Panicum) XXVIII, GRAMINEAE, 181 
Huiiia.—tIn damp pastures growing with Eri lon ; Dec. 1859 
aoe P Pp gr g riocaulon ; 
Var. minor Rendle var. nov. 
Small erect graceful plants 10 to 12 in. high, with bluish 
spikelets } to 3 line long. 
36. P, maximum Jacq. Icon. Pl. Rar. i. t. 13 (1781); Benth., J.c., 
p: 960; Steud., ic, p. 72; Durand & Schinz, Le., p. 753. 
Barra po Benco.—An erect perennial (?) sparingly caspitose and 
narrowly leaved ; culms 23 to 3 ft,, more or less straight, with long 
hairs at the nodes ; sheaths always hairy; spikelets dull purple. 
Rather rare in dampish sandy mud near Cacuaco ; Jan. 1854. No.'7286. 
Loanpa.—1853-4. Nos. 7362, 73620. 
GoLtunGo ALTO.—Grows sparsely by edges of woods in places thinly 
covered with grass near Caldlo; Sept. 1854. No, 2990. A perennial (?) 
grass, erect, 4 to 8 ft. high; the stem, from the base almost to the 
middle, bearing stinging hairs. In rather damp places by the river 
Quiapoze in the Bumba district; May 1855. No. 7187. Nos. 7239, 
7240 (no information). A tall species of Panicum liked by cattle, 
with red and green spikelets. Molembas; middle of June 1855. 
Cou. Carp. 1087. 
Pungo ANDONGO ?—No, 2863 (no information). 
Welwitsch, in a letter dated Oct. 1869, states that this is one of the 
grasses known as Capim d’Angola. 
37. P. repens L. Sp. Pl. ed. ii. p. 87 (1762) ; Durand & Schinz, 
Z.c., p. 760. 
P. ischaemoides Retz. Obs. iv. p. 17 (1786). P. proliferum 
Lam. Eneyel. iv. p. 747 (1795-6). P. arenariwm Brot. Fl. Lusit. 
i. p. 82 (1804); Benth., Uc. ; Steud., Le. p. 73. 
HurLta.—On nearly dried up banks of rivers, Lopollo ; May 1860. 
No. 2674. 
38. P. trypheron Schult, Mant. ii. p. 244 (1824). 
Punco ANDoNGO.—In sandy wooded meadows at the banks of the 
river Cuanza, near Lombe ; March 1857. No. 2815. Nos. 2842, 2868 
{no information). 
Var. giganteum Rendle var. nov. 
A tall erect plant, 4 to 5 ft. high, with long tapering glabrous 
or hirsute leaves more than 2 ft. long (excluding the sheath) 
and reaching 4+ in. in width. Panicle 1 to nearly 2 ft. long, 
contracted or spreading. Spikelets as in the type, but a male 
flower is present in the pale of the third glume. 
A fine plant with the habit of P. virgatwm L. but the spikelets 
are smaller, and except for the presence of a ¢ flower in gl. III., 
indistinguishable from those of the Indian specimens of the type. 
Gotuneo ALTo.—In rather damp low-lying thickets near Camilungo ; 
May 1856. No. 7213. 
Puneo ANDONGO.—A grass 4 to 5 ft., erect, with broad leaves and 
narrow crowded panicle. In dense primzval woods between Calundo 
and Pedras de Guinga ; March 1857. No. 7484. Gravelly places near 
Ponte do Luiz Simées ; May 1855. No. 7254. 
39. P. graciliflorum Rendle sp. nov. 
Perennial (?) erect, shoots long and branching, spreading from 
