736 cl vn. gramine 2 e (Stapf). [. Panicum . 
94. P. glabrescens, Steud. Syn. PI. Glum. i. 71. Perennial, up to 
2 ft. high, with a shortly creeping rhizome. Culms erect, sub- 
fistular, glabrous like the whole plant, internodes few. Leaf-sheaths 
with brown bases (nodes) : ligule short, membranous, ciliate ; blades 
linear-lanceolate, acuminate, 8-12 in. by 2 lin., with scaberulous 
margins. Panicles erect, rather loose, 6-8 in. long, with subverti- 
cillate virgate erect branches and pedicels longer than the spikelets. 
Spikelets oblong-lanceolate, acute, 1 lin. long, glabrous. Lower 
glume ovate from a clasping base, acute, less than half the length of 
the spikelet, 1 -nerved ; upper glume 5-7-nerved. Lower floret 
barren, equalling the upper glume and like it. Upper floret 
polished. — Durand & Schinz, Consp. PI. Afr. v. 750. 
Upper Guinea. Senegal, Leprieur. 
The author compares this with P. fistulosum, Hochst., a South American 
grass, closely allied to P. longijubatum, Stapf, and it may indeed prove 
identical with the latter. I have not found the original of the species in 
Steudel’s herbarium at Paris. - j ^ 
95. P. gracillimum, K. Schum. in Engl. Jahrb.xx iv. 331. Culms 
simple, 2-2J ft. high, slender, terete, quite glabrous. Leaf-sheaths 
3-5 in. long, quite glabrous ; ligule very short, densely and shortly 
ciliate ; blades linear, up to 1 ft. by 3 lin., glabrous and smooth. 
Panicle rather large, subovate in outline, up to J ft. long, very 
delicate ; branches and pedicels capillary, subflexuous, quite glabrous, 
flushed with pale purple upwards, tips thickened. Spikelets 1 lin. 
long. Glumes equal, as long as the spikelet, membranous ; lower 
ovate, subacute, flat, 1 lin. long, yellowish-green, glabrous ; upper 
subobtuse, ciliolate. ' Lower floret (J, like the upper glume. Upper 
floret ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, j lin. long, polished : valve 
and valvule thinly membranous. 
Lower Guinea. Angola : near Dondo, Mechow, 25. 
Probably a member of the § Verruculosce. 
96. P. mitopus, K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 103. Culms 
weak, geniculate, probably rambling in other vegetation. Leaf- 
sheaths glabrous ; blades lanceolate, 2-J in. by 5 lin., sparingly hairy. 
Panicles axillary and terminal on long very slender peduncles, 
dichotomous or trichotomous. Spikelets collected on the ends of 
the primary or secondary branches, elliptic in outline, 1J lin. long. 
Glumes very thin ; the lower one-third the length of the upper. 
Lower floret equalling the upper glume. Upper floret : valve papery, 
polished. 
Mozambique Distr. German East Africa : Usambara ; in woods, Holst, 514 b. 
Said to be similar to P. laticomum, Nees, but much more delicate. 
97. P. Notarisii, Aschers. ex Schweinf Beitr. FI. Aethiop. 301 ; 
Durand & Schinz , Consp. FI. Afr. v. 756 (name only). 
Nile Land. Sennar (collector not stated). 
