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CLVII. GBAM1NE.ZE (Stapf). 
[Sorghum. 
17. A. S ., var. jucundus, Busse & Pilger in Engl. Jahrb. xxxii. 185. 
Panicle about 8 in. long, ovate-lanceolate in outline ; branches erect, 
about a third the length of the panicle. Glumes rigid, shortly 
narrowed upwards, acute with the margins not involute on maturity, 
straw-colour, densely pubescent at the base and sides. Grain much 
compressed, 2 lin. by 1J lin., equalling the glumes ; hilum ovate, 
large. 
Mozambique Distr. German East Africa : IJgogo ; Hindi, Busse, 273. 
Vernacular name “ lugugu .” Evidently another variety of S. RoxburgJiii. 
18. A. S var. intermedius, Busse & Pilger in Engl. Jahrh. xxxii. 
185. Panicle narrow, to over 1 ft. long, contracted ; branches 
equalling about a quarter or fifth of the panicle. Glumes with 
slightly involute margins. Grain about as long as the glumes, lead- 
grey ; hilum large. 
Upper Guinea. Togo : Sokode, Kersting, 5, a. 1900. 
Vernacular name “ neu.” Probably a member of the guineense group. 
19. A. S ., var. kerstingianus, Busse & Pilger in Engl. Jahrb. xxxii. 
187. Panicle cylindrical, erect, dense or looser upwards with the 
longer branches up to over 1 ft. long ; branches short, appressed, 
close. Glumes rounded at the tips, sparingly hairy at the base and 
sides, yellow, then reddish and finally glossy black. Grain sub- 
globose, twice as long as the glumes, 2J lin. by 2f lin., waxy-yellowish ; 
hilum narrowly ovate, concave. 
Upper Guinea. Togo : Sokode, Kersting, 7, 18, a. 1900. 
Some fruiting specimens collected at Ibadan, Southern Nigeria ( Millson , 
2 !), may represent a more lax condition of this. It has the peculiar waxy 
subglobose grains, enclosed below by tightly appressed yellow to jet-black 
glumes, but the panicles are much smaller and (in fruit) nodding. 
20. A. S ., var. Natse, Koern. in Baumann, Massailand , 296. Pani- 
cle contracted, dense ; branches erect. Mature glumes black. 
Grains yellowish-red. 
Mozambique Distr. German East Africa : Nata, East of Speke Gulf, Bau- 
mann. 
According to Busse and Pilger, l.c. 186, very near var. Baumannii, and 
therefore probably a member of the caudatum group. 
21. A. S ., var. nitens, Busse & Pilger in Engl. Jahrb. xxxii. 189. 
Panicle loose, secund, 10-16 in. long ; branches arched, spreading, 
the lowest up to 5 in. long. Sessile spikelets loosely grouped, elliptic- 
lanceolate, much compressed, 2J-3 lin. long, bearded at the base and 
hairy on the sides, straw-colour, at length glossy dark brown or 
black except the straw-coloured tips, slightly gaping when mature. 
Grain small, bright brown. 
