Cymbopogon .] clvii. gr-Amine^e (Stapf). 273 
ciliate ; awn a fine straight bristle up to 3 lin. long, not or shortly 
exserted from the spikelet. Anthers 1J lin. long. Pedicelledspikelets^, 
linear to linear-lanceolate, acute, 3 lin. long, glabrous, brownish or 
reddish ; glumes unequal ; lower chartaceous, with 9 or more intra- 
carinal nerves ; upper shorter, membranous, 3-nerved ; valve almost 
equalling the upper glume, subobtuse, 2-nerved, ciliate ; anthers 
lb lin. long. — C. sennarensis , var. proximus, Chiov. Gram, da Essenze, 
16. Andropogon proximus, Hochst. ex A. Rich. Tent. El. Abyss, ii. 
461 ; Penzig in Atti Congr. Bot. Genova, 1893, 364. A. Iwarancusa , 
var. proximus , Hack, in DC. Monogr. Phan. vi. 601 ; Durand & 
Schinz, Consp. El. Afr. v. 715 ; Chiov. in Ann. Istit. Bot. Roma, 
viii. 285. A. Iwarancusa , Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii. App. ii. 
13 ; not A. Jwarancusa of Jones. A. laniger, var. genuinus, Chiov. in 
Ann. Istit. Bot. Roma, viii. 25 ; not of Hack. Gymnanthelia proximo , 
Anderss. in Schweinf. Beitr. El. Aethiop. 300. 
Upper Guinea. French Guinea : Falama, Chevalier , 114 ! Northern Nigeria: 
Socoto, Dalziel , 486 ! Nupe ; near Ravage, Barter , 1350 ! 
Nile Land. Nubia : Sea coast, Bent ! Soturba, Schweinfurih , 1041 ! 
Wadi O-Mareg, Schweinfurth, 561 ! Wadi Laemeb, in sand, Schweinfurth , 
570 ! near Jokal, Massey ! Sudan : without precise locality, Broun , 687 ! 
v Cordofan ; Mount Abu-Sunun, Pfund, 602 ! Eritrea : Assaorta, along the 
Alighedi torrent, Pappi, 5126. Amasen, between Sagalu and Aidereso, Pappi , 
3282 ; Aala plain near Aidereso, Pappi , 3303 ; at the hot springs of Ailet, 
Pappi , 4744; Schweinfurth, 462 ! Bogos; Keren, 4600-4900 ft., everywhere 
among rocks, the principal constituent of the grass vegetation of the dry season, 
Schweinfurth, 754 ; Pappi, 2523, 7108 ; Moccada, Pappi, 2453 ; Ocule Cusai, 
by the Aini torrent, 5900 ft., Pappi, 1873 ; Acran, by the Mai Dharo torrent, 
Pappi, 3022 ; Medri od Tesfa, Adi Ghebsus, Pappi, 6571, 6589. Gallabat : 
Matamma, Schweinfurth, 1038 ! Abyssinia : Jelajeranne, Schimper, 1792 ! 
Klatt (in Jahrb. Hamh. Wiss. Anst. ix. 122) indicates Andropogon Iwarancusa 
from Puguruni north of Quilimane ( Stuhlmann ) and from Zanzibar ( Stuhl - 
mann), but no specimens from these collectings have been seen by me. 
4. C. plurinodis*$£ap / ex Burtt-Davy in Ann . Transvaal Mus. iii. 
121. Perennial, l-o ft. high, compactly csespitose, with intra vaginal 
innovations, shortly coated with the persistent sheath-bases. Culms 
slender, erect, terete, simple and 3-6-noded below the panicle, 
glabrous, smooth, longest internode 5-10 in. long. Leaf-sheaths 
firm, tight, terete, glabrous, shorter than the internodes, except the 
lowermost which are up to 3 in. (rarely 4, or on the culms up to 6 in.) 
long and fugaciously hairy to tomentose at the base; ligules very 
short, truncate, scarious, firm, minutely ciliolate ; blades very 
narrow, linear, setaceous or filiform upwards, 4-8 or sometimes up 
to 12 in. by J-1J lin. (rarely to 2J lin.) wide, flat or partly folded, 
rather rigid below, flexuous above, glaucous, glabrous or with very fine 
spreading hairs downwards, gathered sometimes into a loose beard at 
the mouth or behind the ligule, smooth to the touch, margins smooth 
below, scabrid upwards, midrib and nerves fine, inconspicuous above, 
slightly raised below, the narrow white band on the upper side corre- 
sponding to a zone of spongy tissue. Spatheate panicle narrow, 3-6 in. 
long, mostly loose ; internodes 3-5, rarely more, lowest 3-4 in. long, 
EL. TROP. AFR. VOL. IX. T 
