Cynodoii] xxviii. gramine.e. 221 



grass in the district which can be given without danger to horses. 

 About Sange ; in rather poor sunny locahties Dec. 1854, No. 7183 ; 

 beginning of Aug. 185r>, Xo. 2999 ; Feb. 1855, No. 2993 ; very plenti- 

 ful on dry or rather dry slopes in the Sange district and almost the 

 only fodder fit for horses, Nov. 1855. No. 7234. 



PuNco Andongii.— Nos. 2866, 2879 (no notes). 



MossAMKDKs. — A perennial stoloniferous grass, stolons rooting. A 

 terrible pest in plantations of cotton, etc. Too plentiful among crops 

 of mandioca, cotton and maize near San Jofio de Croque ; 2 Sept. 1859. 

 No. 2601. Growing sparsely in fields between Mossamedes and Giraul ; 

 July 1.S50. No. 2607. 



Var. elegailS Rendle var. nov. 



A graceful form with regular freijuent culms, erect from an 

 ascending base, densely clothed below witli xugidulous, erect, 

 slender, convolute, sparsely pubescent leaves ; spikes 4 to 5, 

 slender, suberect, deep purple. 



Plants to 1 foot high ; leaves 1 to 2 in. ; spikes 1^ to 2 in. 

 long, by ?r to j line wide. 



MossAMED?:s.— Colonial name Escalraz. A perennial very far 

 creeping rigidulous grass, much liked by cattle. Leaves narrow, 

 herbaceous green, erect and crowded, spikes 4, more rarely 5, dark 

 purple. Sandy thickets between Cavalheiros and Boca (Garganta) do 

 Rio Bero ; 22 Aug. 1859. No. 2290. 



48. CAMPULOSUS Desv. in Nouv. Bull. Soc. Philom. ii. 

 p. 189 (1810). 



Cteiduvi Panz. in Denksclir. Acad. Miinch, 1813, p. 288, t. 13 

 (1814) ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. p. 1165. 



1. C. elegans Gay ex Kunth Rev. Gram. p. 93 (1829) (Camjmloa). 



Ctenium elegans Kunth, I.e. ; Steud. Syn. PI. Gram. p. 202 

 (1854) ; Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. v. p. 859. 



PuNGO Anddngo. — A very elegant widely ca^spitose grass ; culms 

 erect 2 to '6 ft. or higher, spike elongated, simple, straight or generally 

 falcate. Plentiful in rather damp meadows on the banks of the river 

 Cuanza near Sansamanda, not seen elsewhere in Angola ; end of April 



1857. No. 2827. In a few places near Candumba, but very plen- 

 tiful between Sansamanda and Mopopo in damp meadows on the 

 river Cuanza ; beginning of May 1857. No. 2733. 



49. ENTEROPOGON Nees ; Benth. <fc Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. 

 p. 1165. 



1. E. melicoides Nees in Lindl. Nat. Syst. ed. ii. p. 449 (1836). 



E. macrostachya Munro ex Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xix. 

 p. 101 (1881); Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. v. p. 859. 

 Ckloris macrostachya Hochst. ex A. Rich. Fl. Aby.ss. ii. p. 409 

 (1851); Steud. Syn. PI. Gram. p. 203 (1854). 



LoANDA. — Apparently lasting several years, widely ciespitose, culms 

 and leaves erect, the latter scabrid, spike drawn out, moderately curved, 

 purplish green. In thickets growing with a Capparid, etc., from 

 Alto das Cruzes to Maianga do Povo ; April and May 1854. No. 7446. 

 Somewhat plentiful on the drier grassy hills and cliffs to the south of 

 Loanda between Alto das Cruzes and Maianga do Povo ; in fl. Dec. 



1858. No. 7314. 



