Digitaria] XXVIII. GRAMINES, 163 
wooded meadows on the slopes between Candumba and Calundo ; 
March 1857. No. 7481. No. 2847 (no notes). 
Huitia.—In the more elevated meadows at Oahoia, Sobato 
Humpata ; April 1860. No. 2662. 
4, D, diagonalis Stapf, J.c., p. 381. 
Panicum diagonale Nees, lc., p. 23; var. uniglwme Hack. in 
Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. p.1117 (1892); Durand & Schinz, 
le.,p. 747. P. wniglume Hochst., l.c. (nomen); A. Rich, /.c., p. 370. 
Pungo ANDONGO.—Nos. 2859, 2871 (no information). 
5. D. fenestrata, 
Panicum fenestratum Hochst., U.c. (nomen); Steud., Zc., p. 40; 
Durand & Schinz, l.c., p. 749. P. sanguinale L. var. fenestratum 
A. Rich ex Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii. app. 2. p. 18 (1894). 
GoLuNGo ALTo.—Rather rare in fields planted with cotton on the 
left of the river Quiapoze, near Sange ; Aug. 1855. No. 7173. 
Punco ANnponco.—A widely spreading cespitose grass, yielding 
very good fodder. On damp grassy slopes on the higher rocks of the 
presidium ; Nov. 1856. No. 2739. 
6. D. debilis Willd. Enum, Pl. Berol. p. 91 (1809). 
Panicum debile Desf. Fl. Atlant. i. p. 59 (1798); Steud., Zc., 
p. 41; Durand & Schinz, l.c., p. 746. 
Punco ANDONGO.—No. 2854 (no notes). 
Var. gigantea Rendle var. nov. 
A very large variety with a stout creeping stem, 1 line in 
thickness, rooting profusely at the nodes, and passing into a stout 
erect stem 3 ft. high, ending in a subcorymbose inflorescence 
11 in. long. The long spikes (lowest 8 in.) are ascending from a 
stout common rhachis 3 in. long. The narrow spikelets closely 
resemble those of the type, but are even more acuminate, the 
lowest barren glumes being almost awned. It has every appear- 
ance of a gigantic specimen of the type, as it occurs in northern 
and tropical Africa. 
Pungo Axpongo.—Calunda ; Mar. 1857. No. 2710. 
7. D, sanguinalis Scop. Fl. Carniol. ed. ii. i. p. 52 (1772). 
Panicum sanguinale L. Sp. Pl. 57 (1753) ; Steud., Zc, p. 39; 
Durand & Schinz, J.c., p. 761. 
Var. ciliaris Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vii. p. 15 (1896). 
Panicum ciliare Retz., lc., p. 16. 
Sierra Leone.—Sept. 1853. No. 2937 (in part). 
Loanpa.—No. 7322 (no notes). Quicuxe; May 1854. No, 7468. 
Maianga do Povo ; Mar. 1854. No. 7470. No. 7349 (no information). 
Barra DO DanpdE.—In woody places near the lake at the margin of 
the river Dande, near Bombo ; Sept. 1858. No. 7280. 
Var. extensa Hook. f., dc. 
Puneo Anponco ?—No. 2855 (no information). 
Var. horizontalis Durand & Schinz, /.c., p, 763. 
P. horizontale Mey. Prim. Fl. Esseq. p. 54 (1818); Benth. in 
Hook. Niger Fl. p. 560 (1849). Digitaria horizontalis Willd. 
Enum. p. 92 (1809). 
