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exsertis. Flos $ subsessilis, basi bracteolh 
fimbriatis suffultus : Peranthium roseum, 8-partitum, segmentis 
ovato-orbicalaribus obtusis integris vel obscure denticulatis 1*5 
mm. longis. Orarium stylo bivvi distineto, st i- :n;ii ihus 3 recurvis. 
Caps//?'/ elastiee dehiscens. o-cocca, [•> mm. alta. IS mm. diametro ; 
cocci acuti, tenuiter carinati. Srmina ^loliosa, 5 mm. diametro, 
estrophiolata, flavida, fusco-maculata. 
Gold Coast Colony. Northern Territory, Gambaga, in twos 
or threes along the roads, or in large patches, W. M. Graham. 
The rhizomes, according to Mr. Graham, are " very rich in latex, 
which exudes rapidly from any wound.'" The plant is well known 
to the natives, who make use of the latex in the process of tatooimr. 
The vernaculars in the local dialects are, to quote from 
Mr. Graham's report: 1, Dagonna dial.-. Pa nniua • Moshi dial.; 
Pulle: Grmishi dial.; Tullu : Hausa dial. : ' Za-a Uati. (The 
letters are to be given German values in pronunciation.) 
808. Pennisetum (§ Gymnothrix) massaicum Stapf [Gramineae] ; 
atlinis P. Tlmnheni;;, k'umh : diflVn eulinis plnri-<ad S-modis, 
glumis spu-N ;,„„,.;. V( .j s , ,,„.,.■„„.,. lon.uiore, 
attenuatis, antheris a pice obscure apiculatis. 
(.Tram en perenne. Calmi e rhizoinate cataphvllis coriieeis ovatis 
aeutis prominenter nervosis ohte<-to «.,veti v ,.'| nl.Tiinniiie imvii- 
dentes vel basi prostrati, 15- 15 cm. \ un , f \ m „,.-,., . l( | s ,, ]( „ n „\. il } >v ] 
laeves nisi apico interdnm asp. r '\,^\ j' Illl() ' 
vationes breves intiMvayinales emiti.'nt n u -i m nli. < - vel 
parce ramosi. Folioru vel rarina 
pilis longius. . . . * '" ',""■'' ' ' ., ^ 
•:;,::";; - xzt sssn; :;s,.::;! 
long* tenuity-,,,,,. „,.,„ ir: , ,".-.-,'".,,!' ','..',',','/ IIIK-, ! '"Z'i "[]J"'ZZ'. 
: •.■■ '^ ■ ■■-■;:-;;■:, 
lae, 4-5-5 mm. longae, 
spiculas duplo excedent" ^^ ™™rosae longiores 
albidae,ovar »"*« membranaceae 
mm. lin. Ion-. ''/. u "; l-i^ni* .> .» 
membranaceae, albida,. n mucroSu.n mten- 
MV7aiea Tflore~ n /?T Tl " rvi * *'«l-rn. ,,r.„„i„.. ,, 
nullae. ^tfJafapice minuti S sime amqUe perfecto ' . L '" l '"'" h "' 
BRITISH eIst" APRirV^ICii ~\"T' '° U ^ 
,. , -;', , v • '«, Sm/t Elliot, r.,2'.)2; 
Johnston. ' ' ^»>w. 72; Raringo, 3,400 feet, 
809. Eragprostis lasiantha *fa»/TCrw i -,. 
lanceolatia longius pilosis attenuatis a latere visis 
