Paniciim] xxviii. gramixe.e. 181 



HuiLLA. — In damp pastures growing with Ertomulon ; Dec. ISf/J 

 No. 2671. 



Var. minor Rentlle var, nov. 



Small erect graceful plants 10 to 12 in. high, with l)lui.sh 

 .spikelets ^ to f- line long. 



36. P. maximum Jacq. Icon. PI. Ear. i. t. 13 (1781); Benth., I.e., 

 p. 560; Steud., I.e., p. 72 ; Durand & Schinz, I.e., p. 753. 



Barra do Bf.xco. — An erect perennial (?) sparingly cjespitose and 

 narrowly leaved ; culms 2^ to 3 ft., more or less straight, with long 

 hairs at the nodes ; sheaths always hairy ; spikelets dull purple. 

 Rather rare in dampish sandy mud near Cacuaco ; Jan. 1854. No, 7286. 



LoANDA.— 1853-4. Nos. 7362, 7362&. 



GoLUNGo Alto. — Grows sparsely by edges of woods in places thinly 

 covered with grass near Calolo ; Sept. 1H54. Xo. 2990. A perennial (V) 

 grass, erect, 4 to 8 ft. high ; the stem, from the base almost to the 

 middle, bearing stinging hairs. In rather damp places by the river 

 Quiapoze in the Bumba district ; May 1855. No. 7187- Nos. 7239, 

 7240 (no information). A tall species of Paithnua liked by cattle, 

 with red and green spikelets. Molembas : middle of June 1855. 

 Coll. Carp. 1087. 



PuNGO Andongo ? — No. 2863 (no information). 



Welwitsch, in a letter dated Oct. 1869, states that this is one of the 

 grasses known as Capim d'Angola. 



37. P. repens L. Sp. PI. ed. ii. p. 87 (1762) ; Durand & Schinz, 

 I.e., p. 760. 



P. ischaemoides Retz. Obs. iv. p. 17 (1786). P. proliferwni 

 Lam. Encycl. iv. p. 747 (1795-6). P. areaarium Brot. Fl. Lusit. 

 i. p. 82 (1804) ; Benth., I.e. ; Steud., I.e., p. 73. 



HuiLLA. — On nearly dried up banks of rivers, Lopollo ; May 1800. 

 No. 2674. 



38. P. trypheron Schult. Mant. ii. p. 244 (1824). 



PuNGO Andongo. — In sandy wooded meadows at the banks of the 

 river Cuanza, near Lombe ; March 1857. No. 2815. Nos. 2842, 2868 

 (no information). 



Var. giganteum Rendle var. nov. 



A tall erect plant, 4 to 5 ft. high, with long tapering glabrous 

 or hirsute leaves more than 2 ft. long (excluding the sheath) 

 and reaching ^ in. in width. Panicle 1 to nearly 2 ft. long, 

 contracted or spreading. Spikelets as in the type, but a male 

 flower is present in the pale of the third glume. 



A fine plant with the habit of P. virgatum L. but the spikelets 

 a,re smaller, and except for the presence of a (? flower in gl. III., 

 indistinguishable from those of the Indian specimens of the type. 



GoLUNGo Alto. — In rather damp low-lying thickets near Camilungo ; 

 ]\Iay 1856. No. 7213. 



PuNGo AxDoNcio.— A grass 4 to 5 ft., erect, with broad leaves and 

 narrow crowded panicle. In dense primaeval woods between Calundo 

 and Pedras de Guinga ; March 1857. No. 7434. Gravelly places near 

 Ponte do Luiz Simoes ; May 1855. No. 7254. 



39. P. graciliflorum Rendle sp. nov. 



Perennial (?) erect, shoots long and branching, spreading from 



