Fenniseiiiiii] xxviu. gramine.k. 193 



I.e. ; B. petiolaris llochst., I.e. Beckeropsis nubica Fig. & De Notar., 

 in Mem. Accad. Sci. Toiin. Ser. 2. xiv. p. 366 (1854) ; B. jjetiolaris 

 Fig. & De Notar., I.e., p. 368. Gymnothrix uniseta Nees Fl. Afr. 

 Austr. i. p. 66 (1841) ; G. petiolaris llochst., I.e., p. 250; G. nubica 

 Jloclist., I.e., p. 251. Setaria lonyiseta Beauv. Fl. Ow. p. 81, t. 110 

 (1818-20). 



GoLUNGij Alto.^A grass 5 to 8 ft., remarkable among all the 

 species of this genus hitherto observed for its pale greenish colour. 

 In the so-called Capineta, but not common, near Sange ; l^eginning of 

 June 1855. No. 2957- Called Musoque by the natives and used 

 ■everywhere for roofing their houses. A tall grass G to 8 ft. high, 

 csespitose, culms fastigiately branching towards the top. Is one of the 

 gigantic grasses which form the so-called Capim of Golungo Alto. 

 Grows in damp places along with Typha., etc., near Sange ; in fl. Nov. 

 1854. No. 7178. A grass with the habit of Audni/xif/on, 4 to 5 ft. ; 

 culm branching, nodose, obliquely bent at the nodes ; spikes nodding. 

 At margins of fields near Camilungo ; June 185G. No. 7206- No. 

 7227 (no information). 



28. ANTHEPHORA Schreb. ; Bentb. & Hook. f. Gen. PL iii. 

 p. 1122. 



1. A. elegans Schreb. Beschr. Graes. ii. p. 105 (1774). 



Var. cristata Doell in Mart. Fl. Bras. ii. pt. 2. p. 314 (1877). 



Lt»AN'DA — An annual grass, laxly ciespitose, culms branched ascend- 

 ing, leaves flat, spikes terminal, solitary, 2 in. long, very rigid, rhachis 

 flexuose. Very common in poor sandy pastures and also among planta- 

 tions of manioc, etc.: almost everywhere along the whole Angola coast. 

 Alto das Cruzes ; Dec. 1858. No. 7310- In grassy places near Forte 

 de Penedo ; Mar. 1854. No. 7346. 1853-4. Nos. 7371, 73716, 7371'-, 

 7371^/. Nos. 2915/^ 7480 (no information). Penedo ; April to May 

 1854. CoLi.. Carp. 1112. 



PuNCio Andonco — In sandy thickets between Luxillo and Cazella ; 

 middle of Dec. 1856. No. 2754. 



Var. acuminata Rendle var. nov. 



Partial inflorescences large (3 to 3^ lines long), involucral limbs 

 5 to 6, free almost to the base, lanceolate-acuminate, surface 

 minutely upwardly seabernlous ; spikelets narrow-lanceolate, 2^ 

 lines long. 



PuNGO ANDOX(iO. — Candumba : Mar. 1857. No. 2708. 



HuiLLA. — A perennial grass, 3 ft. high, laxly cajspitose, culms erect. 

 Anthers 3, golden-ochre, stigmas bifid, shortly plumose, white. In 

 stony thickets between Lopollo and Monino ; not liked by cattle : 

 Feb. 1860. No. 2632. 



2. A. undulatifolia Hack, in Bull. Herb. Boiss. iv. A pp. iii. 

 p. 12 (1896). 



MossAMKDES. — On low saudy hills between Mossamedes and Girafd ; 

 19 July 1859. No. 2615. 



29. LEUCOPHRYS (AeDKo^pvs, "with heavy eyebrows") 

 Kendle gen. nov. 



Panicum L., Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PL iii. p. 1100, pro parte. 

 Spikelets membranous, laterally subcompressed, ^ . Outermost 

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