Anadel'phia.'] clvii . gramineje (Stapf). 397 
in the upper part of the panicle, uppermost spathes therefore quite 
spatheoloid. Spatheoles linear-lanceolate, acute, 1 in. long, sub- 
herbaceous, greenish-brown or glaucous and purplish, glabrous or 
very sparingly hairy ; peduncles densely puberulous upwards, much 
shorter than and enclosed in the spatheole, on maturity 2|-4 lin. 
long. Kacemes of 2 sessile and 3 pedicelled spikelets, about 7-9 
lin. long ; joint and pedicels filiform, shortly ciliate on both sides, 
glabrous on the back, about 2-2 lin. long. Sessile spikelet linear- 
oblong, 2J-3 lin. long including the callus, glabrous, pale to chestnut- 
brown and glossy below the middle, pale green above ; callus almost 
pungent, f-1 lin. long and very densely silky bearded. Glumes equal ; 
lower coriaceous, linear-oblong, truncate, sides obtusely rounded 
to far beyond the middle, then scaberulously and finely keeled, 
6-7-nerved, nerves slender but distinct ; upper glume linear-oblong, 
obtuse or slightly emarginate, with a bristle up to 6-7 lin. long, 
3-nerved, margins finely ciliate. Lower floret reduced to a narrowly 
oblong hyaline 2 -nerved ciliate valve as long as the glumes. Upper 
floret : valve linear, oblong-cuneate, shortly 2-lobed, under 2 lin. 
long, glabrous, awn comparatively stout, 1-1 J in. long, kneed at the 
middle, column twisted, dark brown, scabrid, bristle yellowish ; 
valvule 0. Anthers l-l 7 f lin. long. Pedicelled spikelets or 
barren, very narrowly linear-lanceolate, long-acuminate, 4-6 lin. 
long, glabrous ; glumes subequal, thinly coriaceous, each passing 
into a mucro or short bristle ; lower 7-9-nerved, upper somewhat 
shorter, 3-5-nerved ; valves linear-oblong, acute, ciliate, lower 
faintly 3-nerved, upper if present 1 -nerved . — Andropogon anectus, 
Stapf in Journ. de Bot. xix. 101. A. glaucopurpureus, Stapf, l.e. 102. 
Upper Guinea. French Guinea : Futa Jallon ; between Soumbalako and 
Boulivel, Chevalier, 18665 ! Kouroussa, Pobeguin, 519 ! 520 ! Baffing Valley, 
Pobeguin, 1784 bis ! Timbo, Pobeguin, 1794 ! 1795 ! Sierra Leone : Jigaya, 
Thomas , 2487 ! Gold Coast : North-west Axim ; Kikum, fresh water grass 
swamps, Chipp, 311 ! Dahomey, Dubard ! Southern Nigeria: Lagos, Mac- 
Gregor, 320 ! 
Lower Guinea. Belgian Congo : Stanley Pool, in dry sandy places, Hens, 
B. 76! 
8. A. afzeliana. Stapf. Perennial. Culms between 2 and 3 ft. 
high, rather stout below, terete, glabrous, 5-6-noded, with some 
barren branches from the lower nodes. Leaf-sheaths terete, softly 
hairy to villous with the exception of the glabrous base above the 
bearded internodes ; ligules very short, truncate, glabrous ; blades 
linear from an equally wide base, long-tapering to a fine point, up 
to 7 or 8 in. long and over 2 lin. wide (flattened out), softly hirsute 
to villous on both sides, midrib white, slender below, wider above, 
lateral nerves numerous and close. Spatheate panicle very scanty, 
narrow, up to almost 1 ft. long ; primary internodes about 4, the 
lowest up to 4 in. long, the following very gradually decreasing ; 
primary tiers (the lowest branch sometimes undivided at the base) 
