210 XXVIII. ORAMINE.E. [Jleleochloci 



Subtribe IX. Phleoideo'. 



36. HELEOCHLOA Host ; Benth. k Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. 

 p. 1146. 



1. H. schoenoides Host Gram. Austr. i. p. 23, t. 30 (1801) 

 Durand k Schiiiz, Ooiisp. Fl. Afr. v. p. 815. 



Crypsis schoenoides Lam. 111. i. p. 1G6 (1791); Steud. Syn. PL 

 Gram. p. 152 (1854). 



Mo.ssAMKUEs. — A prostrate highly social grass, occupying ex- 

 clusively large tracts of muddy land. On the marshy banks of the 

 right branch of the river Caroca, near Cabo Negro, also at Porto de 

 Pinda ; sometimes with ?>^qc\Q9, oi Artln-ocneinwn and Lippia 7i'>di0ora : 

 3 Sept. 1850. No. 2622. 



Tribe v. ZOYHIE^E. 



37. NAZIA Adans. Fam. ii. p. 31 (1763). 



Traqus Hall. .Stirp. Helv. ii. p. 203 (1768) ; Benth. A Hook. f. 

 Gen. PI. iii. p. 1122. 



1. N. racemosa O. K. Eev. Gen. PL p. 780 (1891). 



Cenchrvs racemosus L. Sp. PL p. 1049 (1753). Lappago 

 racemosa Honck. Syn. i. p. 440 (1792) ; Benth. in Hook. Niger 

 Fl. p. 564 (1849) ; Steud. Syn. PL Gram. p. 112 (1854). Tragus 

 racemosus Scop. Introd. p. 73 (1777). 



LoANDA. — An annual grass, a span high, culms laxly casspitose, 

 spikes ascending like a Jryosiiriis, straight, spikelets sticky, echinate on 

 all sides. Habit almost as in Lupjxign racemosa of Europe, and 

 probably the very same plant. On low red-sandy hills above Loanda, 

 Alto das Cruzes, but not plentiful ; Dec. 1858. No. 7313. Common 

 in sandy ground near Penedo : Jan. 1859. No. 2910. 1853-4. 

 No. 7373 (in part). Nos. 7345, 7464 (no information). 



38. MONELYTRITM Hack, in Abh. Bot. Ver. Brandenb. 

 XXX. p. 140 (1888). 



1. M. Luderitzianum Hack., I.e. ; Durand k Schinz, Consp. Fl. 

 Afr. V. p. 733. 



Mo.ssAMKDivs. — In sandy places by the sea at the mouths of the 

 river Bero but apparently somewhat rare ; July 1859. No. 2292- 



The leaves are shorter and broader than in the type as 

 descriljed l>y Hackel showing a tendency to linear-lanceolate ;. 

 they measure f^ to V'l in. in length by 1 to 2 lines in breadth. 



39. PEROTIS Ait. ; Benth. k Hook. f. Gen. PL iii. p. 1123. 

 1. P. latifolia Ait. Hort. Kew. i. p. 85 (1789); Benth. in 



Hook. Niger Fl. p. 569 (1849) ; Stend. Syn. PL Gram. p. 186 

 (1854) ; Durand k Schinz, Con.'^p. Fl. Afr. v. p. 734. 



tSaccharimi sjncatum L. Sp. PL p. 54 (1753). 



PuN(U) Andongo. — Annual, 2 to 3 ft., cajspitose, leaves rigidulous, 

 glaucous, more or less undulate, spike a foot or more long, with the 

 appearance of a violet feather, floating very gracefully among the 

 common grasses. Gravelly and rocky places on the banks of the 

 Cuanza ; Jan. 1857. No. 2740. Annual, laxly cEespitose, very graceful 



