Cymbopogon] XXVIII. GRAMINEA, 157 
tion oblique; } spikelet 3} to 31 lines long, including the callus 
(scarcely § line); gl. I. 2) “ine, the truncate apex crimson and 
scarious, and the upper half more or less tinged with red, sparsely 
puberulous on the back ; gl. IT. ovate and tr uncate when flattened, 
membranous, transparent, tinged with red in the upper half ; 
gl. IIT. 22 line; gl. IV. 15 line; pedicel of stalked spikelet 15 to 
1 line, al. I. 31 to nearly 4 lines long g, back glabrous, slightly 
scaberulous upwards, margin inflexed, carinate and scabrid in 
the upper third, embracing the flattened hyaline inflexed gl. IJ. 
(22 lines long). 
Near C. diplandrus, but distinguished by its longer, darker- 
coloured, purplish racemes, the long-acute, barren, pedicelled 
spikelets, and the longer-awned ¢ spikelets. 
Go.ttnco ALTo.—Native name Mosoque, i.e. Mosake. Sparsely 
thicket-grown slopes, in sandy-clayey soil in the mountains of Sobato- 
de Bumba ; Oct. 1855. No. 7193. Perhaps the stems are so low from 
being new shoots after the forest fires. Growing in broad tufts in 
sunny places near Fonte Capopa; end of Sept. 1855. No. 7226. 
6. C. elegans Spr., .c. 
Andropogon cymbarius L. Mant. p. 303 (1771) ; non Hack., dc, 
p. 629. 
GoLuNGo ALTO.—5 to 8 ft. and higher, culm ascending at the base, 
bearing aerial roots at the nodes, branched above, panicle huge, nodding 
at the top. Habit of an Andropogon, In marshes dried up in winter 
in the woods of Monte de Queta, but in few places ; in fi. June and 
July 1856. No. 7300. Thickets and highways near N-dele and 
Cacarambola ; begining to wither; Sept. 1854. No. 2974. 
7. C. filipendulus. 
Andropogon filipendulus Hochst. in Flora xxxi. p. 115 (1846) ; 
Hack., Z.c., p. 684; Durand & Schinz, /.c., p. 712. 
Var. angolensis Rendle var. nov. 
Ultimate spathes exceeding the common peduncle of the pair 
of racemes; spikelets, excepting the margins, glabrous. 
Hv1.ia.—Lofty thickets of Morro de Monino ; May 1860. No. 7524. 
No. 2948) (no notes). 
The following may belong to this species. 
Punco ANDONGO.—In marshy meadows near Sansamanda ; end of 
Feb. 1857. No.2783b. Forest meadows near Sansamanda; May 1857. 
No. 2773. Both specimens have been disfigured by a fungus Ustilago 
Cesatii Fisch. de Waldh. (determined by Miss Smith). 
8. C. finitimus, 
Andropogon finitimus Hochst. ex A. Rich., ic. p. 465; Hack., 
ic. p. 637; Durand & Schinz, /.c. 
Puxco Anponco.—A grass of gregarious growth, 4 to 6 ft. high, 
with branched culms. Plentiful in secondary thickets at the base of 
huge rocks near Caghuy ; 28 March 1857. No. 2838. 
9. C. Welwitschii Rendle sp. nov. 
Andropogon Chrysopogon Welw. ms. in herb. 
Tall, 2 to 9 ft. high, with strong generally erect culms un- 
branched in the lower part, or decumbent at the base and rooting 
