150 XXVIII, GRAMINEA, [Andropogon 
Suscenus VI. Dicanthiwm. 
17, A. annulatus Forsk. var. papillosus Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 
vii. p. 197 (1896). 
A. papillosus Hochst. ex A. Rich., Le. p. 457; Hack., /.c., 
p. 573; Durand & Schinz, ic., p. 719. 
Loanpa.—A tall erect grass 3 to 43 ft., with branched culms and 
Andropogon-like habit. Very common on sandy rather damp plains and 
stretches of Fimbristylis between Os dois Imbondeiros and Quicuxe ; 
6 and 7 Feb. 1859. No. 2912. A grass 3 ft. high with European 
habit, growing in rather damp places from Quicuxe towards Cacuaco, 
but not common ; June 1858. No. 7315. No. 7323 (no notes). 
MossaMEDES.—3 to nearly 4 ft., branched from the base, culms. 
erect-ascending branched, spikes dull purple. In thickets on gneiss 
cliffs on the banks of the Bero ; July 1859. No. 2609. 
18. A. piptatherus Hack. in Mart. Fl. Bras. ii. 3. p. 293 (18838). 
Var. genuinus Hack. Mon. Androp. p. 580 ; Durand & Schinz, 
ic., p. 720. 
Gotunco ALTO? No. 7244 (no information). 
11. SORGHUM Pers. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Pl. iii. p. 1135. 
1. S. halepense Pers. Synop. i. p. 101 (1805). 
Andropogon Sorghum subsp. halepensis Hack. Mon. Androp. p.501.. 
Var. halepense subvar. muticum Hack., .c., p. 502. 
Maperra.—Funchal on the road towards Camera dos Lobos ; Aug. 
1853. No. 2917. 
Var. effusum subvar. aristatum Hack., /.c., p. 503. 
Ampriz.—Nov. 1853. No. 2898. 
Cazenco.—A grass 4 to 7 ft., with the habit of Holcus or Avena, 
and a huge nodding panicle. Common in once cultivated places almost 
everywhere iv the districts of Cazengo and Golungo Alto. Caculo; 
June 1855. No. 2994. 
IcoLo & Benco.—In rather damp places inundated in summer on the 
left of the river Bengo ; Sept.1856. No.7197. Banks of river Bengo. 
between Quifandongo and Funda ; Sept. 1854. Cox. Carp. 1108. 
Loanpa.—A grass 4 to 12 ft. high, annual or more rarely in damp 
places biennial, culm erect, branched from the middle, and like the 
leaves spotted with a deep blood-red colour. Found growing sporadically 
in damp places once cultivated near Imbondeiro dos Lobos ; June 1858. 
No. 7277. Called Massambala by the blacks. No. 7331 (no notes). 
Subvar. submuticum Hack., /.c., p. 503. 
Ampriz.—Nov 1853. No. 28980. 
2. S. vulgare Pers., J.c. 
Andropogon Sorghum Brot, Fl. Lusit. i. p. 88 (1804); 4. Sorghum 
subsp. sativus Hack., Jc., p. 505. 
Var. saccharatum Koern. in Koern. & Wern. Handb. Getreid. i. 
p. 310 pro parte vel aff.; Hack., Jc. p. 509; Durand & Schinz, 
4¢., p. 725; Masambala rubro Welw. Syn. Explic. p. 35 (1862). 
Young panicle narrowly elliptical and dense, 5 by 14 in., the 
lowest branches about 1 in. long; base of the main rhachis and 
insertion of its branches villous, edges of branches scabrid. Outer 
