2 
glabra; arista pro rata robusta, 2-5-3-7 cm. longa, medio see 
columna nigro-brunnea; valvula 0. Antherae 2-2-5 mm. long 
Spiculae pedicellatae g vel neutrae, angustissime Hinbari-lanooolatie 
longe acuminatae, 8-12 mm. longae, glabrae. Glumae subaequales, 
tenues, mucronatae vel breviter aristulatae, inferior 7-9- -nervis, 
Bot. tok xix. (1905) p. 101, et in Pobég. Ess. Fl. Guin. oes p. 217; 
Cheval. Sudania, vol. ii. p. 130, et Expl. Bot. Afr. Occ. Frang. vol. 1. 
. 716. A. trepidarius, Pobég. l.c., non Stapf. A. glauco-purpureus, 
Stapf in Journ. de Bot. le. p. 102. 
Tropica, Arrica. From French Guinea to the Lower Congo.— 
O. Srapr. 
Fig. 1, raceme with the awn of the upper ie mana cut (drawn too stout ; 
the apparent palsocsnne of the fertile spikele se indicate the ciliae of 
the pedicels and apoee ehind them) ; 2, low Bis ume ; 3, upper glume ; 4, valve 
of lower floret ; 5, valve of upper floret (2-5 of sessile spikelet) ; 6, lower glume ; 
7, upper glume ; 8, rc of lower floret (6-8 of pedicelled spikelet). All enlarged. 
