188 xxviii, GRAMiNEiE. [Setariii 



A.t the stream Capopa ; Dec. 1854. Xo. 7257- A narrow-leaved form, 

 with sparsely hairy culm, and very acuminate leaf-apex. Plentiful at 

 the banks of the river Cuango, near Sange; end of Sept. 1854. No. 7258. 

 •Cungulungulo, Montalegra ; Feb. 1855. No. 7176. Nos. 3001, 7228^ 

 (no information) 



Var. angustifolia Rendle var. nov. 



Leaves 6 to 12 in. long by 2 to 4 lines broad, tapering gradually 

 towards both ends, apex drawn out to a long fine point ; panicle 

 narrow, dense, 4 to 9 in. long, j^ to 1 in. broad. 



HuiLLA. — Rather rare in woody thickets at Caminho de Quipungo : 

 April 18G0. No. 2628. Common in wooded places near streams near 

 Catumba in the LopoUo district ; April I860. No. 7497. 



6. S. rhachitricha. 



Panicum rhackitridmm Hochst. in Flora xxvii. p. 254 (1844) ; 

 Steud., I.e., p. 63 ; Durand it Schinz, I.e., p. 761. 



GoLUNGo Alto. — Rather damp shady places at base of the Alto 

 ■Queta mountains, but rare : Aug. 1855. No. 7172. In rather damp 

 places, Alto Queta : beginning of Aug. 1855. No. 7191. Somewhat 

 rare in wooded dampish places, Mata virgem de Quibanga (Mus- 

 sengue) ; Mar. 185G. No. 7207- 



PuNGo Axi»()N(;i). — Damp meadows between Bumba and N-billa at 

 the right bank of the river Cuanza ; March 1857. No. 7435. 



26. CENCHRUS L. ; Benth.&IIook. f. Gen. PI. iii. ix 1105. 

 1. C. catharticus Delil. Cat. Hort. Monspel. 1838 in Linnsea xiii. 



Litt.-ber. p. 103 (1839); Steud. Syu. PI. Gram., p. Ill (1854); 

 Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. v., p. 775. 



Ambkiz.— Nov 1853. No. 2900. 



LoANPA. — An annual sparsely caespitose grass, with oblique or erect 

 culms. Common in dry sandy plains near Penedo ; Jan. 1859. No. 2915- 

 An annual sparsely ca3spitose grass, with flowering culms erect or 

 ascending, rather rigid. Grows among poor herbage on the way 

 from Alto das Cruzes to Penedo and Boa Vista ; Jan. 1854. No. 7306. 

 No. 7347 (no information). 



Pux(i() AxDiiXGo. — In overgrown grassy places near Sansamanda : 

 Feb. 1857. No. 2791. 



27. PENNISETUM L. Ptich. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. 

 p. 1105. 



Sect. 1. — Gymnothrix. 



1. P. alopecuroides Spreng. Syst. i. p. 303 (1825) pro parte; 

 Steud. in Flora xii. 1. p. 472 (1829), Syn. PI, Gram. p. 103 (1854). 



P. adoense Steud., I.e., p. 104 ; Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. 

 Afr. V. p. 777. 



HuiLLA. — In rich pastures with short overgrowth between Lopoll<« 

 and Monino ; Jan. 1860. No. 2685. 



2. P. parviflorum Trin. Gram. Pan. p. 64 (1826), Gram. Icon. 

 et Descr. iii. t. 288 (1836); Steud., I.e., p. 103; Durand & Schinz, 

 I.e., p. 782. 



GOLUXGO Alt(J y— Nos. 2971, 2976, 7267c (no information). 



