Sacciolepis .] clvii. gramine^e (Stapf). 758 
so except for a transverse fringe of rigid white hairs, up to almost 
1 lin. long, at first appressed to the tip, then more or less spreading ; 
valvuie linear-oblong, subacute, three-quarters the length of the 
valve ; anthers § lin. long. Upper floret oblong, subacute, 1 lin. 
by | lin., white, polished. — Panicum indicum, Chev. Sudania, 102 
(not elsewhere). 
North Central. Shari Territory : Senussi Country ; about Kago Dje, 
ChevalieP, 6658 ! 
3. S. micrococca, Mez in Fedde, Revert, xv. 122. Annual, growing 
in tufts or clumps, up to 2 J ft. high. Culms erect, very slender from 
,a stouter base, filiform upwards, smooth and glabrous like the whole 
plant, rarely with more than 3 distinctly elongated internodes, the 
uppermost by far the longest, the intermediate about 3-4 in. long, 
more or less shortly exserted, the lowest shorter than the sheaths. 
Basal leaf-sheaths loose, wide, spongy, up to 1-3 in. long, glaucous- 
green, collapsing when dry and then often more or less sulcate, the 
upper tight and narrower to very narrow, sulcat e-stria fce, with 
rounded shoulders at the mouth ; ligules hyaline, very short, 
truncate, subciliolate ; blades filiform to setiform, folded, with an 
acute to subacute point, up to 6 in. long, J-J lin. wide (when folded), 
soft, flexuous, sulcate-striate when dry, papillose on the face, midrib 
fine, obtuse, lateral nerves 3-d on each side. False spikes long- 
exserted, erect, straight or flexuous, cylindric, 2J-5 in. by 1-1 J lin., 
dense or more or less interrupted ; common axis very slender ; 
pedicels very short and fine, smooth or almost smooth with discoid 
tips. Spikelets elliptic-oblong, subacute to obtuse, turgid, symme- 
trical, not quite J lin. long, olive-green or brown or lurid. Glumes 
very thin, very finely but distinctly nerved ; lower broad-ovate from 
a clasping base, subacute, 3-nerved, rather thin, less to slightly 
more than half the length of the spikelet ; upper broadly rounded on 
the back, corresponding in outline and size to the spikelet, 7-nerved. 
Lower floret barren : valve very similar to the glume and of the same 
length ; valvule reduced to a minute hyaline scale. Upper floret 
elliptic-oblong, subobtuse, up to f lin. by \ lin., greyish- white, 
polished. — Panicum myosuroides , Durand & Schinz, Consp. FI. Afr. 
w. 755 ; Bendle in Cat. Afr. PL Welw. ii. 174 ; Pobeguin, Ess. FI. 
Guin. Franp. 215 ; not of R. Br. 
Upper Guinea. Senegambia : without precise locality, Heudelot, 551 ! 
French Guinea : Kouroussa, in water, Pobeguin, 536 ! 541 (partly) ! North 
Nigeria : Borgu, in ricefields, Barley 759 ! 
Nile Land. Jur : Ghattas’ 'Great Seriba, Schweinfurth, 186 ! 2570 {Herb. 
Kew) ! 
4. S. nana, Stapf Annual, growing apparently gregariously and 
forming small tufts, excluding the flowering culms 2-3 in. high. 
Culms erect up to slightly over 6 in. high, very slender, filiform, 
.smooth and glabrous like the whole plant, with rarely more than 
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