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late ovatis obtusis, obscure trinerviis cinereis, sanguineo-punctatis, basi rufescentibus ; 
marginibus ciliatis, mucrone brevi, parum curvo cinereo; staminibus 3, filamentis 
rufis; setis tribus tenuibus curvis retrorsum scabris; stylo trifido longiusculo exserto 
rufo; caryopsi ovata lanceolata trigona utrinque angustata viridi-flava nitida. 
Huilla, in paludosis ad arvorum margines in Lopollo; in horto Coloni Kneissmann, 
initio Aprilis 1860, no. 7113. 
Also Abyssinia, Schimper, Coll. recent. no. 1293, and Madagascar, Hilsenberg & Bojer, 
in Herb. Brit. Mus. 
This plant seems to connect the genus Pentasticha with Fuirena, to which genus the 
only known species of Pentasticha, Р. stricta, Turcz., was originally referred by Kunth. 
In the younger spikelets the pentastichous arrangement of the glumes is quite evident, 
and in the absence of staminodes, the form of the setze, and the narrow leaves and strict 
habit, it seems closely allied to Pentasticha; but the form of the spikelets when fully 
developed, the hairy ovate glumes, with a mucro nearly as long as that of other Fwirene,: 
distinguish it clearly from the Pentasticha. The nut is beaked at both ends, the beaks 
being slightly curved, and is greenish yellow when ripe; the setze are about as long as 
the nut. 
F. PUBESCENS, Kunth, Enum. ii. 182. 
In paludosis, ad rivum Casaballa, Sobati de Bumba, ubi crescit inter herbas altas 
quasi scandens, no. 7116. 
A native of India, South Africa, and the Mediterranean region. 
Е. GLOMERATA, Lam. Ш. 1. 150. 
Loanda, rarius ad Represa de Maghelaes, non procul a Forte de Conceiao, J ulio 12, 1854, 
no. 7107. 
Abundant in the warm countries of the Old World. 
Е. увмжа, Welw. MS. Cvespitosa viridis, radicibus tenuibus ; culmis erectis gracilibus 
foliatis subpedalibus ; foliis circiter sex, angustis linearibus acuminatis hispidis strictis 
ecarinatis, vaginis ampliatis striatis canaliculatis; capitulis duobus rarius singulis; 
spiculis glomeratis lanceolatis parvis; squamis late ovatis griseis, sanguineo-macu- 
latis hispidis, mucrone longo exeurvo pallido hispido, carina trinervia; staminodiis 
nullis ; setis nullis; stylo brevi gracillimo breviter trifido rufo ; caryopsi minuta ovata 
triquetra breviter apiculata lucida lutescente. 
Pungo Andongo, Sansamanda, et in paludosis graminosis arenosis sylvestribus inter 
Mopopo et Sansamanda, Feb.-Maio 1857, no. 7111, 7171. 
Huilla, gregatim in apricis sylvaticis humidiusculis Scytonemate fusco-sanguineo 
obductis, ad Monino, April. 1860, no. 7112. 
This species is closely allied to F. pubescens, Kunth, but is distinguished by the absence 
of staminodes and the shape of the nut. The spikelets also are smaller, only + inch in 
length. 
