('t//nhopo(joii] x.wiii. (;ramine.i:. 155 



then on the wav to Mumpulla : Aug. and Oct. 1859 and June ISGO : 

 in fr. Feb. and April 18()0. Called by the blacks of HuillaN-cotah^te 

 and used as a remedy for bleeding from the nose by Riamba- (hemp) 

 smokers; also for acute hiemorrhage. No. 7526. A. stijptkus Wehv. 

 Common in fields about Humpata, Mumpulla : June 1860. Cou.. 

 C.\KP. 1093. •' Encotahote (aromatic shrub) exhibitio Dr. Frederico 

 Welwitsch. No. 1321. Sect. 1st, 2nd class."' Coi-i-. Cmm-. 1094. 



2. C. Nardus. 



Andropo(joi>. yardus L., Lc. ; Hack., I.e., p. 601 ; Durand & Schinz, 

 I.e., p. 718. 



LoAXDA. — A. Sclio&nantlins ? Lemon grass of the English. A 

 widely and closely cfespitose grass, perennial (V), rhizome and leaves 

 with a pleasant aromatic smell when rubbed, almost like that of lemon. 

 Very rarely cultivated in Loanda, where it was introduced from the 

 country of Serra LeOa ; never seen in flower. Casa do Sr. Gabriel ; 

 Feb. 1854, leaves only. No. 7288. 



MossAMKDEH. — Cf. A. ScIuenfiid/iKs 1j. Brought from Mozambique 

 in 1855 by Dr. Sales, and now commonly cultivated round Mossamedes, 

 affording excellent fodder for cattle, Aug. 1859 : in cotton planta- 

 tions on banks of river Bero (probably introduced?), beginning of 

 July 1859 : no flowers. No. 2284. 



3. C. rufus. 



Andropoyoti rufus Kuntli Enum. i. p. 492 (1833). 



Var. geiminiis Hack., I.e., p. 021 ; Durand & Scbinz, I.e., p. 721. 



Gi>i.t;n'(;') Ai.Tfi.— Called by the negroes Mosseque and used every- 

 where for thatching houses. The blacks of Queta call the same thing 

 Mosoque. Common in reedy places throughout the whole district. 

 Sange ; beginning of June 1855. No. 2954. A grass 4 to (> sometimes 

 7 ft. high, slender, with linear suberect dull purple spikes, Speci- 

 mens flowering later than usual. In sunny thicket-grown places along 

 with other species of the same genus to the right of the river Cuanga : 

 end of Sept. 1855. No. 7224. In once cultivated places near Sange : 

 Arimo do Mariano ; beginning of July 1855. No. 7246. Gardens 

 at Sange; July 1855. No. 7264. No. 2948c (no notes). 



IcoLo K Bengo. — Tall grassy places on banks of river Bengo. 

 Almost past flowering ; Sept. 1854. No. 7195. Common in grassy 

 places, flooded in summer, near the banks of the river Bengo near 

 Funda and Quifandongo ; Sept. 1854. No. 7196. 



Var. fulvicomus Hack., I.e., p. 621. 



HuiLLA. — In grassy wooded places, Lopollo ; April 1860. No. 7511. 



Var. major Eeiidle var. nov. 



Peduncle minutely scabridulous not villous above, hairs on 

 rhachis and .sliort tuft on callus of sessile spikelet white, on 

 peduncle whitish below becoming tawny above ; sessile spikelet 

 2h lines, outer glume truncate, purplish, sparsely pilose, haii-s 

 tawny, awn strong, 1| in. long; pedicelled spikelet acute, more 

 hairy than the sessile, 3 lines long ; racemes 1 to l?j in. long. 



PuNGo And(>N(;<). — Common in sandy wooded places. Islands of 

 Calemba ; March 1857. No. 7409. 



4. C. ScMmperi. 



Andropogov ScMmperi Hochst. in Flora xxiv. Intell. i. p. 20 



