226 CONTRIBUTION TO THE FLORA OF GAZALAND. 
JYMBOPOGON GIGANTEUS, Chiov. Intorn. ale. Gram. Fssenza, 12. 
Near Chirinda, 3500 ft.; Jan.; п. 11636: Upper Buzi, 3000-3500 ft. ; 
April ; n. 994. 
Distrib. Tropical Africa. 
C. nurus, Rendle, in Cat. Welw. Afr. Pl. п. 155. 
Melsetter, 4000-6000 ft. : April; nn. 1606, 1712 : Lusitu River at about 
3500 ft. : April; n. 1655 : Upper Buzi, 3000-3500 ft. ; April ; n. 993. 
Distrib. Tropical and South Africa and Mascarene Ix. ; Brazil. 
Var. FULVICOMUS, Rendle, l. с. Upper Buzi, 3000-5000 ft.; April; n. 995. 
Distrib. Tropical Africa. 
(CYMBOPOGON GAZENSE, Pendle, sp. nov. 
Gramen perenne (7) metrale, internodiis culmi validis teretibus glabris, 
nodis inferioribus genieulatis (basalibus radieantibus), superioribus erectis ; 
vaginis preter marginem tubereuloso-hirsutum glabris, inferioribus inter- 
nodia subeequantibus, superioribus internodiis valde brevioribus ; ligula brevi 
truncata glabra ; lamina e basi constricta lineari-acuminata subtus sparse 
pilosa margine (interdum quoque supra) scabrida costa media albo-lineata 
subtus prominente, nervis lateralibus prominulis; panicula foliosa folia 
excelente angusta sublaxa ; spathis lanceolatis acuminatis. membranaceo- 
seariosis brunneis margine inferiore excepta glabris, dorso superne carinato 
scabridulo ; pedunculis communibus filiformibus inclusis sub apice albido- 
pilosis ; racemis e medio spathee flabelliformi exsertis contiguis, uno sessili, 
altero eum pedunculo brevissimo dense albido-hirsuto ; articulis 1—2 ciliatis 
pedicellis similibus ; spieulis brunneo-viridibus, eis paris infimi racemi sessilis 
homogamis (d): spiculis ceteris sessilibus oblongis superne angustatis 
gluma inferiore chartacea truncata pubescente præcipue in sulco mediano, 
nervis intracarinalibus 3 sub apice solum manifestis, carinulis priecipue in 
parte superiore scabridulis, eallo brevi barbato ; gluma superiore membra- 
nacea, obtusa, 3-nervia, nervis lateralibus superne ciliolatis ; gluma IV. lineari 
apice bidentata репе ad aristam geniculatam brunneam gracilem reducta ; 
spiculis pedicellatis д vel neutris, gluma I. lineari-lanceolata cuspidata dorso 
conspieu 7-nervata nervis scabridulis, earinis ciliatis. 
Hab. Near Chirinda, 3700 ft. ; Jan. ; n. 1657. А tall grass, common. 
Internodia 5'5-12 em. long, medio 2 mm. crass. Vaginæ 5-7 em. long. ; 
ligula 0°75 mm. long. ; lamina ad 25 em. long., 8 mm. lat. Panicula 18 em. 
long. Spath proprize 2:2-2^7 em. long. Racemi I:2-I:4 em. long. ; articuli 
1:5 mm. long. Spicule $ 45 mm. long. ; anthere 2 mm. long.: arista 
circiter 2 em. long. ; paullo sub medio geniculata. Spiculæ pedicellatze 8 mm. 
long. ; ап фега 3 2 mm. long. Spiculz paris homogame 7 et 8 mm. long. 
Near С. Schimperi, Rendle, but а more graceful plant with smaller, more 
compact racemes, shorter-awned sessile spikelets and larger stalked spikelets, 
