732 
cl vii. gramineje (Stapf). 
[. Panicum . 
sub-3-1 -nerved, rather flat ; upper herbaceous-membranous, green, 
corresponding in length and outline to the spikelet, very concave with 
a broad back, 5-nerved. Lower floret or barren : valve similar 
to the upper glume but thinly membranous and much less concave 
or almost flat on the back ; valvule almost as long, lanceolate- 
oblong, acute, rather firm, keels rough ; anthers if any § lin. long. 
Upper floret broad-elliptic, obtuse, up to f lin. long, whitish, 
smooth : valve and valvule papery, the latter with very broad flaps ; 
anthers as in the g floret. Grain broad-oVate-elliptic in outline, 
not quite J lin. long, yellowish, hilum punctiform. Embryo half the 
length of the grain. — Roxb. FI. Ind. ed. Carey, i. 308 ; Hitchcock in 
Contrib. U.S. Nat. Herb. xii. 140 ; Cheval. Sudania,101. P. arbor escens, 
Linn. Sp. PL ed. i. 59 (partly) ; Rendle in Cat. Afr. PL Welw. ii. 176 ; 
Stapf in Johnston, Liberia ii. 667 ; Th. & Hel. Durand, Syll. FI. Con- 
gol. 630. P. bijiorum, Lam. 111. i. 174, and Encycl. iv. 743. P. dubium, 
Lam. Encycl. iv. 743 ; Doellin Mart. FI. Bras. ii. ii. 270. P. ovaiifo- 
lium, Poir. Encycl. Suppl. iv. 279 ; P. Beauv. El. Owar. ii. 79, 1. 110, 
fig. 1 ; Kunth, Enum. i. 113 ; Nees, FI. Afr. Austr. 44 (in note) ; Hook. 
Niger FI. 561 ; Steud. Syn. PL Glum. i. 84 ; Benth. FI. Hongk. 413 ; 
Duthie, List Grass. N.-W. Ind. 6 ; Hack, in Bolet. Soc. Brot. v. 210 ; 
Durand & Schinz, Consp. FI. Afr. v. 758, and Etudes FI. Congo, 323 ; 
Franch. Contr. FI. Congo Franc, in Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun, viii. 
341 (33 of reprint) ; Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. vii. 44, and in Trim. Handb. 
FI. Ceyl. v. 149 ; Cummins in Kew Bulletin, 1898, 81 ; De Wild. & 
Durand, Contr. FI. Congo, fasc. ii. 73 ; Reliq. Dewevr. 256, and in 
Bull. Herb. Boiss. 2me ser. i. 61 ; Pilger in Schlechter, West-Afr. Kau- 
tschuk-Exped. 268 ; De Wild. Miss. E. Laurent, 201. P. amplexicaule , 
Poir. ex P. Beauv. l.c. 80. P. guineense, Desv. MS. ex Poir. Encycl. 
Suppl. iv. 279. P. tricarinatum, Steud. Nomencl. ed. 2, ii. 264, and 
Syn. PL Glum. i. 94. P. trichopiptum, Steud. l.c. 85. P. litigpsum , 
Steud. l.c. 89. P. gladiatum, Wawra in Maximil. Reise, 178, t. 31. 
Isachne tricarinata, Roth, Nov. Spec. 57 ; Kunth, Enum. i. 136. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone : Bafodeya, Scott Ellict, 5628 ! Matotoka 
400 ft., Thomas, 1234 ! Binkolo, 570 ft., Thomas, 1774 ! Bumban, 650 ft., 
Thomas, 1989 ! Kanya, 1000 ft., Thomas, 2930 ! Bumbana, 650 ft., Thomas, 
3296 ! 3397 ! Yombana, Thomas , 4257 ! 4684 a ! Mamaha, Thomas, 4404 ! 
Port Lokoh, Thomas, 6514 ! Bo, Thomas, 7446 ! and without precise locality, 
Afzelius ! Strickland ! Thomas, 5458 ! French Guinea : Timbo, Pobeguin, 
1722 ! Liberia : within 20 miles of Kakatown, Whyte ! Gold Coast : Ashanti ; 
Asim Yan Kumassi, Cummins, 167 ! Aburi, Johnson, 1008 ! Southern Nigeria : 
Lagos; interior, Rowland ! Lagos Island, Dalziel, 3J21! Dawodu, 382! 
Millen, 119 ! Akassa on the Nun river, Barter, 2090 ! Onitsha, in shady woods, 
Barter, 1780 ! Opobo, Jeffreys ! Oban, Talbot, 770 ! Old Calabar, Robb ! 
Cameroons : Victoria, Winkler, 54 1 Lolodorf, Standy, 201 ! 344 ! very common 
in cassava fields and open bush near Batanga, Bates, 55 ! 55 a ! Fernando Po, 
Vogel, 85! Mann, 116! Prince’s Island, Mann, 2020! Rattray ! Newton ! 
North Central. East Shari : Senoussi country ; Kaga M’Bra, Chevalier, 6595 ! 
Nile Land. Uganda : Entebbe, in gardens, 3900 ft., Mahon ! 
Lower Guinea. St. Thomas Island : Boca Ledroma, Mocquerys, 135 ! Nora 
Moka, 2700 ft., Moller, 136 ! Rolas Island, Quintas ! Gaboon : Sierra Corisco, 
Strickland ! and without precise locality, Griffon du Bellay ! Loango ; swamps 
