibus flexuosis 3-4-pollicaribus. Spicule pollicares, 4 unc. late, 
virides, nervosee, flosculis compressis. Glume@ aristato-acuminate, 
scabride. Palea inferior }-pollicaris, scabrida et pilosa, marginibus 
pectinato-ciliatis, arista fere terminali 1 unc. longa. Ovarium apice 
villosum, stylis lateralibus. 
A very handsome grass, nearly allied to B. asper, but more 
scabrid, with far larger and more strongly nerved compressed 
spikelets. It is also very nearly allied to the B. cognatus, Steud., 
of Abyssinia and B. pectinatus, Thunb., of South Africa. 
25. BRACHYPODIUM SYLVATICUM, R. & S. (ante, vi. 23). 
Hab. Fernando Po, alt. /000 feet. l 
This is an Abyssinian plant (B. flexum, Nees), and also found 
in South Africa, India, and tropical America. 
26. ANDROPOGON (GYMNANDROPOGON) DISTACHYUS, L. 
Hab. Cameroons Mountains, alt. 7000 feet. (Fl. Dec., Jan.) 
A native of South Europe and North Africa, as well as of 
Abyssinia. (4. polyatherus, Hochst.) 
27. ANDROPOGON (GYMNANDROPOGON) BRACHYATHERUS, Hochst.? ; 
Steud. Syn. Gram. 372. 
Hab. Cameroons Mountains, alt. 8000 feet. (Fl. Dec.) 
