A. B. RENDLE : MONOCOTYLEDONS, 229 
breviores, Іатіпа 22 ст. long. vel breviores, 3 mm. lat. ; ligula 1:5 mm. long. 
Panicula 12-15 сш. long., rami 7-11 em. long. Spicula 2 mm. long. ; pedi- 
cellus alier vix 0*5 mm., alter 2 mm. long. 
A distinet species characterized by its graceful habit, elongated linear 
leaves, hairy nodes, slender racemes, and small spikelets in which the first 
glume is wanting. The inflorescence recalls that of some forms of Digitaria 
mutica (Panicum sealarum, Schweinf.), but the racemes are longer and more 
slender and the spikelets less turgid. 
PANICUM HUMIDICOLUM, Rendle in Welw. Cat. и. 169. 
Beira, open woods, 50 ft. ; Dec. ; n. 15966. 
Distrib, Angola, Huilla. Differs from Ше type specimen in the slightly 
smaller, less hairy spikelets. 
P. BRIZANTHUM, Hochst. ex А. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 363. 
Northern Melsetter, 4000-6000 ft.; April; n. 1602 а: Nyahodi River, 
4000 ft. ; April; n. 1673: near Chirinda, 3500 ft. ; Jan.; n.1622: Zinyumbo 
Hills, 1500 ft. ; Jan. ; n. 1557. 
Distrib. Tropical Africa; Natal. 
P. NIGROPEDATUM, Munro ea Ficalho & Hiern in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, 
Bot. п. (1881) 29. 
Madanda forests about 400 ft. ; Dec. ; n. 1558 a. 
Distrib. South Africa to Upper Zambesi. 
P. NUDIGLUME, Hochst. in Flora, xxvii. (1844) 253. 
Muchukwana, Lower Buzi, 400 ft. ; Dec. ; n. 997. 
Distrib, Tropical Africa. А large form with pubescent spikelets. 
P. rricuopus, Hochst. l. с. 254. 
Lower Buzi, 100—400 ft. ; Dec. ; nn. 971, 998, 1558. 
Distrib. Tropical Africa ; Transvaal, Natal. 
P. BOLBODES, Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. zEthiop. 300. 
Northern Melsetter, 4000-6000 ft. ; April ; n. 1699. 
Distrib. Tropical Africa. 
P. ЗЕВВАТОМ, Spreng. var. HOLOSERICEUM, Lack. ev Durand & Schinz, 
Consp. Fl. Afr. v. 165. 
Near Chirinda, 3800 ft. ; Jan. ; n. 1623. 
Distrib. South Africa to Nyasaland. 
P. ZIZANIOIDES, //. B. К. Nov. Gen. $ Spec. i. 100. 
Beira, open woods, 50 ft. : Dec. ; n. 1596. 
Distrib, West Africa ; India, Tropical America. 
