Evragrostis| XXVIII. GRAMINES. 251 
33. E. patens Oliv. in Trans, Linn. Soc. xxix. p. 175, t. 113 
(1875) ; Durand & Schinz, J.c., p. 887. 
GoLunco AuTo,—Found occasionally at the edges of Gramineta 
(Capim) between Sange and Menha-lula ; May 1855. No. 7268. 
Hoitta.—Very plentiful in abandoned fields, especially in rich soil ; 
end of April 1860. No. 7498. 
34. E. plana Nees Fl. Afr. Austr. p. 390 (1841); Steud., 
Le. p. 270; Durand & Schinz, J.c., p. 888. 
Punco ANDoNGo.—Rather dry meadows near Sansamanda ; Feb. 
1857. No. 2776. 
35. E. brizoides Nees in Linnea vii. p. 328 (1832), Fl. Afr. 
Austr. p. 384 (1841); Steud., /.c.; Durand & Schinz, Zc. p. 880, 
Punco AnponGo.—2 ft. high, widely cespitose, with erect culms 
and somewhat fleshy broadly ovate yellowish-red spikelets. In spongy 
boggy places on the higher rocks of the south side of the presidium ; 
18 Dec. 1856. No. 2757. Calunda ; Jan. 1857. No. 2748. 
Huitia,— Leaves smooth. Thicket-grown pastures near Nene ; 
Oct, 1859. No. 7518. Leaves markedly pilose. Rather dry pastures 
near Humpata ; April 1860. No. 7519. A form with hairy leaves. 
Sect. 3.—PLatysTacHya. 
36. E. superba Wawr. & Peyr. in Sitz. Akad. Wiss, Wien 
xxxvili. p. 584 (1860), (Sertum Benguelense p. 44); Durand & 
Schinz, Zc., p. 890. 
£. elata Munro ex Hiern & Ficalho in Trans. Linn. Soe. Ser. 2. 
ii, p. 32. 
AMBRIZ.—Nov. 1853. No. 2896. 
Loanpa.—A very elegant cespitose grass, sometimes annual, some- 
times when the rains are favourable biennial or even perennial ; 
representing Briza maxima in the equatorial zone ; culms ascending, 
branched, 1 to 3 ft. ; spikelets compressed, many-flowered, very large, 
compact, generally variegated with green, purple and crimson. Plen- 
tiful in sandy cultivated places, and in wild uncultivated places 
throughout the whole district of Loanda, in herb-grown and grassy 
places both in sandy and rich soil, flowering almost the whole year ; 
June 1858. No.'7311. Maianga do Povo; July 1858. No.7311b. Alto 
das Cruzes, Dec. 1858. No. 7311c. 1853-4. Nos. 7365, 73655, 7365c, 
7365d. Represa do Maghellaé Conceicad ; 10 Aug. 1854. No. 7447. 
37, E. variegata Welw. ms. in herb. 
A small very elegant annual, culms slender, spreading-ascend- 
ing, geniculate, branched, internodes 4, like the nodes sparsely 
scabridulous and pilose ; sheaths except the lowest about half the 
length of the internodes, broader and looser below, becoming cylin- 
drical above, more or less pilose ; ligule a line of hairs; blades 
short, flat, narrowly linear-lanceolate, acute, margin scabrid, upper 
face scabridulous, lower pubescent, panicle oblong to pyramidal ; 
branches few short, triquetrous and hirsutulous bearing a con- 
gested cluster of 2 to 6 large, flattened, sessile, ovate-lanceolate 
to oblong many-flowered spikelets ; barren glumes similar to but 
shorter and narrower than the fertile, ovate-acuminate, l-nerved, 
