Aristida] xxviii. gramine^. 203 



narrow, subulate before the divergence ot the barren glumes, pale 

 greenish; gl. I. narrowly lanceolate-acuminate, 1 -nerved, keel 

 hispidulous, with an awn i its length ; gl. II. linear, 1-nerved, 

 narrowing to the blunt apex, which passes abruptly into a short 

 awn J the length of the glume, back not keeled, glabrous ; gl. III. 

 with a short shortly hairy callus, linear-oblong, convolute, 

 3-nerved, nerves scabridulous, passing above into a narrow- 

 linear 3 -nerved stipe to the 3-branched awn ; awn-branches very 

 slender, the median abovit ^ longer than the lateral. 



Plants 2 ft. or more in height ; roots strong, tough ; culms and 

 suberect branches smooth, terete, wiry, nodes glabrous ; sheath 

 closely surrounding the internodes, glabrous, except for a few hairs 

 at the mouth, ligule very short (] line), truncate, membranous; 

 blades convolute, very slender, long, stiff, wiry, tapering to a fine 

 point, glabrous, reaching over a foot in length. Panicle 4 to 

 8 in. long, branches slender, suberect, pedicels of spikelets ^ to 1-^- 

 lines long ; gl. I. including awn 2 lines long, gl. II. S\ lines, 

 gl. III. slightly longer, 3^ lines, not including the callus (i line), 

 to the point of bi-anchingof the awn; middle awn-branch f in., 

 lateral branches ^ in. 



Near A. Adscensionis but distinguished by its awned barren 

 glumes and inflorescence characters. Apparently (e descript.) 

 near A. alopecuroides Hack, in Abli. Bot. Ver. Brandenb. xxx. 

 p. 144, from Amboland, which however has a spike 20 cm. long, 

 an awn-stipe 6 mm. long, and 4 to 5 times twisted, and linear- 

 acuminate leaves 2 to 3 mm. broad at the base. 



GoiANGO Alto ?.— No. 7255 (no information). 



PuN(;(» And()N<;o. — Monstrous. Meadows near Bumba and N-billa; 

 March 1857. No. 7437. Specimens not in flower but apparently con- 

 specific with the above. 



Var. minor Rendle var. nov. 



Plants smaller (10 to 15 in.), panicle shorter and stiffer (2 to 

 3 in. long), barren glumes often pinkish, the outer broader and 

 more abruptly awned than in the type. 



GoLUNdi) Alto.— Native name Quipusu. Widely caespitose in the 

 higher thicket-grown pastures. Sobato de Bumba ; 12 Oct. 1855. 

 Used for brooms. No. 7235. A stiff widely csespitose grass forming 

 the mountain meadows, and making the higher slopes very slippery. 

 Rather plentiful in the higher parts of the Alto Queta mountains ; 

 May 1855. No. 7273. 



The following specimens Avithout flower probably belong to this 

 neighbourhood : — 



Pt X(!o AxnoNGo. — A singular grass ; used for wickerwork. With- 

 out flower, and with culms already destroyed, growing intermingled 

 with sods of a tall robust Asc()lfjA!<, near Condo ; March 1857. No. 6945. 

 At the foot of the pasture-hills near Bumba ; without fl. : March 

 1857. No. 6945'-. 



3. A. huillensis Rendle sp. nov. 



Perennial, widely caespitose, culms very slender, erect, fastigi- 

 ately branched, nodes glabrous; leaves short, narrow-linear. 



