222 XXVIII, GRAMINES. [Chloris 
50. CHLORIS Sw. ; Benth. & Hook. f, Gen. Pl. iii. p. 1165. 
1, C. breviseta Benth. in Hook. Niger FI. p. 566 (1849); 
Steud. Syn. Pl. Gram. p. 207 (1854); Durand & Schinz, Consp. 
Fi. Afr. v. p. 860. 
Go.tunco ALTo.—Spikelets with a more or less golden-yellow sheen 
when alive. Plentiful in rather dry sunny places throughout the 
whole district. Sandy places near Cacarambola ; Feb. 1855. No. 2983. 
No. 2975 (no notes). ; 
Pounco ANDONGO.—Sunny places at Sansamanda on the right of the 
river Cuanza; April 1857. No. 7386. 
2. C. barbata Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. i. p. 200 (1797); Steud., Zc, 
p. 204; Durand & Schinz, l.c., p. 860. 
Loanpa.—Ponds near Boa Vista ; March 1854. No. 7451. Samba 
Grande; Feb. 1854. No. 7452. 1853-4. No. 7377. No. 7348d (no notes). 
MossaMEDES.— Sandy places on the thicket-grown banks of the 
river Bero. A single specimen almost past flowering. Aug. 1859. 
No. 2608. 
3. C. radiata Sw. Prodr. p. 26 (1788); Steud., Zc, p. 205; 
Durand & Schinz, /¢., p. 862. 
C. leptostachya Hochst. ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. p. 407 
(1851) ; Steud., Zc, p. 206; Durand & Schinz, J.c., p. 861. 
Gotunco ALTo.—A very elegant grass, with elongated linear spikes 
spreading stellately at the top of the culm, reddish or violet when 
alive. In lean grassy places near Sange ; Dec. 1854. Nos. 2985, 2985). 
No. 7209 (no information). 
Puneo AnpoNGO,—An annual densely cespitose grass, prostrate- 
ascending, glaucous-green, barbs of the spike bright violet. Plentiful 
in sunny places in the presidium; end of Feb. 1857. No. 2801. 
No. 2770 (no information). 
4. C. pubescens Wawr. & Peyr. in Sitz. Ak. Wiss. Wien xxxviii 
p. 585 (1860), (Sert. Benguel. p. 45) non Lag. 
Barra DO Benco.—Apparently perennial, widely czespitose, primary 
culms erect, lateral decumbent, rooting, 2 to 6 ft. and longer, very 
viscid. Spikes yellow, anthers black. Plentiful on the sea-shore near 
Cacuaco and Barra do Bengo, (also in Praia de Zamba grande) ; June 
1858. No. 7304. 
Loanpa.—Plentiful on sandy hills near the Ocean between Cacuaco 
and Morro das Lagostas; Dec. 1853. No. 7454. Boa Vista, Con- 
ceicao; 10 Aug. 1854. No.'7455. 1853-4. No. 7376. 
MossaMEDES.—Rocky places by the sea and clayey thickets between 
Boa Vista and Giratl ; July 1859. No. 2902. 
5. C. myriostachya Hochst. in Flora xxxviii. p. 204 (1855); 
Durand & Schinz, J.c., p. 862. 
Loanpa.—1853-4. Nos. 7337, 7364. 
6. C. subeequigluma Rendle sp. nov. 
Apparently perennial, spreading by slender woody runners ; 
glabrous ; culms erect from an ascending base, geniculate, simple 
or once branched ; radical leaves distichously crowded, the outer 
becoming dry and membranous, sheaths compressed, membranous a 
little shorter than the short linear plicate rigidulous margined 
glaucous obliquely emarginate blades ; ligule short, membranous ; 
