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grass in the district which can be given without danger to horses. 
About Sange ; in rather poor sunny localities Dec. 1854, No. 7183 ; 
beginning of Aug. 1855, No. 2999; Feb. 1855, No. 2993 ; very plenti- 
ful on dry or rather dry slopes in the Sange district and almost the 
only fodder fit for horses, Nov. 1855, No. 7234. 
Punco ANDONGO.—Nos. 2866, 2879 (no notes). 
MossaMEnrEs.—A perennial stoloniferous grass, stolons rooting. A 
terrible pest in plantations of cotton, etc. Too plentiful among crops 
of mandioca, cotton and maize near San Jodo de Croque ; 2 Sept. 1859. 
No. 2601. Growing sparsely in fields between Mossamedes and Giratil ; 
July 1859. No. 2607. 
Var. elegans Rendle var. nov. 
A graceful form with regular frequent culms, erect from an 
ascending base, densely clothed below with rigidulous, erect, 
slender, convolute, sparsely pubescent leaves; spikes 4 to 5, 
slender, suberect, deep purple. 
Plants to 1 foot high; leaves 1 to 2 in.; spikes 14 to 2 in. 
long, by 4 to = line wide. 
MossaMEDES.—Colonial name Escalraz. A perennial very far 
creeping rigidulous grass, much liked by cattle. Leaves narrow, 
herbaceous green, erect and crowded, spikes 4, more rarely 5, dark 
purple. Sandy thickets between Cavalheiros and Boca (Garganta) do 
Rio Bero; 22 Aug. 1859. No. 2290. ‘ 
48. CAMPULOSUS Desv. in Nouv, Bull. Soc. Philom. ii. 
p. 189 (1810). 
Ctenium Panz. in Denkschr. Acad. Miinch. 1813, p. 288, t. 13 
(1814) ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Pl. iii. p. 1165. 
1. C, elegans Gay ex Kunth Rev. Gram. p. 93 (1829) (Campuloa). 
Ctenium elegans Kunth, l.c.; Steud. Syn. Pl. Gram. p. 202 
(1854); Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. v. p. 859. 
Pungo ANDONGO.—A very elegant widely cespitose grass ; culms 
erect 2 to 3 ft. or higher, spike elongated, simple, straight or generally 
faleate. Plentiful in rather damp meadows on the banks of the river 
Cuanza near Sansamanda, not seen elsewhere in Angola ; end of April 
1857. No. 2827. In a few places near Candumba, but very plen- 
tiful between Sansamanda and Mopopo in damp meadows on the 
river Cuanza ; beginning of May 1857. No. 2733. 
49, ENTEROPOGON Nees; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Pl. iui. 
p. 1165. 
1. E. melicoides Nees in Lind]. Nat, Syst. ed. ii. p. 449 (1836). 
E. macrostachya Munro ex Benth, in Journ. Linn. Soc. xix, 
p. 101 (1881); Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. v. p. 859. 
Chloris macrostachya Hochst. ex A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. ii. p. 409 
(1851); Steud. Syn. Pl. Gram. p. 203 (1854). 
Loanpa.—Apparently lasting several years, widely cespitose, culms 
and leaves erect, the latter scabrid, spike drawn out, moderately curved, 
purplish green. In thickets growing with a Capparid, etc., from 
Alto das Cruzes to Maianga do Povo; April and May 1854. No. 7446. 
Somewhat plentiful on the drier grassy hills and cliffs to the south of 
Loanda between Alto das Cruzes and Maianga do Povo; in fl. Dec. 
1858. No. 7314. 
