Digitaria .] 
clvii. gramineJe (Stapf). 
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long, appressed to the face of the upper floret. Upper floret corre- 
sponding in shape and size to the spikelet : valve chartaceous to 
subcoriaceous, very finely longitudinally punctate-striate, the 
whitish conspicuous margins of the valve contiguous to low down. 
Anthers up to 3- lin. long.- — Panicum minutiflorum, Durand & 
Schinz, Consp. FI. Afr. v. 754 (partly). 
Nile Land. Abyssinia : Gallabat ; a weed in gardens at Matamma, Schwein- 
furth, 1156 ! Tigre or Begem eder ; without precise locality, Schinmer, 996 ! 
Imperfectly known species. 
47. D. nuda, Schumach. in Schumach. & Thonn. Beskr. Guin. PL 45. 
Culms geniculate at the base, rooting, glabrous, with trigonous inter- 
nodes 1 in. long. Leaves glabrous ; sheaths loose ; ligules very short, 
slightly hairy ; blades lanceolate, 1-3 in. by J lin. Racemes 5-7, digi- 
tate, filiform, 3-4 in. long. Spikelets su.bsolitary, oblong-lanceolate. 
Upper glume and barren valve prominently nerved, scaberulous. 
Upper Guinea. Gold Coast, Thonning. 
The name “ nuda ” refers to the non-bearded nodes. I cannot place this. 
48. B. reflexa, Schumach. in Schumach. & Thonn. Beskr. Guin. PI. 
44. Culms terete, 1| ft. high, with beards of long reflexed hairs at 
the nodes. Leaves hairy ; ligules very short, membranous ; 
blades lanceolate, 3-4 in. by 3 lin., with crisped margins. Racemes 
racemosely arranged, the lower in whorls of 5, the others 2-3-nate, 
filiform. Spikelets solitary or 2-nate, oblong -lanceolate, glabrous. 
Upper glume and barren valve striate. 
Upper Guinea. Gold Coast, Thonning. 
Said to be a I lied to D. mgypliaca. 
49. D. pyriformis, Ghiov. in 'Result. Scient. Miss. Stefanini-Paoli , 
i. 225. Perennial, with a very short horizontal whitish rhizome and 
extra vaginal innovations which are pear-shaped when young and 
covered with densely silky c^taphylls. Culms up to almost 5 ft. high, 
5-6-noded, quite glabrous, the lowest 1 or 2 internodes very short 
and bulbously thickened. Leaf -sheaths longer than the internodes, 
sparsely hairy, particularly upwards ; ligules membranous, up to 1 lin. 
long, truncate ; blades lanceolate-linear, long-narrowed towards the 
base and long-tapering upwards, 16-28 in. by 3-4 lin., glabrous except 
for some long hairs near the ligule, midrib whitish, nerves and margins 
scabrid. Racemes 8-13, in 2 or 3 imperfect whorls, filiform, 4-7 
in. long, horizontally spreading ; rhachis much compressed, narrowly 
winged, up to lin. wide, angles denticulate-scabrid ; pedicels 2-nate, 
slender, subtrigonous, scaberulous, flexuous, with discoid tips, 
unequal, the longer up to 2| lin. long. Spikelets ovate-lanceolate, 
1 lin. long, silky. Lower glume a minute hyaline subquadrate 
membrane, upper linear-lanceolate, equalling two-thirds of the 
spikelet, 3-nerved, appressedly hairy between the nerves and along 
