230 CONTRIBUTION TO THE FLORA OF GAZALAND. 
PANICUM INFESTUM, Anderss. т Peters Mossamb. Bot. п. 546. 
Lower Buzi, 100 ft. ; Dec. ; n. 972. 
Distrib, East tropical Africa. 
P. DnEaEANUM, Nees, Fl. Afr. Austr. 42. 
Beira, open woods, 50 ft. ; Dec. ; n. 1592. 
Distrib. South Africa, Nyasaland. 
Panicum ($ Eu-panieum) SWYNNERTONII, Kendle, sp. nov. 
Gramen culmis gracilibus ramosis (pars superior solum exstat); vagina 
sub inflorescentia sublaxa prster pilos marginales basi tubereulatos paucos 
glabra; ligula obsoleta; lamina lineari-aeuminata margine incrassata basi 
ampliata ; paniculæ rhachi tenui glabra, ramis filiformibus fastigiatis soli- 
tariis vel suboppositis iterum ramulosis, ramulis capillaribus secundis ; pedi- 
cellis solitariis vel binatis inzequalibus; spiculis duris viridibus cseruleo-tinctis 
conspicue nervatis primum lanceolatis acutis ; gluma I. late-ovata abrupte et 
breviter acuta 3-nervia spicula plus duplo breviore ; gl. II. ovato-acuminata 
5-пегута spieulum æquante; gl. II. late ovali 7-nervia paleam subequalem 
et florem masculum fovente; gl. IV. cum flore fertili ovali glauca 
nitida. 
Hab. Northern Melsetter, 2000-6000 ft. ; April; n. 1702 а. 
Culmus in parte superiore 1 mm. crass. vix excedens. Vagina suprema 
5:5 em. long.; lamina 8 em. long., 4 mm. lat. Panieula 12 em. long.; rami 
8 em. long., superne breviores ; ramuli flexuosi superne diminuti. Spicule 
2:5 mm. long. Gluma Г. 1 mm., gl. II. 2:3 mm., gl. ИГ. 2 mm., gl. IV. 
1:75 mm. long. 
A member of the P. coloratum group characterized by its hard, slender, very 
acute, distinctly nerved spikelets. 
P. TRYPHERON, Schult., var. GIGANTEUM, Rendle in Welw. Cat. Afr. Pl. ii. 
181. 
. Near Chirinda, 3800 ft.; March; n. 1620а. А tall grass. 
Distrib. West tropical Africa. 
P. MADAGASCARIENSE, Spreng. Syst. 1. 317. 
Northern Melsetter, 3000—6000 ft.; April ; n. 1702: Lower Buzi, to 400 ft. ; 
Dec. ; n. 1568 a. 
Distrib. Tropical Africa, Madagascar. 
AxoNOPUS SEMIALATUS, Hook, f., var. Есктохи, Stapf in Dyer Fl. Cap. 
yii. 418. 
Melsetter, 6000 ft. ; Oct. ; n. 6034 : Mt. Pene, 6500-7000 ft. ; Sept., Oct. ; 
пп. 1644, 6035: Beira; Dec.; n. 1597: Boma to Inyamita, Lower Buzi, 
100 ft.; Dec. ; n. 1583. 
Distrib. Tropical and South Africa ; Madagascar, India. 
