Erayrostis] xxviii. gramine^. 247 



than the spikelets, the latter a slatey blue, compressed, lanceolate, 

 5- to 6-flo\vered ; barren glumes long, lanceolate, acute, 1 -nerved, 

 glabrous, keel minutely scabridulous, the lower a little shorter 

 and less acute ; fertile glumes ovate-lanceolate, subobtuse, lateral 

 nerves strong, scabridulous-pilose, keel minutely scabridulous ; pale 

 a little shorter, elliptical, blunt, keels scabridulous-pilose. 



An elegant plant with a Poa-like habit. Culms young, with 

 the panicle not yet fully expanded, 1^ to 1^ ft. high, a little over 

 a line in thickness at the base, the lowest internode completely 

 hidden by several basal sheaths, less than 1 in. long, the second 

 3 or more in. long ; leaf-blades reaching 5'r in. long by 2 lines 

 broad at the base. Panicle not fully developed, 7 in. long by 1|^ 

 greatest width, lower branches 2 to 3 in. long, the upper becoming 

 shorter ; spikelets barely 3 lines long by f line broad ; lower 

 barren glume 1 line long, the upper \}r to If line, about equal 

 in length to the lowest fertile glume ; anthers 'i line long ; grain 

 not yet developed. 



A distinct species characterised by its Po«-like inflorescence,, 

 hairy rhachis and spikelets, and long acute barren glumes. 



HuiLLA. — In wooded meadows near LopoUo ; Jan. 1860. No. 2631. 



27. E. fascicularis Trin. in Mem. Acad. Imp. Sci. Petersb. ser. 6. 

 i. p. 403 (1830) (e descript.); Steud., ^.c, p. 270; Durand & 

 Schinz, I.e., p. 883. 



? E. benguelensis Wawr. & Peyr. in Sitzungsber. Math. -Nat. 

 CI. Acad. Wiss. Wien. xxxviii. p. 583 (1859), (Sertum benguelense, 

 p. 43 [I860]); Durand k Schinz, I.e., p. 880. Poa fascicularis 

 Kunth Enum. i. p. 339 (1833). 



Amrriz. — In sunny sandy places, even the most sterile, near Ponta 

 d'Ambriz in West Congo, remarkably social ; Nov. 1853. No. 2893 

 Native name, Sangalala. 



Barka IX I Dande. — A perennial grass 3 to 6 ft. high, culms de- 

 cumbent with erect fascicles of branchlets, or densely cfespitose and 

 erect, 4 to 5 or even 6 ft. high, fasciculately branched at the apex, 

 culms and branches polished, rery tough. Spikelets greenish, culms 

 and sheaths viscous and resinous at the base. Very plentiful all along 

 the shore from Loanda to Ambriz, especially in sandy, sparsely herb- 

 grown places ; very plentiful in the dry palm-groves of Praia de 

 S. Thiago to the south of the river Dande ; Sept. 1858. No. 7312- 

 Native name, Sangalala. 



Loanda.- — Culms becoming spirally twisted or bent with age. 

 Ubiquitous and very plentiful and remarkably social in poor sandy soil, 

 etc., throughout the whole province of Loanda. Alto das Cruzes, 

 May 1854. No. 7473. Called by the Portuguese and negroes, 

 Sangalale. Exceedingly dangerous to sportsmen on account of its 

 twine-like runners. Used in lime-burning, since on account of its 

 great elasticity it serves as layers between the Mubanga-layers of 

 the kiln. (Mubanga or Mubango is Acacia Welw/tschii Oliv. ; see 

 ante, vol. i., p. 310.) Seen in January 1858 at the Museque Lopes, 

 Uha da Loanda. Nos. 7366, 7366^*, etc. 



MossAMEDF.s. — Sandy maritime places but much rarer than in 

 Loanda. Near the gardens, July 1859. No. 2297- Called by the 

 inhabitants Sangalahl. 



