*202 XXVIII. CiRAMiNE/E. [Melinls 



shortly stalked, Avitli a dense crimson tomentum, 1^ to 1,V line 

 long ; glume I. obsolete ; gl. II. ovate with shortly bilobed apex, 

 7 -nerved, veins not anastomosing, back and margin densely hairy, 

 awn less than twice its own length ; gl. III. similar but slightly 

 shorter, 5-nerved, broadly oblong-elliptical, mucronate, sheltering 

 a subequal pale with a male flower; fertile gl. ovate, very blunt, 

 5-nerved, glabrous, subcoriaceous, enclosing a subeqiial pale and 

 a $ flower ; seed narrowly ellipsoidal. 



Widely spreading culms up to 2 ft. (perhaps longer), internodes 

 increasing upwards from about i: to 2 in. long (not including the 

 flowering one), | line or less in diameter, pubeiulous below the 

 tomentose nodes, otherwise glabrous. Ligule about 1 line long ; 

 blades 1 to 1^ in. long, 2 to 4 lines broad. Panicle 2 in. or less in 

 length, by \ line or less in width, branches and pedicels deep 

 •crimson ; spikelet surrounded by a basal tuft of hairs borne just 

 below the joint, less than the length of the spikelet ; gl. I. repre- 

 sented only by a shortly-hairy rudiment ; gl. II. the length of the 

 .spikelet, awn a little over 2 lines long ; gl. III. a little over 1 line 

 long ; fertile gl. barely 1 line ; seed £ line long. 



Is most nearly allied to the last species, but distinguished by its 

 membranous densely tomentose glumes. 



PuNGO AxDOXGO.— On the lofty rocks of Pedra Cabondo ; Apr. 1857. 

 Mo. 2717. 



The following probably belongs to the genus, but no flowers ai-e 

 present: — 



PuNCio Andon(;(). — A widely ciespitose plant 2 to 3 ft. high with 

 branched ascending culms. Affords excellent fodder, especially for 

 sohd-hoofed cattle. On the grassy slopes of the rocks of the praesidium 

 < Pedra de Cazella) ; 18 Dec. 185(3. No. 2761. Native name Calanga 

 liximba. 



Tribe iv. AGROSTIDEyE. 

 Subtribe I. Stipe(e. 

 .32. ARISTIDA L. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. p. 1140. 

 Sect. 1. — Chaetaria. 



1. A. Adscensionis L. Sp. PI. p. 82 (1753); Durund & Schinz. 

 Consp. El. Afr. v. p. 799. 



A. coirulescens Desf. Fl. Atlant. i. p. 109, t. 21, fig. 2. 



Luanda.— In grassy herb-grown places on gravelly soil in Cazangii 

 Island, somewhat plentiful, but not by any means social ; April 1854. 

 No. 7468. Nos. 2905, 7350 (no information). 



Goi-UN'GO A]/ri)?. — No. 7270 (no information). 



PuNGo AxDoXfio. — Wooded meadows near Caghuy, and at Catete : 

 Feb. 1857. No. 2779. Thicket-grown meadows in the praesidium : 

 Feb. 1857. No. 2789. 



2. A. Welwitschii Bundle sp. nov. 



Perennial, habit of A. Adscensionis but with a gracefully 

 flexuose, more supple, den.ser panicle ; pedicels shorter than the 

 spikelets, like the rhachis and branches hispidulous, spikelets 



