BOTANY OF SOUTHERN RHODESIA. 479 
vaginz aret» imbricate, crasse, firme, teretes, glaberrime, 
pallide, albidee; ligule late ovate vel oblong, 2-4 mm. longe, 
scariose in dorso pilose; laminæ teretes, basin versus leviter 
canaliculate, ultro 1 m. longe ad 5 mm. crasss, albescentes, 
levissime, glabrz nisi basi pone ligulam pilose, in vagin 
dorsum decurrentes. Panicula angusta, erecta, argenteo- 
villosa, circiter 6 dm. longa, L dm. lata; rhachis levis, teres vel 
superne angulata, supra nodos canaliculata ; rami primarii ad 
15 em. longi, à basi laxe ramulosi, graciles ; ramuli filiformes, 
tenaces; articuli 3-5 mm. longi; pedicelli germinati, unus 
articulum suum subequans, alter dimidio brevior, glabri, 
scaberuli. —Spieule lanceolate, albe, 5 mm. longe. Callus 
brevis, dense pilosus, pilis 1 mm. longis. Gluma inferior 
anguste oblonga, apice 2-dentata, sub-2-carmata tenuis, nervis 
intracarinalibus 2, extracarinalibus utrinque 1, dorso infra 
medium longe pilosa, pilis ad 6 mm. longis; superior inferiori 
zquilonga, lanceolata, acuta, 3-nervis, tenuis dorso imprimis infra 
medium longe pilosa. Anthecium inferum ad valvam vacuam 
2-nervem angustam in margine ciliatam reductum. <Anthacium 
superum hermaphroditum ; valva anguste lineari-lanceolata, 
hyalina, 2-loba, ad 2 mm. longa, lobis angustis, marginibus 
ciliatis, arista tenui columna 1 mm. longa, seta circa 7 mm. longa 
leviter torta; palea minuta, elliptica, hyalina. Lodicule cuneate. 
Anthere purpurez, 3 mm. long. Stigmata fere 3 mm. longa, 
saturate purpurea. 
Victoria Falls, banks of river and islands. Fl. and Fr. Sept. 
141. 
A handsome grass, 2-3 m. in height, with long rush-like 
leaves, which are used by the natives for plaiting mats. 
(O. Stapf.) 
POLLINIA VILLOSA, Spreng. 
Victoria Falls, bog edge of Rain Forest. Fl. Sept. 153. 
Distrib. German East Africa, Cape Colony, Madagascar. 
ANDROPOGON EUCOMUS, Nees. 
Matopo Hills, in sedge by streams. Fl. and Fr. Sept. 23. 
Distrib. Tropical and South Africa. 
A. HIRTUS, Linn. 
Matopo Hills, near streams. Fl. Oct. 288. 
Distrib. Wide in Tropical and South Africa. 
