FLORA NIGRITIANA. 567 
que glabris, foliis planis subpilosis, spicis 7-11 digitatis, 
gluma superiore nervo mueronato flosculum  hermaphro- 
ditum dimidiato-obovatum ad carinam marginisque ciliatum 
gquante, neutris binis, inferiore truncato setigero superiorem 
muticum minutum includente, setis flosculorum tenuissimis 
brevibus.—Cape Coast, Don, Vogel. 
Near to C. compressa DC. in the structure of the flowers, 
but the cilia of the hermaphrodite outer palea are very diffe- 
tent, and the arista is but little more than a line in length. In 
this respect C. Abyssinica, Hochst., agrees with it, but the latter 
species has very different shaped pale, and more florets. 
The other West Tropical African species described are: C. 
Prieuri and C. Gayana, Kunth, from Senegal; C. pilosa and 
C. Guineensis, Schum. et Thonn., from Guinea and C. penicillata, 
Pers., from Guinea and East India. 
Two Leptochloe are found in the region: L. mollis, Kunth, 
from Senegal and L. Arabica, Kunth, from Senegal, Egypt, 
Arabia and East India. 
l. Eleusine Indica, Gertn.—Sierra Leone to the Quorra and 
Fernando Po, Vogel; South America, Africa and East India 
to Japan. ; ; 
Another species, E. glabra, Schum. et Thonn., is described 
from Guinea, as also a species of Aira; A. bicolor, Schum. 
et Thonn. 
l. Eragrostis rubiginosa, Trin.— Kunth, Enum. 1. p. 339. 
(sub Poa).—Poa turgida, Schum. et Thonn. Beskr. p. 66 ?— 
Accra, Don. 
2. Eragrostis ciliaris, Link.—Kunth, Enum. 1. p. 837. (sub 
Poa).—Acera, Don; on the Quorra at the confluence, An- 
sell; America, South Africa, and East India. 
8. Eragrostis Abyssinica, Link ?—Kunth, Enum, 1. p. 332? 
(sub Poa).—On the Quorra at Stirling, Ansell. If not iden- 
tical with the Abyssinian plant cultivated in the North East 
of Africa, it is closely allied to it. 
4. Eragrostis linearis, Schum. et Thonn. Beskr. p. 
Poa).—On the Gambia, Boteler ; Guinea. 
67. (sub 
