184 XXVIII, GRAMINES. [Panicum 
Sect. 6.—PsEupEcHINOLENA (Hook. f., .c., p. 58). 
43. P. uncinatum Raddi Agrost. Bras. p. 41 (1823); Steud., 
.c., p. 50. 
GotunGo ALTO.—Woody grassy places, Cungulungulo ; April 1856. 
No. 7202. 
Pungo ANDONGO.—No. 2878 (no notes). 
The following may belong to this genus :—- 
GoLunco ALTO.—A grass almost with the habit of a Commelina 
when alive, growing in dense clusters on the herbage-covered banks 
of the river Canaballa, but unhappily never yet found in flower. In 
marshy meadows on the right of the river Canaballa, Sobato de 
Bumba ; Oct. 1855. No. 7192. 
23. AXONOPUS Beauv. Agrost. p. 12 (1812). 
Panicum L., Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. p. 1101, pro parte. 
1, A. semialatus Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vii. p. 64 (1896). 
Panicum semialatum R. Br. Prod. p. 192 (1810). Var. Eckloni- 
enum Hack. apud Durand & Schinz, Consp. FI. Afr. v. p. 764. 
Bluffia Eckloniana Nees in Lindl. Nat. Syst. ed. ii. p. 447 (1836). 
Huirta.—In damp elevated thicket-grown pastures on the plain 
called Empalanca ; May 1860. No. 2668. 
24. OPLISMENUS Beauv. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Pl. iii. 
p. 1104. 
1. 0. undulatifolius Beauv. Agrost. p. 54 (1812). 
GoLunco ALTo.—Very plentiful in shady woods on the rivers 
Quiapose, Cuango, etc., very densely czespitose, flowering somewhat 
rarely. At the cataract of Isidro near Canguerasange ; in fl. Oct. 
1854. No.'7186. In grassy wooded places Cungulungulo ; April 1856. 
No. 7199. In rather damp herbage in woods of Cungulungulo ; April 
1856. No. 7200. 
Punco ANponco.—A creeping grass, growing in shady places. 
Shady woods between the presidium and Luxillo; April and May 
1857, No. 7391. 
2. 0. compositus Beauv.,/.c.; Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. 
v.p. 771. 
O. elatior, hirtellus, loliaceus (errore foliaceus) Beauv., lc. 
Orthopogon compositus R. Br. Prod, p. 194 (1810). Panicum 
compositum L, Sp. Pl. 57 (1753); Steud. Syn. Pl. Gram. p. 44. 
P. hartellum L. Amoen. Acad. v. p. 391 (1760); P. edatins Linn. 
f. Suppl. p. 107 (1781). 
Princer’s Istanp.—In shady woods on the Pico de Papagaio at 
about 1000 ft. altitude ; Sept. 1853. No. 2926. 
IsLaNnD oF St. THoMAs.—Monte Caffé ; Dec. 1860. No. 2886. 
Has the spikelets crowded and secund, and is the form gene- 
rally known as 0. loliaceus Beauv. 
3. 0. africanus Beauv. Fl. Owar. ii. p. 15, t. 68, f. 1 (1810); 
Durand & Schinz, J.c., p. 771. 
