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debilibus, bipedalibus, angulis scabridis; foliis linearibus subacutis, complanatis, 
carinatis longis, marginibus carinaque scabris ; vaginis integris striatis, angustissime 
trialatis, ore albo-ciliatis, ligula brunnea membranacea ; spicis 2-4, brevibus; 
fasciculis, circiter 5, remotiusculis; bracteis linearibus acutis ; squamis ovatis 
lanceolatis acutis breviter mucronatis, lateribus brunnescentibus, marginibus san- 
guineis, carina viridi; caryopsi ovata conica breviter apiculata, alba nitida, rugosa, 
disco trilobo, pallide ochroleuco striato. 
Pungo Andongo, rarior in paludosis dumetosis inter Quilanga et Pedras de Guinga, 
Jan. 1857, no. 7122. 
This plant is closely allied to S. Schimperiana, Boeckeler, but differs in absence of 
pubescence, paler narrower glumes, and in the shape of the nut, which in S. Schimperiana 
is depressed globose, quite smooth and muticous, and larger, and has a smaller less clearly 
ribbed and usually green disk. The culms are a little over 2 feet in height, one or two 
to a plant; the leaves attain the length of a foot. The glumes, as in S. Schimperiana 
and several other species, are darkest in colour at the edges. 
S. FOLIOSA, Hochst. in Schimp. Pl. Abyss. no. 1232. 
Pungo Andongo, in pratis humidis ad ripas fluminis Cuanza, prope Muta Lucala, 
Mart. 1857, no. 7123. 
Occurs also in Abyssinia. 
S. CLATHRATA, Hochst. in Schimp. Pl. Abyss. по. 1603. 
Pungo Andongo, inter Caghuy et Sansamande cum /soete equinoctiali, et late csespitosa 
in paludosis pratis sylvaticis editioribus ad Pedra de Guinga et Mattha de Quilanga, 5 
Aprili-Maio 1857, no. 7124. 
A native of Abyssinia. 
S. POCEOIDES, n. sp. Cæspitosa, rhizomate repente, radicibus rubris; culmis gracillimis 
triquetris subpedalibus glabris; foliis linearibus obtusis glaucescentibus ecarinatis 
glabris striatis, radicalibus culmo brevioribus, vaginis integris infimis dense pubes- 
centibus; caulinis glabris basi purpurascentibus ; panicula laxa, ramis gracillimis 
subflexuosis, fasciculis remotis parvis; spiculis una foeminea, duabus masculis, in 
fasciculo; squamis sanguineis pubescentibus, inferioribus ovatis mucronatis, superio- 
ribus ovatislanceolatis obtusis; caryopsi minuta tuberculata breviter apiculata alba, 
apiculo truncato, ovata globosa obscure trigona. | 
Huilla, in arenoso-spongiosis, ad Quilebe cum fructibus et floribus, ad finem Novem- 
bris 1859, no. 7142. “ Fibrillis radicalibus in vivo sanguineis carnosulis.” 
This plant is remarkable for its much-branched panicle of small flowers, with very 
slender flexuous rami, which, together with its linear grass-like leaves, give it the 
appearance of some species of Poa. The culms are from 8 inches to 1 foot in height, 
the leaves 4-6 inches long; the vaginz of the lowest are pubescent, while those on Ше 
culm are quite glabrous. The branches of the panicle are at first erect, and become 
