210 XXVIII. GRAMINES, [ Heleochloa 
Subtribe ITV. Phleoidee. 
36. HELEOCHLOA Host; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Pl. iii. 
p. 1146, 
1, H. schoenoides Host Gram. Austr. i. p. 23, t. 30 (1801) 
Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. v. p. 815. 
Crypsis schoenoides Lam. Ill. i. p. 166 (1791); Steud. Syn. Pl. 
Gram. p. 152 (1854). 
MossaMeDES.—A_ prostrate highly social grass, occupying ex- 
clusively large tracts of muddy land. On the marshy banks of the 
right branch of the river Caroca, near Cabo Negro, also at Porto de 
Pinda ; sometimes with species of Arthrocnemum and Lippia nodiflora ; 
3 Sept. 1859. No. 2622. 
TrisE vy. ZOYSIELE. 
37. NAZIA Adans. Fam. ii. p. 31 (1763). 
Tragus Hall. Stirp. Helv. ii. p. 203 (1768) ; Benth. & Hook. f. 
Gen. Pl. iii. p. 1122. 
1. N. racemosa O. K. Rev. Gen. Pl. p. 780 (1891). 
Jenchrus racemosus L. Sp. Pl. p. 1049 (1753). Lappago 
racemosa Honck. Syn. i. p. 440 (1792); Benth. in Hook. Niger 
Fl. p. 564 (1849) ; Steud. Syn. Pl. Gram. p. 112 (1854). Tragus 
racemosus Scop. Introd. p. 73 (1777). 
Loanpa.—An annual grass, a span high, culms laxly cespitose, 
spikes ascending like a Myosurus, straight, spikelets sticky, echinate on 
all sides. Habit almost as in Lappago racemosa of Europe, and 
probably the very same plant. On low red-sandy hills above Loanda, 
Alto das Cruzes, but not plentiful; Dec. 1858. No. 7313. Common 
in sandy ground near Penedo; Jan. 1859. No. 2910. 1853-4. 
No. 7373 (in part). Nos. 7345, 7464 (no information). 
38. MONELYTRUM Hack. in Abh. Bot. Ver. Brandenb. 
xxx. p. 140 (1888). 
1. M, Luderitzianum Hack., Z.c.; Durand & Schinz, Consp. FI. 
Afr. v. p. 733. 
MossaMEDES.—In sandy places by the sea at the mouths of the 
river Bero but apparently somewhat rare ; July 1859. No. 2292. 
The leaves are shorter and broader than in the type as 
described by Hackel showing a tendency to linear-lanceolate ; 
they measure ? to 13 in. in length by 1 to 2 lines in breadth. 
39. PEROTIS Ait.; Benth. & Hook. f.Gen. PL. iii. p. 1123. 
1. P, latifolia Ait. Hort. Kew. i. p. 85 (1789); Benth. in 
Hook. Niger Fl. p. 569 (1849); Steud. Syn. Pl. Gram. p. 186 
(1854); Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. v. p. 734. 
Saccharum spicatum L. Sp. Pl. p. 54 (1753). 
Punco AnDonGo.—Annual, 2 to 3 ft., cespitose, leaves rigidulous, 
glaucous, more or less undulate, spike a foot or more long, with the 
appearance of a violet feather, floating very gracefully among the 
common grasses. Gravelly and rocky places on the banks of the 
Cuanza ; Jan. 1857. No. 2740. Annual, laxly ceespitose, very graceful | 
