170 XXVIII. GRAMINEyE. [PauiCU'Dl 



hairs beneath the large brown glabrous notles. Sheaths -?r to rj 

 length of internodes, loose, striate, glabrous with minutely pilose 

 edges ; ligule a very narrow membranous edge, bearing a row of 

 short stitiish erect hairs ; leaf -blades ascending, 2^ to i^ in. long 

 by 5 to 6 lines broad, glabrous, ligiil, with a thickened sparsely 

 aculeate margin. Spikes 1^ to 2~ in. long, subascending, separated 

 by internodes 1 to 2 in. long ; rhachis and very short pedicels with 

 stiff white hairs. Glume I. membranous sometimes with a purple 

 blotch, oval, very blunt, 1 1-nerved, 2i lines long ; gl. II. oval 

 narrowing to the blunt apex, 2^ lines long ; gl. III. broadly 

 ovate, much broader than the second, with incurving edges and 

 apiculate, pale oblong-oval narrowing at the top ; fertile gl. 

 scarcely 2 lines long, with a close-fitting coriaceous pale. 



Near the last two species, but distinguished by its habit and 

 very large spikelets. 



HuiLLA. — In rather damp wooded meadows near the river Monino, 

 but not common ; April 1860. No. 2678. 



7. P. distichophyllum Trin. Gram. Panic, p. 147 (1826), Icon. 

 et Descript. t. 182 (1829); Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. p. 560 

 (1849) ; Steud., I.e., p. 57 ; Durand & Schinz, I.e., p. 747. 



PuNGO Andongo.— A laxly csespitose gi-ass, culms prostrate-ascend- 

 ing very graceful, and like the lanceolate leaves bright green ; panicle 

 branches secund, spikelets greenish. In broken places and rock-fissures 

 filled with clav at Pedras de Guinga, but seen in one place only ; 

 March 1867. No. 2934. 



8. P. nudiglume Hochst. in Flora xxvii. p. 253 (1844) ; Steud., 

 I.e., p. 68 ; Durand & Schinz, l.c , p. 756. 



P. Eujjrechti Fenzl. ex Steud., l.c. 



Cazkngo. — Frequent by margins of woods near Palmira and at Porto 

 do Luinha ; Dec. 1854. No. 7182. 



LoANDA.— In poor pastures above Boa Vista ; March 1854. No. 7467- 

 No. 7362c (in part) (no information). 



GoLUNGo Alto ?— Nos. 7217, 7239& (no information). 



Vai-. major Hochst. ex A. Fdch. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. p. 372 (1851) ; 

 Durand & Schinz, I.e., p. 757. 



LoANDA.— Conceigao and S. Pedro; May. No. 7469. 



The spikelets are If line long, and the outermost glume is 

 .somewhat looser than in the species. 



This species is near the Indian F. Fetiverii Trin. 



9. P. fasciculatum Sw. Prodr. p. 22 (1788); Steud., I.e., p. 80. 

 LoANDA. — No. 7335. A pleasing grass. Quicuxe ; Aug. 1857. 



Coi.L. a\KP. 1089. 



10. P. serraefolium Hochst. in Flora xxviii. p. 196 (1855); 

 Durand & Schinz, I.e., p. 765. 



LoANDA ?— No. 7362c (in part) (no information). 



11. P. bolbodes Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. .Ethiop. p. 300 (1867) 

 (nomen). 



Uelopus bolbodes Hochst. ex Steud., I.e., p. 100. Eriochloa 



