575 
Paspalwn .] clvii. gramine^: (Stapf). 
(partly) ; Miss. E. Laurent, 200, and Etudes FI. Bas- et Moyen- 
Congo, ii. 10 ; Th. & Hel. Durand, Syll. FI. Congo, 629 ; Chiov. in 
Ann. Istit. Bot. Boma, viii. 29, 293 ; Eyles in Trans. Boy. Soc. S. Afr. 
v. 299 ; not of Linn. P. scrobiculatum, var. /3, Fluegge, Monogr* 
Gram. 87 ; Kunth, Enum. i. 53 ; Thwaites, Enum. 358, and ex 
Hook. f. in Trim. Handb. FI. Ceyl., v. 122. P. scrobiculatum, , var. 
ft, Trin. Gram. Pan. 123. P. scrobiculatum , var. Jardini , Franch. in 
Contr. FI. Congo Fran 5. 30. P. scrobiculatum , var. y velutinum , 
Hack, in Engl. Jahrb. vi. 233. P. dissectum , Nees, FI. Afr. Austr„ 
15 ; not of Linn. P. Jardini , Steud. Syn. PI. Glum. i. 18 ; Jardin, 
Herb. Cote Occ. Afr. 4. P. Metzii, Steud. l.c. 21, P. mauritani- 
cum 9 Steud. l.c. 26. P. borbonicum , Steud. l.c. 27. 
Upper Guinea. Cape Verd Islands: 8. Jago; valley of Domingo, Hooker , 80 ! 
Senegal ; Mbohou, near Matam, Chevalier, 2249 ! Sierra Leone : common near 
Regent, Scott Elliot, 4188 a ! by the Wallia River, Scott Elliot, 4555 ! and 
without precise locality, Don l Welwitsch, 2937 partly! 2941! Drench 
Guinea : Timbo, common along footpaths and in cultivated ground, Pobeguin, 
1704! Raffing valley, by streams, Pobeguin, 1710! Liberia: Monrovia, 
Naumann, 30. Southern Nigeria : Lagos, in damp situations, Dawodu, 3 ! 
Dalziel, 1122 ! Opobo, Jeffreys, 21 ! 22 a ! 25 ! 25 a ! Etoi River, Holland, 
287 ! Old Calabar, Robb ! Northern Nigeria : Nupe ; in swamps, Barter, 1372 ! 
Abinsi, Dalziel, 871 ! 872. ! Cameroons : Bipinde, Zenker, 3804 ! Batanga, 
by footpaths, Batesf 62 f S. Thome : Caixao grande and MadiTTcte Dios, on the 
beach, Moller, 130 ! Don ! Fernando Po, Mann, 119 partly ! 
Nile Land. Eritrea : Sarae ; Adi Ugri, 0230 ft., Pappi, 30 ! 74 ! Denghel, in 
swampy ground, Forte. Abyssinia : Gallabat ; Matamma, on the banks of 
streams, Schweinfurth, 1187 ! Begemeder, 8 dumper, 1 110 ! Socotra: Galonsir, 
Balfour, 305 ! Uganda: in low grassland on hill slopes near Kijude, 4000 ft., /•' 
Dummer, 2079! in forest clearings near Kipayo, 4000 ft., Dummer, 1041 ! 
British East Africa: Nairobi, Dowson, 199! Kithungulu, Gregory ! Rabai 
Hills, Taylor ! 
Lower Guinea. French Gaboon, Griffon de Bellay ! Belgian Congo : Lower 
Congo, Smith ! Stanley Pool District ; Mpie, Vahderyst, 3747 ! Wombali, V un- 
der yst, 4543 ! Cheval Leo Kwam, Laurent ; Suata, Buettner ; Kinshasa, 
Laurent ; Kisantu, Gillet. Lake Leopold District ; Kutu, Laurent. Equator 
District ; Eala, Laurent ; Lulanga, Laurent. Bangala District ; Demeuse. 
Angola : Ambriz, W elwitsch, 2892 b ! GolungoAlto; Cacarambola, Welwitsch, 
2987 ! Pungo Andongo ; in damp meadows near Sansamanda, Welwitsch, 2794 ! 
2795 ! in marshy meadows near Muta Lucala, Welwitsch, 2707 ! 
South Central. Belgian Congo : Katanga ; Upper Marungu, Debeersl. 
Mozambique Distr. Zanzibar, Stuhlmann. German East Africa : Tanga, in 
meadows, Holst, 2041 ! Kilimanjaro ; Marangu,^ K100 ft., Volkens, 645 ! Usam- 
bara; Kwa Mshuza, Holst, 9017 ! Portuguese East Africa: Quilimane, 
Stuhlmann ; banks of the Zambesi, Carvalho. Lower Buzi River, up to 400 ft., 
Swynnerton , 1563 ! Rhodesia : Bulawayo, Monro, 991. Victoria Falls, 
Rogers, 5719. M’rewa, near water, Appleton, 25 ! Umtali, Sawer ! Salisbury, 
Mrs. Craster, 17 ! Inyanga District, Mundy ! Gazaland : Melsetter, Swynnerton, 
1563 ! Govt . Herb. 1077 ; Chirinda, 3700 ft., Swynnerton, 1626 ! 
Throughout the tropics of the Old World. 
This “ variety ” comprises almost all the spontaneous forms of P. scrobicu- & 
latum as understood by most post-linnean authors, the original P. scrobiculatum j 
of Linnseus representing the cultivated forms of India (P. scrobiculatum, var, j 
frumentaceum , Stapf). The othef fornis commonly referred to this P. scrobicu- j 
latum of authors are P. polystachyum, R.Br., with its synonyms, and P. orbicu- ; 
latum, Forst. The former is treated here as another variety of P. scrobiculatum, 
whilst the latter is in my opinion a perfectly distinct species of the Polynesian 
