224 CONTRIBUTION TO THE FLORA OF GAZALAND. 
GRAMINE. 
The collection includes the following well-known African species :— /mperata 
arundinacea var. Thunbergii, Hack. (Northern Melsetter, 4000-5000 ft., and 
Beira) ; Rottbollia compressa var. fasciculata, Hack. ; Heteropogon hirtus, 
Pers. (Northern Melsetter, 4000-6000 ft. ; Upper Виж, 3000-8500 ft.) ; 
Sorghum vulgare, Pers., and S. halepense, Pers. (Lower Buzi); Themeda 
triandra, Forsk. (Northern Melsetter, 4000-6000 ft., near Chirinda 3500 ft., 
Lusitu River, 3000 ft., Nyahodi River, 4000 ft.) ; Paspalum serobieulatum, 
Linn. (Northern Melsetter, 4000-6000 ft., near Chirinda, 3700 ft., Lower 
Валі); Panicum colonum, Linn., and P. Crus-galli, Linn. (Lower Buzi); 
P. maximum, Jacq. (Chirinda, 3700-4000 ft., Lower Buzi) ; P. uncinatum, 
Raddi (Chipete forest patch, 3800 ft., Chirinda Forest, 8700-4000 ft.); Tricho- 
læna rosea, Nees (Northern Melsetter, 4000—6000 ft., Nyahodi River, 4000 ft., 
near Chirinda, 3500-8800 ft., Upper Buzi, 3000-3500 ft., Beira, 50 ft.) ; 
Oplismenus africanus, Beauv. (Chipete forest patch, 3800 ft.) ; Setaria aurea, 
A. Br. (Northern Melsetter, 4000-6000 ft., Chirinda, 3000 ft., Upper and 
Lower Buzi); 5. verticillata, Beauv. (near Chirinda, 3500 ft., Chipete forest 
patch, 3800 ft.); Olyra latifolia, Linn. (Chipete forest patch, 3800 ft.) ; 
Perotis latifolia, Ait. (near Chirinda, 3700 ft., and Lower Buzi) ; Tragus 
racemosus, Scop. (Madanda forests, 400 ft., and Lower Buzi); Keleria 
cristata, Pers. (Mt. Pene, 6500-7000 ft.); Phragmites communis, Trin. 
(Nyahodi River, 4000 ft., Lusitu River, 2500 ft.) ; Aristida Adscensionis, 
Linn. (Northern Melsetter, 4000 ft.) ; Sporobolus virginicus, Kunth (Beira 
beach) ; Cynodon Dactylon, Pers. (near Chirinda, 3800 ft., Lower Buzi, 
400 ft.) ; Chloris barbata, Sw. (near Chirinda, 3500 ft., Northern Melsetter, 
4000 ft.); Eleusine indica, Geertn. (Northern Melsetter, 6000 ft., near 
Chirinda, 3500 ft.): Æ. verticillata, Roxb. (Lower Buzi, 100—400 ft.) ; 
Dactyloctenium ægyptiacum, Willd. (Northern Melsetter, 4000-6000 ft.) ; 
Leptochloa filiformis, Beauv. (Lower Buzi, 0-400 ft.); Eragrostis chalcantha, 
Trin. (Northern Melsetter, 3000-6000 ft.); Æ. major, Host (Northern 
Melsetter, 4000-6000 ft., Upper Buzi, 3000-3500 ft.) ; E. superba, Peyr. 
(Lower Buzi) ; £. aspera, Nees (Chirinda, 3700-4000 ft.). 
ANATHERUM MURICATUM, Beauv. Agrost. 150, t. 22. 
Chibabava, Lower Buzi, 400 ft. ; Dec. ; n. 956. A grass with a very blue 
appearance, common on edges of pools. 
Distrib. West and Central tropical Africa. 
IscHAMUM FASCICULATUM, Brongn., var. ARCUATUM, Hack. Androp. 235. 
Lusitu River, 3000 ft. ; Apr. ; n. 1652. 
Distrib. Eastern South Africa (IXei River to Natal). 
