Pseudechinolcena.] clvii. gr amin*e^3 (Stapf). 
497 
Nile Land. Uganda : in dense woods near Mau, 7000 ft., Scott Elliot, 0888 ! 
in banana plantations near Kasamagas, 5300 ft., Scott Elliot , 7593 1 Kirerema 
Forest, Dummer, 311 ! 424 ! 
Lower Guinea. Belgian Congo : Stanley Pool District ; Kunzulu, Vandcryst 9 
5192! Kwango District ; between Kikwit and Atene, Vanderyst, 3252 ! Angola : 
Cazengo ; on the banks of small streams in dense forests near Granja San 
Luiz, Pearson, 2334 ! Golungo Alto ; in woody places near Cungulungula, 
Welwilsch, 7202 ! Pungo Andongo, Wehcitsch, 2878 ! 
Mozambique Distr. Gazaland : Chipete Forest, 3800 ft., Swynncrlon, 408 1 
Chirinda, 3700-4000 ft., Swynnerton, 408 ! 
60. ERI0CHL0A, H. B. & K. ; Bentli. et Hook. f. Gen. PL iii. 1099. 
Spikelets ovate-lanceolate to oblong, acute or acuminate, some- 
times finely and shortly aristulate, slightly compressed from the 
back, falling entire from the pedicels, 2-nate or solitary, secund and 
adaxial on the triquetrous rhachis of more or less spiciform simple 
or compound racemosely arranged racemes ; lower floret $ or 
barren, upper floret Glumes very unequal ; the lower reduced 
to a minute cupular rim clasping the callously thickened bead-like 
lowest internode of the spikelet, upper corresponding in outline 
and size to the spikelet, sometimes shortly aristulate, membranous, 
faintly 5-nerved, the submarginal nerves sometimes obscure. Lower 
floret : valve very like the upper glume, if not slightly shorter ; 
valvule subequal to the valve, 2-keeled or reduced or, like the 
lodicules and flower, quite suppressed. Upper floret : valve char- 
taceous to almost erustaceous, glabrous or very minutely puberulous 
at the apex, faintly 5-nerved, with a fine barbellate mucro of varying 
length ; valvule equal to the valve, 2-keeled with moderately narrow 
flaps. Lodicules 2, broadly cuneate. Stamens 3. Styles distinct ; 
stigmas laterally exserted near the tips of the spikelets. Grain 
enclosed in its floret and the tightly appressed lower floret and upper 
glume, dorsally compressed ; scutellum rather exceeding the middle 
of the grain ; hilum subbasal, punctiform. — Perennial or annuals 
Leaf- blades more or less flat ; ligules reduced to a ciliate rim. 
Racemes peduncled or the upper subsessile, racemosely arranged 
in a narrow panicle. 
Species about 25, in the warm parts of both hemispheres. 
Axes of the panicle not villous. 
Lower floret reduced to its valve ; mostly annual. 
Spikelets oblong, acute, not aristulate, 1| lin. long ... 1. E. rffinosa. 
Spikelets ovate -lanceolate, finely aristulate -acuminate, 
up to 2 lin. long ... 2. E. acrotriclm 
Lower floret 6 with a well-developed 2-keeled valvule ; 
perennial with a stout rhizome ; the innovations 
with firm cataphylls 3. E. borumensis. 
Axes of the panicle densely villous ; lower floret 6 ... 4. E. Macclounii. 
1. E. ramosa, 0. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. ii. 775. Annual (sometimes 
becoming perennial ”?), tufted, from less than 1 ft. to over 2 ft. high. 
EL. TROP. APR. VOL. IX. — PT. 3 2 K 
