Sorghum .] clvii. gramine^e (Stapf). 151 
Mozambique Distr. German East Africa : Ugogo ; Nsali, Busse, 1182. 
Vernacular name “ ludenge .” Evidently very near to S. AnJcolib. 
22. A. S., var. Ondongee, Koern. in Baumann , Usambara, 319 (ex- 
cluding the Ondonga specimen) ; K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. B, 
46 ; Busse & Pilger in Engl. Jahrb. xxxii. 186 ; not of Koern. in 
Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii. (1894) 227. Panicle contracted, about 5 in. by 
l|-2 in. ; branches hairy at the base, otherwise glabrous, short 
or somewhat elongated, but always contiguous. Grains obovoid, 
2J-2-J lin. by 2 lin. a dark red to violet-red. 
Mozambique Distr. German East Africa : Usambara ; Buiti and Budi 
Elze, Baumann, 3, 4 ; Unyamwezi ; Mzigue, Baumann ; Usagara ; Sedia, 
Stiihlmann, 3192 ; Tura, Stuhlmann, 4237 ; Mwansa, on Lake Victoria, Stuhl- 
mann, 4622, 4664. 
23. A. S., var. ovulifer, Hack, in DC. Monogr. Phan. vi. 510 ; 
Durand & Schinz, Consp., FI. Afr. vi. 725. Panicle oval-oblong, 
rather lax with spreading branches, the lower half the length of the 
panicle, undivided for up to 2 in. Sessile spikelets 2J lin. by 1J lin., 
at length purplish-brown, quite glabrous apart from the sides of the 
lower glume, awned, awn 6 lin. long. Grain ovate-subglobose, 
snow-white, exposed between the widely divergent glumes. 
Upper Guinea. Gambia (herb. Nees). 
This seems to be either 8. guineense, var. tremulans , or 8. margaritiferum. 
24. A. S., var. Schenckii, Koern. in Baumann, Usambara, 319, not 
in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii. 227. Panicle contracted, oblong, 10 by 6 in. ; 
branches slender, glabrous except at the base, drooping. Sessile 
spikelets crowded, broad-ovate in outline, 2 lin. by 2 lin. Glumes 
apiculate, yellowish, glabrous or almost so when mature. Awn not 
exserted. Grain exserted from the glumes, obovoid to orbicular, 
bright yellowish-red, 2J lin. by 2 lin. — K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost- 
Afr. B. 43. 
Mozambique Distr. German East Africa : Useguha, Baumann. 
Koernicke indicates the same form from the Magalisberg, Transvaal (A. 
Schenk) ; Schenk’s plant is a form of S. Caffrorum. K. Schumann also 
describes (l.c. 44) a form Holstii from Usambara, distinguished by panicles 
with black and with yellow mature spikelets and often more hairy branches. 
Vernacular names “gro&ero” (Kiseguha), “ gobelo,” “ kobero” “ kikarrata ” 
(the last a strain with much elongated panicles). See also A. 8., var. 
charisianus, subvar. Holstii, p. 148, ante. 
25. A. S., var. Schumannii, Busse & Pilger in Engl. Jahrb. xxxii. 
186. Panicle lax, open, up to 1 ft. long ; rhachis much stunted 
with the branches umbellate or the rhachis half the length of the 
panicle and only the upper branches umbellate ; branches rather 
slender, spreading and pendulous, 6-7 in. long. Glumes rounded, 
shortly acute, rigid, slightly hairy at the base and sides, straw-colour 
