Panicum.'] 
CL VII. GRAMINEiE (Stapf). 
657 
Natal PI. t u 156 ; Th. & Hel. Durand. Syll. PL Congol. 633 ; Hitchcock 
& Chase in Contrib. U.S. Nat. Herb. xv. 78 ; Lanza & Mattei, PI. 
Erythr. 107 ; Cheval. Sudania, 68 ; Rendle in Journ. Linn. Soc., Bot., 
lx. 224 ; Eyles in Trans. R. Soc. South Afr. v. 300, inch var. tricho- 
glume. P. maximum , var. hirs utissim um , Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. 
xxix. Bot. 171 ; P. maximum , var. obtusissimum, Stapf in Cheval. l.c. 
161, 163 (name). P. polygamum , Sw. Prodr. Ind. Occ. 24. P. Iceve, 
Lam. 111. i. 172. P. jumentorum, Pers. Syn. i. 83 ; H. B. & K. Nov. 
Gen. & Sp. i. 104 ; Duthie, List Grass. N.-W. Ind. 5, and Fodd. Gr. 
N. Ind. 9. P. altissimum, Brousson. Elench. Hort. Monsp. 42 ; not of 
Meyer. P. Irichocondylum, Steud. Syn. PI. Glum. i. 74. P. pample- 
moussense , Steud. l.c. 71. P. hirsutissimum , Steud. l.c. 72. P. tricho- 
glume, K. Schum. ex Engl. Glied. Yeget. Usambara, 38 (name only). 
P. Chlorochloe, K. Schum. in Engl. Jahrb. xxiv. 333. P. sp. no. 5, 
Grant in Speke, Nile Journal, App. 652. P. giganteum , Mez in 
Engl. l.c. xxxiv. 143. 
Upper Guinea. Cape Verd Islands : St. Vincent, Milne ! S. Nicalao, Lowe, 
56 ! S. Jago ; Lowe ! Portuguese Senegambia : Bolama Island, Carvalho ! 
Sierra Leone : without precise locality, Vogel, 128 ! Gold Coast : Dadour Plains, 
Johnson, 999 ! Dahomey : Cotonou, Chevalier, 4469 ! Southern Nigeria : Lagos ; 
Dalziel, 1311 ! Dawodu, 43 ! Ala, Thomas, 1972 ! Opobo, Jeffreys, 1 ! 
Quorra, near Attah, Vogel, 36 ! Idu, on the Engemi River, Holland, 130 ! 
Northern Nigeria : Lokoja, Migeod, 72 ! Dalziel, 285 ! Abinsi, Dalziel, 904 ! 
“ On the Niger,” Baikie ! Cameroons : near Batanga, “ the most abundant 
grass in open places, excluding almost everything,” Bates, 101 ! St. Thomas 
Island, 820-2100 ft., Moller, 135 ! Don ! 
North Central. Bagirmi : Tchekna, Chevalier, 9543 ! Arahil, Chevalier, 
9625 ! 
Nile Land. Monbuttu Country : on the Welle, Schweinfurth, 3184 ! on the 
Kussumbo River, Schweinfurth, 3174 ! Niamniam country : on the Nabambisso 
River, Schweinfurth, 3702 ! Eritrea : Ghinda, 3300 ft., Schweinfurth, 213 !* 
Ocule Cusai ; Decamere, 6560 ft., Pappi, 1705 ! Habab, Hildebrandt, 354 ! 
quoted by Penzig , Martelli, Schweinfurth, Chiovenda , Lanza and Mattei from 
numerous other localities throughout the colony up to 8500 ft. ; Abyssinia : 
Jaja, 4000-6500 ft., Schimper, 319 ! Tigre ; Hamedo plains, 4900 ft., Schimper, 
1098 ! Southern Abyssinia : by the Dawa River, Riva ; and without precise 
locality, Stordy ! British Somaliland : between Hargeisa and Berbera, Robecchi ; 
Golis "Range, Drake- Brockman, 383 ! near Bohotle, Burao and Upper Sheikh, 
Appleton ! Jebel Serrut, near Meid, 5250 ft., Hildebrandt, 1482 ! Italian 
Somaliland : Jub Valley near Elvalda, Scasselatti & Mazzocchi, 103 ; on dunes 
near Brava, Mangano, Uganda : Kipayo, 4000 ft., Dummer, 666 ! Victoria 
Nyanza region, Maitland, 155 ! Usoga, Scott Elliot, 7171 ! British East 
Africa : Majichumwi, Scott Elliot, 6145 !* Ukambane, 5000-6000 ft., Scott 
Elliot, 6707 ! Makindu, Linton, 116 ! Siani, 300 ft., Kassner, 345 ! Nairobi, 
Linton, 6 ! Miss Johnstone, 57 ! Kibose, Powell, 12 ! Dummer, 1902 ! 
Kisumu, Dummer, 1805 ! 1853 ! Witu, Thomas, 123 ! Rabai Hills and 
Freretown near Mombasa, Taylor ! near Kau, in a saltmarsh in the Ozi River 
Basin, Gregory ! Takangu, at sea-level, Battiscombe, 456 ! Mombasa to 
Lamu, Grant, . 880 ! 
Lower Guinea. Annabon Island, Burton ! French Congo : Brazzaville, 
Brazza & Thollon, 220, 221 ; Chevalier, 11216 ! Libreville, Dybowski, 188. 
Belgian Congo : Lower Congo, Smith ! Burton ! Banana Div. ; Moanda, 
Vanderyst. Boma Div. ; Boma, Van Houtte ; Bingila, Dupuis. Matadi Div. ; 
Matadi, ft. Laurent. Cataracts Div. ; Luvituku, Demeuse ; and without precise 
locality, E. Laurent. Stanley Pool Div. ; Dembo and Kisantu, Gillet ; Kutadi, 
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