Lleusine] XXVIII, GRAMINEA, 225 
and Pedras de Guinga. No. 2768. Plentifully grown in the districts 
of Pungo Andongo, Songo, Condo, Quisonde, etc. ; also spontaneous. 
Negro name Luco, or Litho. May 1857. Cou. Carp. 1103. 
Huitia.—Luco. Cultivated by the natives (Munhaneca tribe), 
and spontaneous everywhere. Sr. Kneismann’s garden ; beginning of 
May 1860. No. 2702. 
2. E. verticillata Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. p. 346 (1820); Steud., dc., 
p. 211; Durand & Schinz, L.c., p. 867. 
Leptochloa Schimperiana Hochst. in Flora xxxviii. p, 203 (1855), 
Durand & Schinz, J.c., p. 869. 
Loanpa ?—Nos. 7339, 7477 (no information) 
55. LEPTOCHLOA Beauv.; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. 
p. 1172. 
1, L. uniflora Hochst. ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. p. 409 
(1851); Steud. Syn. Pl. Gram. p. 209 (1854) ; Durand & Schinz, 
Consp. Fl. Afr. v. p. 869. 
Cazenco.—Plentiful in very shady woods on both sides the river 
Luinha, growing in dense masses, and affording excellent fodder ; 
25 Dec. 1854. No. 2981. No. 2966 (no information). 
2. L, filiformis Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veget. ii. p. 580 (1817); 
Steud., dc. 
Loanpa.—1853-4. Nos. 7361, '73610, 7382. Round drying-up ponds, 
and in rather damp abandoned fields, growing in thick masses, some- 
times solitary ; July 1854. No. 7471. 
3. L. chinensis Nees Agrost. Bras. p. 432 (1829); Steud., de. 
Puxco ANDoNGo.—Caghuy ; Jan. 1857. No. 2704. 
Barra po Danpr.—A cespitose grass, 2 to 3} ft., ascending ; flowers 
dark purple. Plentiful on the marshy banks of the river Dande near 
Bombo ; end of Sept. 1858. No. 7281. 
4, L. obtusiflora Hochst. in Flora xxxviii. p. 203 (1855). 
Eleusine obtusiflora Schw. & Asch. Beitr. Fl. Afthiop. p. 299 
(1867); Durand & Schinz, J.c., p. 867. 
Loanpa.—An annual cespitose erect grass. Sandy grassy places of 
Maianga. dE] Rei ; May 1858. No. 7282. 1853-4. Nos. 7353, 7353) 
(no notes). 
56. LEPTOCARYDION Hochst. ex. Benth. in Journ, Linn. 
Soc. xix. p. 110 (1881). 
Triodia R. Br., Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Pl. iii. p. 1175, pro parte. 
1. L. alopecuroides Hochst. ms. in Schimp. Pl. Abyss. No. 2308. 
Triodia plumosa Benth., lc. ; Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. 
v. p. 877. Leptochloa plumosa Anderss. in Peters Reise Mossamb. 
p. 557 (1864). Diplachne alopecuroides Hochst. ex Schweinf. 
Beitr. Fl. 4ithiop. p. 299 (1867). Uralepis alopecuroides Steud. 
Syn. Pl. Gram. p. 248 (1854). 
Punco ANDONGO.—A laxly cespitose grass with a bromoid habit, 
culms ascending branched, spikes green-purplish, ultimately becoming 
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