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e basi tumido ortis; panicula folia valde superante, racemis in axi com- 
muni racemis breviore fastigiatis verticillatis superne interdum oppositis vel 
alternatis ; rhachilla trigona margine minute denticulata, quam spicula vix 
latiore; spieulis rhachi appressis geminis, alter subsessilis, alter breviter pedi- 
cellata, basi quaternis, deinde ternatis, ovali-oblongis acutis ; gluma I. minuta, 
triangulari-aeuta ; gluma II. spicula duplo breviore, plus minus scabridula, 
ovato-triangulari acuta 3-пегуа longe-pilosa; gluma HI. ovato-acuta 
5-nervia, nervis marginalibus obsolete pilosulis, quam gluma IV. paullulo 
longiore ; gluma IV. ovali-oblonga acuta valde convexa viridi-lurida minu- 
tissime puncticulata. 
Hab. Zinyumbo Hills, 1500 ft. ; Jan. ; n. 1554. 
Rhizoma 3-4 mm. crass. Culmus ad basin inflorescenti:ze 11 dm. long., 
2-5 mm. crass. Vaginee 9-28 cm. long. ; laminz ad 25 em. long. et 6 mm. 
lat., ligula 1:5 mm. long.  Panieula 18-20 em. long., racemi 11-18, 13-17 em. 
long. Spieula 2:5 mm. long., pedieellus 1:5 mm. long.; gluma П. 1 mm. 
long.; gluma ILI. 2:5 mm. long. 
Near D. eriantha, Steud., but a more graceful plant with slenderer racemes 
and more closely appressed, somewhat smaller, very acute spikelets ; the 
third glume is almost or quite glabrous. 
DiGITARIA SANGUINALIS, Scop., var. CILIARIS Rendle in Cat. Welw. Afr. 
PI. п. 163. 
Beira beach ; Dec. ; n. 1588. 
Distrib. Widely spread in the tropics. 
Var. HORIZONTALIS, Rendle, l. с. Near Chirinda, 3800 ft.; April; n. 964. 
Distrib. Tropical and South Africa; Masearene Islands and Tropical 
America. 
DIGITARIA GAZENSIS, Rendle, sp. nov. (Pl. 6. figs. 1-5.) 
Gramen perenne, bipedale, rhizomate brevi lignoso squamis breviter 
tomentosis obtecto; culmis erectis gracilibus subcompressis preter nodos 
glaberrimis specimine 4-nodis, nodis pilosis; foliis glabris, vaginis laxis, 
laminis planis anguste linearibus acuminatis, nervo mediano dorso prominulo, 
ligula brevi rotundata ; racemis 6-9, in rhachi gracillima alternatim vel sub- 
opposite ordinatis patulis vel suberectis laxifloris; spiculis geminis, altera 
brevius altera longius pedicellata, ovalibus ; rhachilla tenui compressse-trigona 
margine minute denticulata spiculis plus duplo angustiore; gluma I. 0; 
gluma П. ovali-oblonga 5-nervia, nervis 2 lateralibus inediano proximis crassis 
margine et nervis albide-pilosis, inter nervos fragili spieulam :equante ; 
gluma III. late ova'i IT. simili; gluma IV. elliptica viridi-lurida valde 
convexa breviter aeuta minutissime seriatim puncticulata. 
Hab. Beira, open woods; 50 ft. ; Dec. ; n. 1593. 
Culmi с. 6 dm. alt., 2 mm. diam. Vaginæ internodia subsequantes vel 
