162 XXVIII. GRAMiXE^. [Paspalum 



2. P. conjugatum Berg, in Act. llelv. vii. p. 129, t. 8 (1762) ; 

 Bentli. in Kook. Niger Fl. p. 557 (1849); Steud., I.e., p. 21; 

 Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. v. p. 736. 



SiEKKA Lkoxe.— Sept. 1853. No. 2937 (in part). 

 Prince's Isr.AXD. — Primaeval woods at foot of Pico de Papagaio : 

 Sept. 18.53. No. 2927. 



3. P. serobiculatum L. Mant. p. 29 (1767); Benth., I.e. ; Steud , 

 I.e. ; Durand & Schinz, I.e., p. 738. 



SiEHHA Leoxe. — Leaf-sheaths and leaves more or less hairy : 

 spikelets small (a to ^ line). Sept. 1853. Nos. 2937 (in part), 2941. 



Amp.kiz.— Nov. 1853. No. 2892i. 



GoLUNGo Alto. — Rather plentiful in sparsely grassy sunny places 

 near Cacarambola, sometimes prostrate, sometimes erect ; Feb. 1855, 

 No. 2987. 



PuNfio AxpoxGo. — Damp meadows near Sansamanda : Feb. 1857. 

 Nos. 2794, 2795. MutaLucala in marshy meadows; Mar. 1857. No. 2707. 



4. P. distichum L. Amten. Acad. v. p. 391 (1760); Benth., I.e. ; 

 Steud., I.e., p. 29 ; Durand & Schinz, I.e., p. 7i57. 



P. vaginatum Sw. Prod. p. 21 (1788). 



Madeika.— Hills above Funchal ; Aug. 1853. No. 2918. 



LoAXDA.— No. 7327. 



19. DIGITARIA Heist, ex Adans. Fam. ii. pp. 38, 550 (1763). 

 Panicum L. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. p. 1101, pro parte. 



1. D. longiflora Pers. Syn. i. p. 85 (1805). 



Panieum parrvlum Trin. in Mem. Acad. Sci. Petersb. ser. 6. 

 iii. p. 205 (1835) ; Steud. Syn. PI. Gram. p. 41 (1854). Paspalum, 

 longiflorum. Retz., Obs. iv. p. 15 (1786) ; Durand & Schinz, Consp. 

 Fl. Afr. v. p. 737. P. brerifolmm Fliigg. Monogr. p. 150 (1810); 

 Benth. in Hook. Nig. Fl. p. 557 (1849). 



Sierra Leom:.— Sept. 1853. No. 2946. 



GoLiTXGo Ai/ro?— No. 7256 (no notes). 



PuNfio AxnoNGo. — A grass like a Cynndon, with prostrate culms- 

 rooting at the nodes, fertile ones erect, very slender : spikes geminate 

 or ternate, a shining yellowish-green. On rocks covered with a sandy 

 clayey earth at Pedras de Guinga ; plentiful but not often in flower ; 

 Mar. 1857. No. 2935. 



2. D. ternata Stapf in Fl. Capens. vii. p. 376 (1898). 

 Panicum ternatum Hochst. in Flora xxiv. Intelligenzbl. i. p. 19 



(1841) (nomen) ; Steud., I.e., p. 40 ; Durand & Schinz, I.e., p. 766. 

 Cynodon ternatum A. Eich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. p. 405 (1851). 



PuNGo AxDoxGo. — A laxly ca^spitose grass with the habit of 

 Digitaria ; apparently annual. Meadows between Bumba and N'billa 

 (Umbuilla) ; March "1857. No. 7436. 



3. D. monodactyla Stapf., I.e., p. 373. 



Panicnm moriodactijlum Nees Fl. Afr. Austr. p. 21 (1841) ; 

 Steud., I.e., p. 56 ; Durand & Schinz, I.e., p. 755. 



PuxGo AxDoxcio. — In wooded pastures covered with short grass 

 near Quilanga : April 1857. No. 2823- Laxly c;espitose, with 

 ascending culms, and simple, very long, slender spike. Plentiful in 



