154 xxviii. GKAMiXE/E. yieterojwcjoii 



The following supplements Ilackel's description : — Ligule mem- 

 branous, truncate, entire, glabrous, reaching 1 line in length on 

 the lower leaves; leaf-blades narrowly convolute tapering to a 

 pungent apex, glabrous, under exposed face conspicuously veined, 

 reaching 8^ in. in length, becoming shorter upwards. 



PuNtto Amiongo. — Sandy places on the banks of the river Cuanza ; 

 Feb. 1857. No, 2777. 



14. CYMBOPOGON Spr. PI. Min. Cogn. Pug. ii. p. 14 (1815). 



Andropogon L. ; Benth. k Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. p. 1 133 pro parte. 



1. C. schcenanthus Spr., I.e., p. 15. 



Andropogon schcenanthus L. Sp. PI. p. 1046 (1753) ; Hack. Mon. 

 Androp. p. 609 ; Durand & Schinz, C'onsj). Fl. Afr. v. p. 722. 



Var. densiflorus. 



Subsp. densiflorus Hack., I.e., p. 611, extended, the specimens 

 having larger racemes and spike lets, ultimate spathes 7 to 8 lines 

 long, racemes 5}j to 7 lines long, spikelets 2 lines, but otherwise 

 conforming to the description. 



GoLUNGo Ai.To. — A fine grass, the whole tinged with a very glaucous 

 red colour, a very celebrated remedy among the Golungo physicians. 

 Root pleasantly aromatic. Rather rare near Sange ; not yet in full 

 flower, June 1S^55. Differs abundantly from all the rest of the genus 

 seen in tropical Africa by the glaucous colour of the stem and leaves. 

 Native name Saoa. On right of river Cuango : Aug. 1855. No. 3006. 

 Nos. 7238, 2952. Saco, species of Androjingon used by the natives as 

 a tonic for headache (see Welw. Apont.. p. 641), and also a favourite 

 antidote against Stramony poisoning ; June 1856. Com,. Carp. 1092. 



Pu\<;o Am)(»N(;(>. — A perennial grass 5 to 8 ft. high, with erect 

 branched culm, and raceme-like nodding-patulous panicles. Leaves and 

 root pleasantly aromatic smelling almost like citron. On rather high 

 hills on the banks of the river Cuanza ; 4 March 1857. No. 2725. 

 5 to 7 ft. high, erect, rather fine-looking, with a creeping rhizome. 

 In grassy thickets between Candumba and Mangue : March 1857. 

 No. 7428. 



Yar. stypticus var. nov. 



A. stypticus Welw. Syn. Explic. p. 27 (1862). 



Leaf -blades linear-tapering with setaceous apex, 10 to 12 in. 

 long, i to little over I- in. broad, glabrous, glaucous, base cordate ; 

 ligule broadly ovate from a truncate base, membranous, 2 to 3 

 lines long ; inflorescence elongated 15 in. long, nodding, consisting 

 of several dense suboval axillary panicles passing above into a 

 dense subsecund falcate terminal panicle ; ultimate .spathes l to 

 I in. long, racemes 5 to 7 lines ; sessile spikelets oblong-lanceo- 

 late 1£ to 2 lines long, outer glume enerved, median furrow 

 extending from the base to about the middle ; gl. IV. narrowly 

 linear, li line long, shoi'tly bifid with a weak imperfect awn 2 to 

 2.T lines long springing from the incision ; pedicelled spikelet 1] 

 to IJ lines long (2 lines with pedicel), neuter, outer glume oblong- 

 lanceolate, 3 -nerved, inner glume small, hyaline, other glumes 

 unrepresented. 



HuiLLA. — Very common in meadows and thickets throughout the 

 whole country of Huilla, especially between Lopollo and Nene and 



