172 COL. GRANT—BOTANY OF THE 5РЕКЕ AND GRANT EXPEDITION. 
Hab. Nile, banks, 16° N. lat., April 1863, Col. Grant! А common grass of warmer 
regions of the Old World. 
10. PANICUM GLAUCUM, Linn.—Setaria glauca, Beauv.; Kunth, Enum. РІ. i. 149; 
App. Speke’s Journ. 652. | 
Hab. Unyanyembé, near Kazeh, Col. Grant!  Wide-spread in tropical countries. 
| Found thinly spread over the Unyamezi forest where there was water. Flower-heads brilliant gold- 
colour. The stem and leaves, as they grow from the root, are curiously compressed, after which they 
spread out much. Height averages 16 inches.—J. A. G.] 
1l. PANICUM CHRYSANTHUM, Steud. Syn. Gram. 50.—Setaria aurea, Hochst., in hb. 
Schimp. Abyss. ; App. Speke's Journ. 652. | 
Hab. Unyoro, Nov. 1862, Col. Grant! Also from Abyssinia &c. I doubt the specific 
distinctness of this plant. | : 
[16 inches high along the paths. Itis liable to small fungi, which are eaten by the natives at 2° N. 
lat., Хоу. 1862—.J. А. G.] 
12. PANICUM VERTICILLATUM, Linn.— Setaria verticillata, Beauv.; Kunth, Enum. Pl. i. 
152; App. Speke’s Journ. 652. 
Hab. Unyoro, Nov. 1862, Col. Grant! А wide-spread weed of warm countries. 
[An abominable weed with a creeping root, which may be pulled up for five feet. The flowers stick 
bodily to the clothes ; and cattle are said to die from eating of it. A section of the stem has the form of 
a convex lens.—J. А. G.J | 
13. Panicum по. 8 & no. 4, App. Speke’s Journ. 652, must for the present, іп the 
absence of authentie material for comparison, remain undetermined. 
14. PENNISETUM POLYSTACHYUM, Sehult. Mant. ii. 456 ; App. Speke’s Journ. 652. 
Hab. Hast of the coast range, Oct. 1860, Col. Grant ! Apparently а widely spread 
species in tropical Africa. | 
[Upwards of 2 feet in height, growing on the east-coast range, October 1860.—J. A. G.] 
15. PENNISETUM ВЕМТНАМТ, Steud. Syn. Gram. 105. Culmo elato, 6-10-pedali ; 
vaginis striatis, glabris v. sparse pilosis; foliis inferioribus 2-3 ped. longis, 1-12 poll. 
latis, supra scabris sæpe pilosis, ad oras vaginarum barbatis; spica cylindrica, densa, 
interdum elongata ; rhachi pilosa ; spiculis patentibus ; involucri setis inzequalibus, flores 
superantibus ; gluma inferiore minuta, ovata, 3—8 lin. longa, superiore lanceolata, breviter 
aristata; gluma floris 5-nervia, palea ovali-lanceolata, acuminata, 2-dentata.—A pp. 
Speke's Journ. 652. P. macrostachyum, Benth. Fl. Nigrit. 563. 
Hab. Madi, Dec. 1862, Col. Grant! 
[Reed by water, Madi, Dec. 17, 1862. Now ripe, 
the form of a fox's brush. 
Name and uses :—“ Maweengo-weengo ” (Kin.. Тһе tall fences surrounding the residences of the 
Waganda king and people are of this useful reed; the interi 
compartments by it. А strip from it is so sharp it i 
eutting into fragments the victims of the king of Uganda.—J. A. G.] 
16. PENICILLARIA SPICATA, Willd.; Kunth, Enum. PL i. 165; App. Speke's Journ. 
652. | | | | | 
strong-stemmed, and 10 feet high. Flower-head in 
