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uninodes, breves, erecti, firmuli, glabri, nodis rectis. Spathae 

 propriae 5 — 7 cm. Ig., anguste lanceolatae, setaceo-acuminatae, 

 glabrae, subherbaceae, pedicellum spicarum comniunem rectum 

 superne barbatum (pilis epapillosis) demuni aequantes vel pauUo 

 superantes. Spicae 1*5 — 2 cm. Ig., altera brevissime pedicel- 

 lata, altera pediceUo 4 mm. longo glaberrimo insidens, 

 utraque spiculam J unam continens bractea Hneari-oblonga 

 V. lineari-lanceolata 9—12 mm. longa acuta violacea 

 5 — 7-nervi glabra fultain, spiculisque 2 masculis pedicellatis 

 fpedicellis breviter pennato-ciliatis) superatam. Spicula 5 cum 

 callo 5 mm. longo subcurvulo pungentissimo dense breviterque 

 fulvescenti-piloso 12 — 13 mm. Ig., lineari-oblonga, demum viri- 

 dula: Gluma Ima demum coriaceo-indurata, semicylindrica, apice 

 bidentata inter denies spinuloses scariosa, dorso sulco profun- 

 do exarata, superne pnnctulato-scabra; Ilda triangularl-acuta apice 

 scariosa submocronata, 3-nervis, scabra; IVa Vsbrevior, oblonga, 

 e basi hyalina in aristam inter apicis lobos breves ciliatos, ex- 

 sertam validissimam cc. 90 mm. lougam abiens, cujus columna 

 demum nigrescens brevissime birtula in ^j^ superiore genicu- 

 lata subulam scaberrimam subsuperat. Spiculae pedicellatac cf 

 lineari-lanceolatae 14—15 mm. Ig.; gluma la herbacea, plana, 

 0-ncrvis, glabra, superne aculeolato-scabra, in aristulam v. mu- 

 cronem abiens; Il^a acutissima, 3-nervis ut Ilia et IV-i (lineares) 

 retrorsum ciliata. Spiculae 2 imae spicae subsessilis cf? ^^~ 

 bae sessiles, pedicellatis similes, paullo latiores, muticae. 



A f ri ca tropica: ad Seriba Ghattas ia terra Djur leg. 

 Schweinfurth nr. 2361 et 241 1 ; ad latus orientale lacus Tan- 

 ganyka prope Gonda leg. Dr. Bohm (nr. 130); Angola ad Ma- 

 lange Ig. Dr. Buchner (nr. 35J; prope Teba ad fl. Niger leg. 

 Barter in exped. Baikieana. 



Affinis A, Ruprechtii mihi = Hyparrhenia Ruprechiii Fourn. 

 (Mexico Galeotti nr. 5697), qui differt vaginis hirsutis, spathis 

 propriis cano-villosis. spicula J bracteola 5 mm. longa fulta, 

 aristae columna subulam subduplo superante. 



14) A, Comucopiae. Perennis? Culmi arundinacei 2 — 4 m. 

 alti, simplices, laevissimi. Vaginae teretes glaberritnae; ligula 

 rotundata 3 — 4 mm. Ig.^ fusco-membranacea glabra. Laminae 

 e basi angustata lanceolato-lineares acuminatissimae 30 — 50 cm. 

 Ig-) 6—10 mm. It., planae, rigidulae, subtus scaberulae, mar- 

 gine scabrae, costa media crassa subtus carinante percursae. 

 Panicula foliosa elongata (20—40 cm. Ig.) laxiuscula, erecta; 



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